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Clinical Updates from PHAC and AMMI Canada Infection Prevention & Control (IPAC) – Management Of COVID-19 in Long-Term Care

The Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (AMMI) Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) are collaborating on an online open access webinar series to provide cutting edge continuing education to Canadian medical professionals in the context of COVID-19.

Date:     Thursday, July 9, 2020

Time:     16:00 – 16:45 EDT

Title: Infection Prevention & Control (IPAC) Management of COVID-19 in Long-term Care

Speaker: Dr. Jerome Leis MD, MSC, FRCPC

Dr. Leis is the Medical Director of Infection Prevention & Control at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto. His research is focused on the development of new models of care that reduce the risk of hospital-acquired infection and promote the appropriate use of antibiotics.  During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Leis has supported both hospital and long-term care sectors in both prevention and control of COVID-19 transmission.

Objectives:
• Review the transmission of COVID-19 in long-term care homes
that experienced outbreaks
• Discuss infection prevention and control practices for protecting residents
and healthcare workers in long-term care facilities

Moderators:

To register please CLICK HERE.

Things to note:

The New Normals

The New Normals

COVID has ushered in a bunch of new normals. The way we run clinic, how we vacation, and where our kids go to “school”. A more long-term change we may see in our profession is how we go to “school”.  Month after month, we will have to continue to make the difficult decisions regarding our upcoming conferences, whether to postpone, convert to virtual, or wait and see. In the meantime, many of us have chosen to take advantage of the opportunities that online webinars provide. Assembling panelists of speakers from around the world, peppering pioneers with the “why’s” and the “what’s” of how things came to be, and being able to reconnect with your former classmate from decades ago “face-to-face”. In fact, some of the comments from newly converted webinees are that these sessions are more personal than if we were sitting in a large auditorium (inevitability looking at the screen to attempt to see a speaker’s expressions).  With the support of Dr Sherif El-Defrawy and the DOVS planning committee, we initiated a weekly webinar called RETINA CONNECT. Our season comes to an end today with star-studded cast.  Anita Agarwal will be presenting Imaging of Placoid Disorders. Of course, I picked up her book, Gass’ Atlas of Macular Disease, off my shelf and read with pleasure in preparation. Her panelists include Larry Yannuzzi, Bailey Freund, Lee Jampol, and Dave Sarraf.  We will reconvene in the fall with monthly sessions. Hope you can join.

Tuesday June 30, 6pm EDT

RETINA CONNECT: Anita Agarwal – Placoid Imaging

Please click the zoom link below to join the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81602932731?pwd=L2M3RnZzQWw0QXZxT1d0b1FQY0hudz09

Password: connect

Recommended by Deepa Yoganathan, MD, FRCSC
Practice Resource Centre Committee Member, Canadian Ophthalmological Society

PCC Rounds- Latest Trends in Corneal Transplant Surgery

Joint International Rounds between Precision Cornea Centre (Ottawa, Canada) and Apollo Hospitals (Hyderabad, India)

Topic: Latest trends in corneal transplant surgery

Presenter: Rajesh Fogla, MD

Date: Tuesday June 30th, 2020

Time: 7:00am-8:00am (EDT, UTC- 4)

Registration: https://meetings.ringcentral.com/j/6137462244

Ottawa Lead: Kashif Baig, MD
Hyderabad Lead: Rajesh Fogla, MD

Resource Toolkit – A Path to a New Vision: COS COVID-19 Webinar Series delivered in April/May 2020

This Resource Toolkit provides direct links to general COVID-19 literature, resources and guidance from reputable agencies, as well as specific COVID-19 topics such as medico-legal concerns. In addition, instructions and patterns for some simple do-it-yourself PPE projects are included.

GENERAL RESOURCES

The CMA is working with the Public Health Agency of Canada, provincial and territorial medical associations, and the Council of Chief Medical Officers of Health to share the most up-to-date and reliable resources with physicians and patients.

Available at: https://www.cma.ca/cma-update-coronavirus

Get the latest public health information from CDC.

Available at: https://www.coronavirus.gov.

Get the latest research from NIH.

Available at: https://www.nih.gov/coronavirus.

Find NCBI SARS-CoV-2 literature, sequence, and clinical content.

Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sars-cov-2/.

WEBINAR-SPECIFIC RESOURCES

Webinar #1 – A Path to a New Vision: Our Starting Point.

Originally presented Friday, April 24, 2020.

Available at:

Guidance

Peer-reviewed literature

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Resources

Guidance

Do It Yourself (DIY) PPE

DIY Non-Medical Masks (patterns with step-by-step instructions)

Webinar #2 – A Path to a New Vision: Medico-Legal Aspects of Ophthalmology Practice During COVID-19.

Originally presented on Thursday, April 30, 2020.

Not available as a recording due to sensitive medico-legal issues.

CMPA is providing the latest information, advice and support related to medical-legal protection during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Available at: https://www.cmpa-acpm.ca/en/covid19

Webinar #3 – A Path to a New Vision: Virtual Care – COVID and Beyond.

Originally presented on Thursday, May 7, 2020.

Available at:

Webinar #4 – A Path to a New Vision: Financial Implications of COVID – Beyond the Basics.

Originally presented Thursday, May 14, 2020.

Available at:

Webinar #5 – A Path to a New Vision: What Now? Optimizing Our New Normal.

Originally presented Thursday, May 28, 2020.

Available at:

Webinar – Retina Connect : Imaging Features of Placoid Disorders

The University of Toronto, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences invites you to RETINA CONNECT.

Webinar Details

Date: June 30, 2020 | 6:00pm–7:00pm NEW TIME*

Title: RETINA CONNECT – Imaging features of Placoid Disorders

Speaker: Anita Agarwal, West Coast Retina

Panelists:

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81602932731?pwd=L2M3RnZzQWw0QXZxT1d0b1FQY0hudz09

Password: connect

Ideas for Teaching CanMEDS During COVID-19

There are numerous ways for trainees (CBD and traditional) to continue to develop the CanMEDS competencies throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of these opportunities occur in responding to the pandemic itself, whereas other opportunities may be used to help fill the gap when usual clinical duties are problematic due to safety concerns, PPE shortages, physical distancing constraints, etc. While the pandemic may be shifting our traditional approach to teaching, educators are encouraged to consider the opportunities arising for the development of competence across all CanMEDS Roles.
The Royal College collected suggestions and ideas for clinical and non-clinical educational experiences during COVID-19, and have organized these by the CanMEDS Role to which they most easily map.

Ideas for Teaching CanMEDS During COVID-19: This resource compiles ideas for clinical and non-clinical educational experiences during COVID-19, and is organized by the seven CanMEDS Roles. As you’ll see, many of these educational opportunities occur in responding to the pandemic itself, whereas other opportunities may be used to help fill the gap when usual clinical duties are problematic due to PPE shortages, physical distancing constraints, and other safety concerns.

Continuing Clinical Teaching during COVID-19

Disruptions related to COVID-19 are likely to continue for quite some time. In response, programs are adopting innovative approaches to support resident learning in the clinical environment. Check out these ideas from your colleagues across Canada on how they are continuing clinical teaching during COVID-19, across a variety of clinical environments (inpatients or outpatient visits), for multiple educational purposes (e.g., direct observation, teaching, coaching and assessment), and for both formal and informal teaching (e.g., academic half days, journal clubs, clinical teaching, etc.).

Ideas for Clinical Teaching During COVID-19: The purpose of this document is to share tips and resources from the front line for continuing residency education while managing the pandemic and maintaining physical distancing.

University of Alberta– Educational Resources

Educational Resources

Presentation:

Vodcasts:

Vodcasts for Pediatric Eye Disease:

Retina Connect : Uveitis – The Layering Effect

The University of Toronto, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences invites you to RETINA CONNECT.

Webinar Details

Date: June 23, 2020 | 5:00pm–6:30pm

Title: RETINA CONNECT – Uveitis – the layering effect

Speaker: Sunil Srivastava, Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland Clinic

Panelists:
Tom Albini, Bascom Palmer
Nupura Bakshi, University of Toronto
Deborah Goldstein, Northwestern University
Efrem Mandelcorn, University of Toronto
Steven Yeh, Emory University

Zoom link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87588347329?pwd=b0EyRjNSdUd6SGRjbk1jbmkyYXV0Zz09

Password: connect