Events ongoing.
The BC ECHO on Substance Use, with support from the GPSC, has launched a new, live virtual educational series for family physicians and their teams focused on treating and managing high-risk drinking and alcohol use disorder within primary care. ECHO sessions are 1 hour, held on a rotating schedule of Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:00 pm …
Child Health BC, BC Children’s Hospital, and UBC CPD have developed an interactive online course designed to help physicians recognize, treat, and manage atopic dermatitis in a primary care setting. The course includes videos, images, a PDF action plan, and helpful patient resources to better equip parents and caregivers with the knowledge they need for …
Check out recent updates and expanded content! Learn to identify common health issues experienced by gbMSM patients and their implications for care. Move beyond sexual health into more complex topics through multi-layered case studies and interactive exercises.Target audience: family physicians and other allied health professionals who provide care to gbMSM patients.Up to 1.5 Mainpro+ creditsCourse …
Read more “Optimizing Care for Gay, Bisexual, and other Men who have Sex with Men (gbMSM)”
Developed in partnership with Trans Care BC, this course aims to help primary care providers reduce health disparities experienced by trans patients by improving gender-affirming care practices. Through patient-centered education, access resources and tools for patients and work with patients towards their goals.Target audience: family physicians, specialists, nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and other healthcare practitioners …
We are happy to announce the launch of a new module in the Addiction Care and Treatment Online Course (ACTOC): Module 17—Substance Use Care for 2SLGBTQ+ People. This newest module addition to ACTOC was developed in response to ongoing research highlighting the factors that place these communities at a disproportionately high-risk of substance use-related harms, …
Ongoing Target audience: rural family physicians and specialists in BCOverview: UBC Rural CPD’s Coaching and Mentoring Program (CAMP) fosters peer to peer connections in rural practitioner networks to improve your practice, increase your confidence, and connect you to rural colleagues. We connect you with up to 35 hours of personalized, just-in-time support in whatever form …
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We are an Elder-led group from Indigenous and non-Indigenous backgrounds working together with a common aim to increase cultural safety and humility in rural BC by building relationships between First Nations and physician communities. We support Indigenous communities interested in developing community-specific Indigenous cultural safety and humility training for their local physician community. We can …
Another module in this popular free online course launched this week: Protection of Surgical Healthcare Workers. Check out newly released physician-led discussions, clinician podcast interviews, and videos focussed on helping surgical teams better prepare and safely respond to pandemics in both high and low resource settings. Created in partnership with: UBC Department of Surgery, Branch …
Read more “Safe Surgical Care: Strategies during a Pandemic”
Target audience: primary care providers.Content: Check out the latest addition to our cancer care interactive online module series: Prostate Cancer! Clinical tips, reflective cases, and practical resources are integrated in each module to support exploration of up-to-date, evidence-based best practices for primary care providers.Up to 1.0 Mainpro+/module.Enrol: Colorectal Cancer | Breast Cancer | Prostate Cancer
Target audience: Family physicians and specialists new to practice in BC.Content: This recently updated online course provides those who are new to practice in BC with an overview of the Canadian health care system, health care access and funding, physician compensation, and relevant national and provincial organizations.Up to 0.5 Mainpro+/MOC Section 3.Enrol: webpage.