Professional Development Opportunities
Education and Professional Development Opportunities
Educational opportunities available to support health professionals in Niagara
In-person Opportunities
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Academic Detailing Service: Centre for Effective Practice
One-on-one evidence-based discussions with a clinical pharmacist and a family physician on a variety of clinical topics. -
Helping Your Patients Quit Smoking: The 5As
At your office
Free educational session for your office -
Strengthening the Connection: Primary Care and Suicide Prevention
October 19, 2022, 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Virtual - Zoom
Join us to learn about the role of primary care in suicide prevention. This one-credit-per-hour Group Learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada for up to 2.5 Mainpro+® credits. -
Breastfeeding: Making a Difference Level 1
November 1, 2022, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Virtual - Zoom
A 2-day (Nov. 1 & 8) virtual workshop series for healthcare providers and hospital staff practicing in Niagara who currently work with expectant or new parents as well as their families.
Online Opportunities
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Suicide: Facing the Difficult Topic Together - Empowering Nurses, Instilling Hope in Clients
Learn how to identify the risk of suicide among your patients, and how to better offer support. -
Infection Prevention and Control – Online Learning
Public Health Ontario offers several e-modules for various infection prevention and control topics. -
HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis e-Module
Learn how to identify patients in your practice who may be at higher risk of acquiring HIV, an evidence-based approach and how to prescribe safely and address logistical concerns regarding prescribing. -
Moving to Acceptance: How to address vaccine hesitancy in your busy practice
The one-hour module helps health care providers counsel vaccine-hesitant patients. -
Radon - is it in your patients' homes?
McMaster University, together with Health Canada, the Ontario College of Family Physicians and the Clean Air Partnership, have designed a free, certified program. -
Supporting Healthy Child Development with Ontario's Enhanced 18-Month Well-Baby Visit
Learn about the various components of the Enhanced 18-Month Well-Baby Visit, including the use of standardized assessment tools -
Optimizing Well-Baby Care: Conducting an Enhanced 18-Month Well-Baby Visit
Get a hands-on introduction to the use of the Looksee Checklist and the Ontario version of the Rourke Baby Record with interactive patient case examples -
Early Literacy Promotion: The A-B-Cs for busy clinicians
This free MOC certified module from the Canadian Paediatric Society and the Canadian Children’s Literacy Foundation will help health professionals counsel families about the benefits of reading, speaking, and singing with their babies and young children -
CANVax (Canadian Public Health Association)
CANVax is an online database of curated resources to support immunization program planning and promotional activities to improve vaccine acceptance and uptake in Canada.
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