Physicians' Update

Recent Articles (February 2021)

The 8^th edition of Physicians’ Update LIVE! brings updates to phase one of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, including partnering with primary care.
Dr. Trevor Arnason reviews local epi data and updates to guidance for prioritizing health-care workers, vaccine recommendations for special populations, and increased transmissibility among variants of concern.
View online as of Friday, February 19th, recorded for viewing at your convenience, on the YouTube platform.
Send in your questions and topic suggestions for future sessions.

Your patients may request a risk benefit discussion about whether they should receive the COVID-19 vaccine when it’s offered to them if they are pregnant, have autoimmune conditions, are immunocompromised, or have had allergic drug reactions. Resources for patient counselling for the COVID-19 vaccines are available from the Centre of Effective Practice.
You may be diagnosing and managing allergic reactions. For immediate allergic reactions occurring within 4 hours following the first dose of immunization, you are encouraged to access e-consult for Allergists, and report these adverse events following immunization (AEFIs), to determine if patients can safely receive their second dose, and in what setting.
In addition to usual AEFIs, health care providers are asked to report Adverse Events of Special Interests for COVID-19 vaccine safety surveillance.

Access MHA can help to connect your patients with one or more services that will match their needs for various mental health and addictions services in our region.
One starting point. One referral. One assessment process.
Submit a referral on behalf of your patient through Ocean eReferral Network. If you do not have access to Ocean within your EHR, you can still access the referral form at www.oceanhealthmap.ca.

Ottawa Public Health’s Healthy Growth and Development (HGD) long term home visiting program is still accepting referrals for prenatal to entry to school. Referrals can be made by completing the web referral or by faxing the form.
Additional supports include: Baby Help Line, to talk to a PHN or an LC 7days a week; free, in-person Breastfeeding Support available.

Accredited one-hour, interactive webinars on COVID-19 topics; ongoing registration.
As of January 2021, session materials, including recordings, tools, and resources are available as self-learning modules; January update on COVID-19 vaccines available in 2-part sessions.
See the DFCM events page for upcoming sessions. Access the self-learning. Watch past sessions.

uOttawa Continuing Professional Development office offers on-going virtual, accredited educational opportunities.
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