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Applications for the IHP Advisory Council now open
Are you interested in advising AFHTO of the top issues facing IHPs in team-based primary care? Would you like to be a leader in working with IHPs to advocate for and to speak to the critical role of teams, as well as recruitment and retention of providers in primary care? Would you like to share and spread knowledge and learnings?
If yes, AFHTO invites you to apply to join the IHP Advisory Council! The council was established in 2018, and several two-year terms are now open.
This council provides input on IHP-related matters, gives advice and input to the AFHTO board and staff on AFHTO and primary care priorities, and fosters leadership across the IHP community in teams. Meetings are quarterly, and AFHTO occasionally reaches out for input, advice, and guidance between meetings.
To apply, please complete this application: 2025 Application for AFHTO’s IHP Advisory Council Survey. The deadline to apply is Friday, January 24, 2025, at 11:59 PM.
More details are available here.
Reminder- Lunch and Learn webinar series with INQ Law
AFHTO is excited to partner with INQ Law to launch an informative Winter Webinar series. This 3-part series will explore key topics such as privacy, data and records management, governance tips, and best practices, offering valuable insights for healthcare teams. Join us over January to March to gain practical knowledge and tools to support better care delivery. Sign up for one or more sessions – it’s up to you!
January 22, 2025: Corporate and Financial Records Retention
February 26, 2025: PHIPA and Patient Records Retention
March 6, 2025: Governance 101 Update and Refresh
Learn more and register here: Lunch and Learn Webinar Series with INQ Law
Member stories
Queen’s FHT– to roster over 1000 new patients thanks to city grant
Minto-Mapleton FHT– mayor touts year of planning and healthcare additions in 2024 and presentation to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs regarding Pre Budget 2025
News and updates including scoping review of social workers’ professional roles in primary care
- Scoping review of social workers’ professional roles in primary care– BMJ Open, December 2024
- Associations between mental health conditions in pregnancy and maternal socioeconomic status: a population-based retrospective cohort study in Ontario, Canada– BMC Women’s Health, Dec. 23, 2024
- Mobilizing community engagement for crisis response: lessons learned from a COVID-19 mass vaccination clinic in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada– BMC Public Health, Dec. 19, 2024
- Here’s where the primary care crisis is hitting Ontario hardest– Timmins Today, Nov 29, 2024
- Whooping cough in Canada: Outbreaks or case increases reported in these provinces– CTV News, Dec. 27, 2024
- Vaccination prior to SARS-CoV-2 infection does not affect the neurologic manifestations of long COVID– Brain Communications, Jan. 7, 2025
- COVID-19 may enduringly impact cognitive performance and brain haemodynamics in undergraduate students– Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, Volume 125, March 2025
Registration with CPSO now open for Ontario physician assistants
“As you’ve likely heard by now, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) will become the regulator for all physician assistants (PAs) in Ontario as of April 1, 2025. The registration period for PAs to become registrants with CPSO is now open.
Reminder: Ontario PAs must be registered with CPSO by April 1 to continue practising with the title of “physician assistant” in the province.
To begin the registration process, PAs should visit the New Applicant Account Creation page on CPSO’s website. We strongly advise you begin the process as early as possible to ensure you have sufficient time to gather and submit all required documentation.
To learn more about what being regulated under CPSO will entail, visit the Physician Assistants section of CPSO’s website, which includes helpful FAQs around registration, delegation, and more.
We also encourage you to subscribe to CPSO’s Dialogue publication, where you’ll receive regular updates from CPSO. You can do so by visiting the Subscribe to Dialogue page. Ontario PAs will automatically receive new issues of Dialogue once they become CPSO registrants.
For any questions, you can email CPSO’s registration team at inquiries@cpso.on.ca”
My CancerIQ: Learning personal cancer risk
“My CancerIQ is a free, online tool that helps people understand their personal risk of developing six types of cancer. After an individual answers a series of questions, the tool generates a personalized health action plan. Available in English and French, the risk assessments take a few minutes to complete.
Share My CancerIQ with your patients and use the results of their personalized health action plan to discuss their health. For more information and resources, visit the My CancerIQ toolkit. If you have questions or want to share a My CancerIQ story please contact mycanceriq@ontariohealth.ca.”
Post COVID-19 Condition winter webinar series, Jan. 9- Feb. 28, 2025
Accredited webinars on PCC hosted by the University of Saskatchewan Continuing Medical Education Division. Topics will cover the CAN-PCC guidelines and practical strategies for managing PCC. Register here.
Team Primary Care Nurse Post-Licensure Educational Program
Asynchronous program resulting from a partnership between Canadian Family Practice Nurses Association, Memorial University in Newfoundland, and Université de Sherbrooke in Quebec. Find out more.
17th Annual Ottawa Conference on Smoking Cessation, Jan. 24-25, 2025
Hosted by University of Ottawa Heart Institute. Find out more.
Call for abstracts, 2025 NPAO Annual Conference
Deadline March 28, 2025. Find out more.