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Reminder- It’s election time- member consultation forum, Nov. 16, 2021
The 2022 provincial election is fast approaching, and we need to hear from you! Interest and registration were high for our fireside chat, and now we need to discuss next steps.
Members have consistently told us our advocacy on your behalf is one of the things you value most, so now it’s time to take part.
Click here for more information and to register.
2021 Annual Report available
It has been a challenging 20 months, and primary care teams have been leaders.
Throughout this pandemic, teams adjusted to new circumstances and continued to provide comprehensive care while extending reach to support their communities. They were leaders in organizing assessment centres, conducting tests, and administering COVID-19 vaccines. They collaborated with their partners to help keep communities safe, while keeping their doors open to provide care to their patients and others who needed it most.
Thank you to all our members who shared your stories. Get more from our annual report.
New date- Practical approaches to polypharmacy: the gentle art of deprescribing
In this webinar on Dec. 1, we will explore approaches to the issues and problems around polypharmacy and deprescribing in primary care patients. We will discuss approaches to the integration of patients’ goals and priorities with evidence. In the second part of the webinar, we will demonstrate the TAPER tool (Team Approach to Polypharmacy Evaluation and Reduction), an integrated pathway designed for use in a primary care team-based approach as routine “prevention” in primary care patients with polypharmacy. Register here.
Tapering and stopping opioids slides and video available
On Oct. 19 Dr. Furlan summarized the 10 years of experience of the pain clinic at Toronto Rehab UHN where she works with an interprofessional team to help patients come off long term opioid therapy for chronic non-cancer pain. Slides and video are now available.
Managing Mental Health in the Workplace During COVID-19 videos and more
Recent updates include:
- Managing Mental Health in the Workplace During COVID-19– videos which can be viewed offline from the day of learning- Ontario Psychological Association, Oct. 19, 2021
- Testing for COVID-19 and “last mile” vaccination video and materials– OCFP COVID-19 CoP, Oct. 22, 2021
- COVID-19 Vaccine Administration– new guidance document which combines the former ‘Administration of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine’, ‘Administration of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine’, and ‘Administration of AstraZeneca and COVISHIELD COVID-19 Vaccine’ guidance documents- Ministry of Health, Oct. 20, 2021
- COVID-19 guidance for primary care providers in a community setting– Ministry of Health, updated Oct. 19, 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
Just launched- Indigenous cultural safety training
The Indigenous Primary Health Care Council (IPHCC) is starting a training series called Anishinaabe Mino’ayaawin – People in Good Health; the first course in the series, Foundations of Indigenous Cultural Safety, was created in partnership with the IPHCC’s Indigenous Knowledge Keepers’ Circle, bioethicists, and Indigenous patient navigators from across Ontario. It is grounded in a two-eyed-seeing approach to knowledge. It’s an online, multi-media course that takes about three hours to complete. Enrolment is free for individuals and organizations.
- For more information, check out their website or email the IPHCC ICS Team to register.
- If your organization provides care for Indigenous clients, has Indigenous staff, or works with Indigenous community partners, consider using the free Ne’iikaanigaana (“All My Relations”) Toolkit to help you implement your cultural safety learnings and create safer environments for Indigenous people.
2022 Family Medicine Summit call for abstracts
The 2022 Family Medicine Summit (FMS) will include two days of livestream events – January 28 and 29, 2022 – with dozens of additional sessions available on demand to participants until July 31, 2022. New this year, they have reserved space in the agenda for speakers selected from a Call for Abstracts.
The Call for Abstracts is open exclusively to family medicine residents and early-career family physicians. Selected presenters will receive guidance and support in preparing to deliver their session. While all abstracts are welcome, they’d be especially keen to hear from someone who has been working on implementing Choosing Wisely Canada recommendations within their practice and/or someone who has been involved in establishing their local Primary Care Network. Submissions are due by November 8.
Choosing Wisely Post Pandemic: How COVID-19 Opened Our Eyes to Low-Value Care, Nov. 10, 2021
Part of the De/Implement: CWC Implementation Research Webinar Series. Find out more.
Introduction to ONCA, Nov. 17, 2021
Join Benjamin Miller from Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) for an education session on what is new in the Ontario’s Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (ONCA), and steps nonprofits can take to set themselves up for success in transitioning to the new requirements under the Act. Register here.
Curbing Unnecessary Antibiotic Use in Children: Navigating Colds, Flu, and Kids This Respiratory Season, Nov. 17, 2021
Part of ‘Choosing Wisely Talks’. Find out more here.
Special Interest ECHO Sessions – Gender Diversity: Information for Primary Care Providers, Nov. 17- Dec.1
Three-part ECHO Ontario Child and Youth Mental Health series. Get more details here.
Primary Care and COVID-19 Support CoP Connecting Call, Nov. 24, 2021
Hosted by Ontario Health. Find out more here.
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