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Complimentary tuition for Hospice Palliative Care Ontario education
Staff or physicians may be eligible for complimentary online person-centered decision making or palliative care education offered by Hospice Palliative Care Ontario (HPCO).
A limited number of spaces are available for Ontario-based providers or administrators to complete training by March 31, 2024. Eligible courses include Person-Centered Decision Making and PACE for PSWs. Further information is included here.
Deadline to apply to join AFHTO’s IHP Advisory Council Jan. 19
Are you interested in advising AFHTO on the top issues facing IHPs in team-based primary care? Would you like to be a leader in working with IHPs in primary care to advocate for and to speak to the critical role of teams? Would you like to share and spread knowledge and learnings? If yes, please apply to join our IHP Advisory Council!
We invite any IHP in a member team to apply by completing this survey by Friday, January 19. For more information, click here.
Please share this opportunity with providers across teams.
Member stories
Hamilton FHT – CEO Gloria Jordan presented to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs for the 2024 Pre-Budget Consultations
Peterborough FHT- Peterborough Family Health Team calls on province to ‘act quickly and invest in primary health care
Connect with your peers using AFHTO’s IHP Directory
IHPs in AFHTO member teams are encouraged to sign up to AFHTO’s IHP Directory! This directory will help improve AFHTO’s communication to IHPs, and it will support IHP networking, information sharing, and collaboration.
After you sign up, you will be emailed a link to a spreadsheet with the names, professions, team names, and work emails of all IHPs who have signed up for open communication. You may sort by profession to see the names of those in the same discipline as you.
AFHTO will be checking the directory and emailing links to new registrants every 1-2 weeks. We look forward to improved communication from AFHTO to IHPs, and across IHPs in AFHTO-member teams!
News and updates including racism produces subtle brain changes that lead to increased disease risk in Black populations
- Racism produces subtle brain changes that lead to increased disease risk in Black populations – The Conversation, December 15, 2023
- The effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines to prevent long COVID symptoms: staggered cohort study of data from the UK, Spain, and Estonia– The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, January 11, 2024
- COVID-19 Therapeutic Support service launched – Ontario Pharmacists Association (OPA) is
providing this service free of charge to any healthcare provider in Ontario - Muscle abnormalities worsen after post-exertional malaise in long COVID– Nature Communications, January 4, 2024
- Variability in COVID-19 Vaccine Response Among People With Cancer– article on comprehensive Covid mitigation in hospitals, disseminated more than 96% of other articles– JAMA Oncology, December 22, 2022
- Post–COVID-19 Condition in Children 6 and 12 Months After Infection– JAMA Network Open, December 28, 2023
Survey on mobile lung cancer screening project
The Lung Health Foundation is gathering insights to understand if, and how, a mobile lung cancer screening unit may resolve inequities in the lung cancer screening space and improve early detection rates for specific populations and communities in Ontario. The survey takes about 8 minutes to complete. Learn more here.
Reminder- 40% discount on CPS Full Access available to members
If you spend time clarifying prescriptions, use CPS Full Access, a Canadian-developed platform that features up-to-date Canadian information such as:
- Current drug shortages.
- Health Canada–approved product names, indications, dosing, and patient information.
- Warnings, recalls and safety alerts.
- Evidence-based therapeutic content and algorithms.
- Drug tables with price ranges.
Annual subscriptions are normally priced at $769 plus HST. As a member of AFHTO, you can get your annual CPS Full Access subscription at a reduced rate of only $461 plus HST per year, which includes both web and mobile applications.
For additional information, please see here.
ECHO Ontario Child & Youth Mental Health, Jan. 18- June 27, 2024
One-hour sessions are offered weekly on Thursdays with no cost to participate. Register here.
Meaningful Digital Transformation: Advancing Sustainability and Wellness in the Digital Sphere, Jan. 25, 2024
Hosted by TechSoup Canada and Wholegrain Digital. Register here.
Family Medicine Summit, Jan. 26-27, 2024
Virtual event hosted by OCFP. Register here.
Epilepsy in Children & Youth and Adults, Feb. 8 & 9 & Feb. 29 & Mar. 1, 2024
Free in-person events hosted by ECHO Epilepsy Ontario
- Toronto- Feb. 8 & 9- register here.
- Ottawa- Feb. 29 & Mar. 1- register here.
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