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COVID-19 malnutrition – how to identify and treat in team-based primary care
After attending this webinar, participants will:
- Gain a greater awareness of prevalence of malnutrition in primary care and the impact of undiagnosed malnutrition on quality of life, health outcomes and health care dollars
- Learn about malnutrition screening happening in primary care settings across Canada
- Walk away with tips and tools to implement screening within your site
- Be introduced to a Malnutrition Toolkit complete with screening tools, care pathways and outcome measures for malnutrition screening in primary care
Find out more and register here.
AFHTO 2021 conference registration now open
Primary care has risen to the challenge of COVID-19 and while we wouldn’t dare say we have become used to its sweeping impacts on our work and lives, we can say we have adjusted to provide the best care possible for patients under trying circumstances.
We only have an inkling of what lies ahead – delayed care, ongoing effects of the pandemic and the complex interactions of these with our society- but we need to prepare for it.
Featuring Dr. Mamta Gautam, on “MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER: The Power of Resilience”
Thank you for your 2021 Bright Lights nominations
We received over 30 nominations yesterday and a confirmation email has been sent.
If you are part of a group that has prepared a nomination, please ensure your contact has received the email with the subject: “Thank you for your 2021 Bright Lights nomination!”. (Please have them check their junk mail as well.)
If your contact person has NOT received this confirmation, please contact info@afhto.ca by Sep. 2.
Order printed cancer screening awareness materials by Sep. 3 for your team
As you know, Ontario’s health care system has been significantly impacted by COVID-19, including preventive care like cancer screening. To help support you and your patients get caught up on cancer screening tests, Ontario Health will be sharing a cancer screening awareness tool-kit.
The tool-kit has digital and print options. This is to provide information to members who wish to order print materials – read more here. Please complete the form by September 3rd, 2021 at 6pm.
Member consultation forum on election strategy postponed
After some discussion with our government relations firm, Enterprise Canada on current circumstances with wave 4, back to school, the federal election, and other areas, we will be rescheduling this forum for mid-November.
We will still have the fireside chat with Enterprise at our conference and the forum will follow in mid-November. Material will be updated and circulated by the end of November, with webinars or training will follow. You will then be ready to go – and supported along the way – for conversations and advocacy with all your local candidates! The new date for the November forum will be confirmed in the next couple of weeks.
Fall preparedness, balancing in-person vs. virtual care and more
Recent updates include:
- Memo – Fall preparedness – Matt Anderson, CEO, Ontario Health, August 30 2021
- Balancing Demands: Considerations for Family Physicians– OCFP, August 2021
- Covid-19 Antibody Tests for Healthcare Professionals– Focused Communication, August 23, 2021
- Ministry of Health resources updated Aug. 26, 2021
We continue to update several pages on our site with resources and news:
- Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates– the original page, with news and Ministry situation reports (please note that the Ministry Situation Reports on COVID-19 are posted daily so review them to better understand the provincial response)
- COVID-19 Vaccination Information
- COVID-19 assessment centres in Ontario
- COVID-19 information for Patients, Caregivers and the Public
- Infection control resources and tools for primary care
- Management and operations, human resources and COVID-19
- Mental health and wellness during COVID-19
- Providing Comprehensive Care During COVID-19
- Resources for Re-opening
- Virtual Care, Digital Health and COVID-19
World Health Organization Long COVID Core Outcome Set Study, Deadline Sep. 1
Researchers at Johns Hopkins are working with the World Health Organization on a long COVID outcome study and need North American clinician/researcher participants. Per Dale M. Needham, FCPA, MD, PhD:
“We desperately need PASC/Long COVID researchers/clinicians (and patient/caregivers) to share their expertise for this Core Outcome Set done in collaboration with the World Health Organization, ISARIC, and COMET Initiative.” Note: this Delphi is directed for adult, rather than pediatric Long COVID. We have about 1000 respondents but are very under-represented by clinicians and researchers (including non-clinician researchers), and especially under-represented for geographic regions outside of Europe.
This Delphi survey will take only 5 to 10 minutes since many of you have already thought deeply about these issues.
This URL will take you to the Delphi: https://delphimanager.liv.ac.uk/PC-COS/Delphi
Who can take part?
1. People who have long COVID/PASC and their caregivers
2. Health professionals (including medical doctors, nurses, pharmacists, psychologists, physiotherapists, etc.)
3. Researchers of long COVID
4. Organizations who use the research (e.g., those approving new treatments) representatives.
Final deadline Sep. 1.
The Canadian/Global COVID-19 Policy Response, Sep. 1, 2021
Lung Health Foundation & McMaster’s Global Nexus Policy Forum, moderated by Heather Bakken, Deputy Publisher and VP, Business Development, iPolitics.ca Register here.
COVID@Home Monitoring for Primary Care Connecting Call, Sep. 8, 2021
Hosted by Ontario Health, the webinar will cover some thoughts on the QI evaluation to date, review any new or emerging evidence and discuss the groups needs moving forward. Find out more here.
Project ECHO OBN: Etiology, Assessment and Treatment of Obesity, starting Sep. 9
They have expanded the curriculum to offer you the opportunity to update your knowledge of post-bariatric care and explore treatment options for individuals living with obesity. Find out more here.
Tapering and Stopping Opioids, Oct. 19, 2021
Co-hosted with ECHO Ontario Chronic Pain and Opioid Stewardship (UHN). Register here.
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