Member News: members in the media, clinical resources and free training opportunities

Updates Relevant to Primary Care

• Free management resources for members: ED Mentorship program, Program Planning & Evaluation Tools, privacy resources and more

• Members in the Media: members have been making the news recently. Visit our site to learn more about what your peers have been doing.

• Survey: conducted by CAMH to help provide implementation advice to the province for its Comprehensive Mental Health and Addictions Strategy. Deadline to participate is Mar. 25.

• Cancer Screening & Advance Care Planning QI Toolkits developed by Cancer Care Ontario

• Chief Medical Office of Health memo on MERS-CoV: revised case definition for a person under investigation.

• The Caring Experience: The Change Foundation is seeking insights from health professionals in phase two of this project.

Clinical & Patient Engagement Resources

• HQO Patient and Family Advisory Council Guides: focused on how to recruit for diversity, create an effective terms of reference and choose meaningful projects

• Free Online Chronic Disease Self-Management Program: Ministry- funded online workshop program accepting registrations until Mar. 29

• Provincial Guidelines for Epilepsy Surgery Referrals recently released by Critical Care Services Ontario

• Free Online Medical Translation Tool for Syrian Refugees: secure intake tool developed by CognisantMD

• Updated CORE Back Tool: developed by Centre for Effective Practice following the province’s Low Back Pain Strategy

• Providers asked to promote Census 2016 recruiting to patients: Statistics Canada is hiring 35000 people to collect the 2016 census and has a Community Supporter Toolkit with resources to share with patients.

Events and Learning Opportunities

• Mar. 25, 2016: deadline to join an AFHTO Conference working group

• Mar. 14, 2016, Mental and Psychosocial Health Needs of Syrian Refugees: encore webinar by Public Health Agency of Canada

• Mar. 22 & 29, 2016, QIP Conversations – HQO: drop in webinars to work with HQO on your QIP submission questions

• Mar. 30, 2016, Beyond the Break- Overview of the 2015 Recommendations for Fracture Prevention in Long-Term Care: developed through the collaboration of Osteoporosis Canada and Women’s College Hospital

•  Mar. 11, 2016, Providing Education on Dementia for Patients & Families, Baycrest GeMH: accredited webcast focused on developing an optimal approach

• Mar. 15, 2016, Beginners Education on submitting QIPS Webinar, HQO: overview of the QIP development and submission process

• Apr. 21, 2016, Enhancing our capacity to support refugees (CMHA Webinar Series): free series to support the community mental health sector