Physicians' Update

Recent Articles (November 2020)

Associate Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Trevor Arnason shares updates on how to counsel people who have COVID-19 to prevent transmission, reviews local epi data, and answers questions that came in from healthcare providers.
In reinforcing OPH advice, physicians and nurse practitioners can play an important role in reducing local transmission and solidify defenses against surges of COVID-19.
View online as of Thursday November 12^th, recorded for viewing at your convenience, on the YouTube platform.
Send in your questions and topic suggestions for future sessions.

Now more than ever, children, youth, adults, and families require extra support to address issues surfaced by the pandemic. You may have patients who, due to COVID-19 restrictions, are not able to access in-office counselling at community mental health and addiction agencies.
Counselling Connect, with support from Ottawa Health Team- Équipe Santé Ottawa, offers free access to virtual crisis and short-term counselling, with same-day or next -day phone or video counselling sessions.
This bilingual service is for children, youth, adults and families in Ottawa and the surrounding area. There is no waiting list.

1-day virtual conference focusing on women’s health, offered by University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, Office of Continuing Professional Development
January 22, 2021
Early Bird registration deadline: December 15^th, 2020
Find registration and program information here.