Professional Development Opportunities

In-person Opportunities

• Academic Detailing Service: Centre for Effective Practice
  Free, unbiased, MAINPRO-accredited CME offered to primary care physicians, NPs and second year medical residents! Virtual or in person visits available for one-on-one or small group discussions!

Online Opportunities

• 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.
• Sexually Transmitted and Blood-borne Infections: Barriers to Screening
  This 90-minute accredited and self-paced course explores current STBBI trends in Canada, provides an overview of the Public Health Agency of Canada’s guidance on STBBI screening, and offers strategies to reduce barriers and increase access to screening.
• Online Suicide Prevention Modules for Health Care Professionals
  The MHCC, HealthCareCAN and the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention developed this online module for family physicians and nurses, to help clinicians understand how to embed suicide prevention into practice. 2 Mainpro+ credits offered.
• Managing Alcohol Use Problems
  This accredited course is designed for physicians and other clinicians consists of five self-directed online modules that explore the impact of alcohol problems, ways to better identify problematic alcohol use, and treatments for alcohol use disorder.

Past Continuing Medical Education Sessions

• Niagara Region Public Health Rounds: Focus on Alcohol and Health
  Hear from Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Azim Kasmani, on the local context of alcohol consumption in Niagara. Then hear from keynote speaker, Dr. Peter Butt, on the new Canadian Alcohol Guidelines.
• Niagara Region Public Health Rounds: Focus on Maternal Mental Health and Adverse Childhood Experiences
  Hear from Dr. Kasmani, Dr. Van Lieshout, and Dr. Krzeczkowski about maternal mental health screening, treatment, and the impact on child development.

Professionals

Public Health

• Common Respiratory Illnesses
• Vaccines
• Infectious Diseases
• Infection Prevention and Control
• Sexual Health
• Mental Health
• Maternal, Child
• Oral Health
• Medical Advisories
• Opioid and Safer Supply Resources
• Order Resources
• Quitting Smoking
• Mobile Integrated Health
• Social Determinants of Health
• Physician Recruitment
• Primary Care Advisory Group