​Virtual Series: Psychedelics and Complementary Techniques

​Dr. Jenna Creaser (GP Physician Lead), Dr. Robert Comey (Psychiatry Lead) and Eleonora Molnar (Project Manager, Psychotherapist) invite you to attend session five in the seven-session series on Psychedelics and Complementary Techniques.
For details regarding the series and for previous session recordings please visit the following page: RCME - SPIFI Educational Series.

October CME offerings - click on the button above or scroll down to view the table.
Rural Rounds are resuming this fall and registration is now open. 
Please note the fall sessions of these rounds are free. 
The topics and registration links are provided below (or click on button above).
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Please feel free to distribute to your community physicians. 

Registration is now open for the newest Rural Rounds series. After a year hiatus, our experienced facilitators and speakers are excited to discuss cases and topics relevant to rural medicine with you.

Overview: Rural Rounds provides rural healthcare providers with up-to-date and relevant medical education through interactive Zoom presentations. Sessions are once a month from September to June and feature speakers from across the province.
Target Audience: Healthcare providers working in and supporting rural communities.
1.0 Mainpro+ credits per round
Free thanks to funding from the JSC.
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Micro-dosing Opioid Agonist Therapy
Oct 14 (Thu) | 0800–0900 PDT
Drs. Anne Nguyen, Erika Kellerhals & Dana Hubler (Facilitator)
Course Webpage | Registration Form

Smart Glasses in Practice
Nov 26 (Fri) | 0800–0900 PST
Drs. Brydon Blacklaws, Stefan Du Toit & Sean Ebert (Facilitator)
Course Webpage | Registration Form

Treating Obesity as a Disease
Dec 17 (Fri) | 0800–0900 PST
Drs. Ali Zentner & Sean Ebert (Facilitator)
Course Webpage | Registration Form

Coaching and Mentoring Program (CAMP)
Target Audience: Physicians and residents practicing in rural BC.
Overview: CAMP fosters peer support in rural practitioner networks to improve your practice, increase your confidence, and connect you to other physicians. Coach/mentors provide support in a wide variety of areas including transitions in practice, emergency medicine, personal wellness and more. Sign up as a coach/mentor, a coachee/mentee or both, and discover the difference a supportive connection can make!
Up to 35.0 Mainpro+/MOC Section 1 credits for coachees/mentees
Up to 16.0 Mainpro+/MOC Section 1 credits for coaches/mentors
CAMP Webpage | Registration Form

Sonnie: Your Ultrasound Partner
eLearning | anytime
Target Audience: all healthcare providers and specialists interested in ultrasound education.
Overview: Our newly launched series of six ultrasound case studies is ideal for those interested in learning more about point-of-care ultrasound education or wishing to refresh their knowledge. We invite you to join Sonnie, Your Ultrasound Partner, in a visual storytelling journey as you learn how to manage patients with conditions ranging from trauma to obstetrics in various rural and remote settings. This project was developed with funding from the Faculty of Medicine’s Strategic Investment Fund (SIF) and the Rural CPD Hands-On Ultrasound Education (HOUSE) program.
Up to 2.0 Mainpro+ credits
Course Webpage

Other Offerings:

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Orthopedic Injuries in Children casting and splinting techniques
Presentation Recording: Click here to watch on demand.
​Clinical Support Tools:
Orthobullets
Paediatric Fractures Guidelines
Applying casts and splints (videos)
TREKK: Pediatric Fractures - Bottom Line Recommendations

Interior Health Aboriginal Mental Wellness- New Advances in Treating Alcohol Use Disorder Video

Please find the following link for a short video on Alcohol Use Disorder by Dr. Jeff Harries.  

https://vimeo.com/533756053/43125f8ff4

The Joint Standing Committee on Rural Issues:  

(JSC) is providing one-time funding through RCCbc’s REAP program to facilitate Indigenous Cultural Safety (ICS) training for rural BC physicians. $500 bursaries are being made available to specialists and GPs for this training.
 
​To find out more information and to apply for the ICS training bursary please see the following link: https://rccbc.ca/practitioner-support/rural-physicians/jsc-programs/indigenous-cultural-competency-training-program/

Optimizing Communication for Excellence

Effective communication between physicians, patients, colleagues and staff has been proven to enhance our healthcare system, improve outcomes and lead to better patient and healthcare practitioner satisfaction. The Optimizing Communication for Excellence course begins with a one-day workshop, in which participants learn a simple 4-stage framework to navigate difficult conversations. After the workshop, you’ll benefit from a 30-minute personalized coaching call included as part of the course. To support your ongoing learning and practice, you’ll have opportunities to share with peers and program facilitators your insights, successes and challenges in a safe and positive environment. Discover new approaches to speaking with patients and colleagues.

Skills Gained: 
  • Apply an evidence-based model to enhance communication skills for healthcare providers.
  • Recognize common challenging communication patterns that can arise in healthcare-related environments and relationships.
  • Identify and apply the qualities of a learning conversation for the purpose of effective communication with patients and colleagues.
  • Practice applying a structured communication approach to clinically relevant scenarios and cases, utilizing peer and facilitator feedback.
  • Identify and commit to incorporating newly-honed communication skills in one’s own professional environment for the purpose of improved pated and physician/self-satisfaction.

Credits: 
36 Mainpro+ (3 cr/hr)
12 MOC Section 3

https://ubccpd.ca/course/communication-invitation

Fast Evidence

FAST EVIDENCE begins with a half‐day, interactive course that teaches physicians how to conduct effective internet searches in order to find credible and evidence‐based medical information from a variety of databases and other credible online sources. Designed for a small group of up to 12 learners, the course is facilitated by two CPSBC Librarians who provide learners with hands‐on learning support in a computer lab setting. To support ongoing learning and application, this program also involves post-program activities, including reflection and coaching sessions following the live workshop. 
​
Skills Gained: 
  • Conduct efficient and refined literature searches
  • Apply search tools to find reliable health information and evidence-bases medical literature (e.g. MEDLINE, point of care tools, ebooks, and multimedia)
  • Obtain the full-text of journcal articles through electronic resources or document delivery
  • Find authoritative patient and drug information

16.5 Mainpro+
5.5 MOC Section3

FAST EVIDENCE

Hands-On Ultrasound Education Acute Care (HOUSE EM)

UBC CPD is actively exploring options for virtual or modified in-person courses that meet new safety guidelines, including a few small pilot courses.

Skills Gained: 
  • Manage the settings on the POCUS unit to optimize the images obtained through employing the basic physics of ultrasound waves.
  • Describe the theoretical knowledge required to perform point-of-care ultrasound.
  • Demonstrate competency in the manual skills required to perform point-of-care ultrasound.
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63 Mainpro+ (3 cr/hr)
21 MOC Section 1

Hands-On Ultrasound Education Acute Care (HOUSE EM)

Hands-On Ultrasound Education Obstetrics (HOUSE OB)

UBC CPD is actively exploring options for virtual or modified in-person courses that meet new safety guidelines, including a few small pilot courses.
​
Skills Gained:
  • Use ultrasound as adjunctive tool to clinical exam and history.
  • Use ultrasound in a safe manner.
  • Generate an optimal ultrasound image using basic physics and instrumentation.
  • Demonstrate confidence in basic trans-abdominal scanning of third-trimester pregnancy for limited indications.
  • Recognize ultrasound features of normal third-trimester gestation.

27 Mainpro+ (3 cr/hr)
9 MOC Section 1

Hands-On Ultrasound Education Obstetrics (HOUSE OB)

The Enhanced Simulation of Critical Care and Perioperative Emergencies (ESCAPE) Course

UBC CPD is actively exploring options for virtual or modified in-person courses that meet new safety guidelines, including a few small pilot courses.

Skills Gained: 
  • Demonstrate effective crisis resource management skills, including communication and team work.
  • Demonstrate an effective approach to, and management of, intraoperative emergencies and trauma and critical care resuscitation.
  • Treat patients presenting with rare or infrequent and time sensitive health issues.
  • Demonstrate proficiency using curucila equipment and medication.
  • Identify and manage potential system issues.

Credits:
12 Mainpro+ (2 cr/hr)

https://ubccpd.ca/course/escape-invitation​

October 2021 CME Offerings

Courses by individual registration—individual RCME funds can be utilized toward any course costs. 
​Please contact RCME Liaison, Antoinette Picone (antoinette.picone@viha.ca), if you require more information.

Date and Time
Course
Location
Credits
Registration Link and Cost
Overview/ Agenda
October 2
0830 – 1545
Type 2 Diabetes Remission: Moving from Theory to Implementation
Online
6.0  Mainpro+ 
6.0 MOC Section 1 
Type 2 Diabetes Remission
 
Cost: $199
Please see details and registration link for full agenda.
October 5
1700 - 1915
CSBC Series on Advancing Cardiac Care in BC – Part 1: BC Symposium on Cardiogenic Shock
Online
2.25 MOC Section 1
BC Symposium on Cardiogenic Shock
 
Free
Learning Objectives: 
  • Establish best practice for recognition of cardiogenic shock, including medical and mechanical treatment options
  • Understand the evidence for cardiogenic shock team
  • Engage multidisciplinary teams in the management of cardiogenic shock
  • Create a collaborative provincial framework facilitating best practice management for patients with cardiogenic shock
October 13
1900 – 2030
Psychedelics and Complementary Techniques: Session 5 – Psychotherapy and Psychedelic Medicines: Greater than the Sum of their Parts
 
(Previous session recordings can be found here: SPIFI Educational Series) 
Online
1.5 Mainpro+
1.5 MOC Section 1
​Event Registration Link: Session 5
 
Free
Learning Objectives:
  • List 2 reasons why psychedelic medicines should be considered adjuncts to psychotherapy in the context of treating mental health conditions
  • Describe 2 specific psychotherapeutic approaches that have been combined with psychedelic medicines in the literature for PTSD and depression
  • Discuss essential therapist skills that underlie common aspects of these psychotherapy approaches
  • Discuss possible mechanisms underlying the synergy between psychedelic medicines and psychotherapy in treating mental health conditions 
October 14
0800 – 0900 
Rural Rounds: Micro-dosing Opioid Agonist Therapy
Online
 
Micro-dosing Opioid Agonist Therapy
 
Free
Learning Objectives TBD ​
October 16
0830 – 1230
Therapeutics Initiative: Bringing Best Evidence to Clinicians
Online
3.75 Mainpro+
3.75 MOC Section 1
Bringing Best Evidence to Clinicians
 
Cost: $125​
Please see details and registration link for full agenda.
October 21
0800 - 0900
FPON Webinar: Immunization in Childhood Cancer
Online
1.0 Mainpro+
Immunization in Childhood Cancer
 
Free
Space is Limited
Skills Gained:
  • Apply guidelines for immunization after therapy;
  • Cite resources for vaccination information; and
  • Related the optimal timing for immunization in immune-compromised patients.
October 22
0815 – 1530
UBC Division of Palliative Care CME Day 2021: Back to Basics​
Online
5.75 Mainpro+
5.75 MOC Section 1
Palliative Care CME Day
 
Cost:
By Oct 15th - $125
After Oct 15th - $140
Agenda topics:
  • Evidence-Guided Management of Delirium and Palliative Care
  • Pain: Update on New Options
  • Orphan Symptoms: Rapid Fire Update
  • Nausea: Old Options and New Opportunities
  • Renal Failure and Palliative Care
  • Goals of Care in an Oncology Setting​
October 27
1900 - 2000
ICBC Injury Support Series: Back & Neck Pain​
Online
​1.0 Mainpro+
Injury Support: Back & Neck Pain
 
Free  
Skills Gained: 
To gain the full benefit of this learning opportunity, we strongly recommend that learners engage with the Caring for Back and Neck Pain Arising from STI online module (link above) prior to attending.
​October 29
0830 - 1500
27th Obstetrics Update for Family Physicians
​Online
5.75 Mainpro+
5.75 MOC Section 1
27th OB Update for Family Physicians
 
Cost: $175
Please see details and registration link for full agenda.
​October 29
0800 – 1630
APLS: The Advanced Pediatric Life Support Course
In-person at the Simulation Centre, Surrey Memorial Hospital, 13750, 96 Avenue, Surrey, BC.
16.0 Mainpro +
16.0 MOC Section 3
APLS Course
 
Cost: $800
Learn to assess and manage critically ill children during the first hours in the ED.  Use simulation team-based crisis resource management principles and take part in high fidelity simulation-based pediatric resuscitation scenarios and skills stations.  Some core content objectives are respiratory failure, shock, maltreatment, ER radiology, surgical emergencies, neonatology, trauma, transport and toxicological and metabolic emergencies. 
​October 30
0800 – 1715
The Climate Emergency: Prescription for the Turnaround
Online
7.5 Mainpro+
7.5 MOC Section 1
The Climate Emergency
 
Cost:
By Oct 11th - $200
After Oct 11th - $275
Learning Objectives:
  • Demonstrate how the climate emergency is affecting the health of our patients
  • Identify active steps to mitigate climate change and to adapt to changes that are coming.
  • Apply lessons learned from COVID-19 to Climate Emergency

Online Modules –
​available anytime, anywhere, on any device
Over 50 courses available – the majority free of cost
Please visit  UBC CPD Learning Activities for links to register for the “Any Time” courses

  • 5As of Healthy Pregnancy Weight Gain
  • Addiction Care and Treatment Online Course
  • Assessing Infant Hearing using Human Evoked Response Audiometry
  • BC Pediatric Early Warning System (PEWS) for Inpatient and Emergency/Urgent Care Settings
  • Billing in BC: Advanced for Family Medicine
  • Billing in BC: Basics for Family Medicine
  • Billing in BC: Basics for Specialty Medicine
  • Breast Cancer Screening Update: What's New in BC?
  • But I Don't Do Maternity Care! Specialist Physician Management of the Breastfeeding Patient
  • Cannabis Education for Health Care Providers
  • Caring for Back and Neck Pain Arising from Soft Tissue Injuries
  • Coaching and Mentoring Program (CAMP)
  • Colorectal Cancer
  • Continuous Learning and Practice Improvement for Family Physicians
  • Continuous Learning and Practice Improvement for Specialists
  • CPD eCoach
  • Emergency Contraception Update
  • Equity Diversity Inclusion for Years - Search & Selection Online Training
  • Fundamentals of Fetal Health Surveillance Online Manual
  • Fundamentals of Fetal Health Surveillance Online Exam
  • Gender-Affirming Primary Care
  • HIV Testing in Primary Care
  • Induction and Augmentation of Labour
  • Introduction to WorkSafeBC & ICBC
  • Landscape of Health Care in BC and Canada
  • Latching On: How Family Physicians Can Support Breastfeeding Patients
  • Late Effects of Childhood Cancers​
  • ​Midwifery Best Practices in Materials Management
  • ​Midwifery Communication and Documentation Course
  • Midwifery Emergency Skills Program (MESP)
  • Midwifery Hormonal Contraception Course
  • Midwifery STI Screening & Treatment Course
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Not Just the Blues: Perinatal Depression and Anxiety
  • Opioids and Benzodiazepines: Safe Prescribing for Midwives
  • Optimizing Care for Gay, Bisexual, and other Men who have Sex with Men (gbMSM)
  • Pearls for Immunization Practice
  • Pediatric Asthma Management
  • Pediatric Atopic Dermatitis Online Education
  • Pediatric Foundations
  • Perinatal Substance Use
  • Personal Learning Plans (PLP)
  • Post- Traumatic Stress Symptoms and Anxiety Post-Motor Vehicle Crash Education
  • Practice Management
  • Provincial Opioid Addiction Treatment Support Program
  • Real-Time Virtual Support Education (RTVS)
  • Relationship with Industry Module
  • Safe Prescribing
  • Safe Surgical Care: Strategies During a Pandemic
  • Security in Low Doses: Safeguarding Patient Information in Private Practice
  • Sonnie:  Your Ultrasound Partner
  • Specialist CPD eCoach
  • Strengthening Kangaroo Care for Preterm Infants in BC
  • This Changed My Practice Article
  • Transitioning to Adult Care for Youth with Chronic Health Conditions and Disabilities
  • Virtual Examinations – Tools for Clinical Practice

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