Personal Protective Equipment Simulations (Online Modules)

First, do no harm. How do you keep yourselves, your patients, and your families safe when using Personal Protective Equipment while caring for patients in isolation? Personal Protective Equipment Simulations aims to prepare healthcare providers to care for patients who require droplet and contact isolation on medical admission units in the Calgary Zone, assuring adherence to existing infection prevention and control (IPC) protocols and avoid exposure to suspected pathogens. This course was co-developed with Calgary Medicine Emergency-Pandemic Operations Command (MEOC).

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of the online modules, learners will be able to:

• Recognize and evaluate the indications for PPE use
• List indications for N95 mask use
• Identify the latent threat of PPE fatigue
• Recognize the importance of using a buddy system

REGISTRATION

Online modules are available for anyone to self-register. FREE Self-registration The online self-learning modules are available on here.

ACCREDITATION

1.0 MOC Section 3 Self-Assessment / Mainpro+ Self-learning one-credit-per-hour

CONTACT: [email protected]

LIVE – Webcasts and webinars Management of retinal disease in the time of COVID-19 – Present and future challenges

Date : Friday, 8 May 2020

Time : 5.00 – 6.30 pm CET

WEBINAR DETAILS

View-only live streaming will be available on this page.

The April 2020 issue of the Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology (CJO) is now available online. Here are just some of the highlights in this issue:

Resident Perspectives + visual abstract: In this issue, our residents have summarized 5 articles that they feel are relevant to learners here in Canada and around the globe, including the article featured in our April visual abstract, Effect of 6-week washout period on intraocular pressure following chronic prostaglandin analogue treatment: a randomized controlled trial.

F.Y. Eye column: As always, we’re pleased to feature Dr. Ian McIlraith’s column, which summarizes recent research and news stories that might be of interest to ophthalmologists. This month, he looks at publications on neuromyelitis optica disease progression, optic nerve ultrasonography for diagnosing increased intracranial pressure, and idiopathic intracranial hypertension as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease.

An excellent line-up of review articles, original research and more, including:

• Dry eye after refractive surgery: a meta-analysis
• Vision to improve: quality improvement in ophthalmology
• The effect of pharmacological pupillary dilation on intraocular pressure measurement
• Pentosan-associated maculopathy: prevalence, screening guidelines, and spectrum of findings based on prospective multimodal analysis
• Ophthalmology referral as part of a multidisciplinary approach to suspected abusive head trauma
• Recovery of stereopsis after strabismus surgery in X-linked ocular albinism 
• Inner-limiting-membrane peeling in epiretinal membrane surgery: an evolving surgical trend

Follow the CJO on social media:

Twitter: @CanJOphth

Instagram: @cjo_jco

Facebook: CanJOphth

The COS CPD Council will offer a webinar series on topic information, relevant to ophthalmologists across Canada.

Going forward the COS webinar series A Path to a New Vision will take place on Thursdays at 4:00 pm EDT. Future topics may includePhysician Wellness during COVID; Virtual Ophthalmic care during and after COVID.  

WEBINAR DETAILS

Date: Thursday, April 30th
Time: 4:00 pm EDT
Zoom Link to register for the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DYW8jPrVSP2C5iV3Omrfdw
Language: English presentation, French questions may be submitted

FACULTY

Moderator: Dr. Guillermo Rocha
Guest Speaker: Dr. Richard Mimeault, CMPA

Cross-Country Canadian Panel

• Dr. Alex de Saint Sardos, Nova Scotia  
• Dr. Raj Rathee, Ontario
• Dr. Guy Boswall, Prince Edward Island
• Dr. Salim Lahoud, Quebec
• A representative from Alberta

The Planning Committee is made of up members of the COS Council on CPD, Chaired by Dr. Colin Mann, and includes Dr. Mona Harissi-Dagher, Dr. Varun Chaudhary, and Dr. Hady Saheb.

QUESTIONS

Please use the link below to submit questions in advance of the webinar: https://ca.surveygizmo.com/s3/50074417/A-Path-to-a-New-Vision-Questions Your questions will help to guide the presentation by Dr. Mimeault and the provincial correspondents.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Describe and apply strategies for practicing ophthalmology during the evolving phases of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
• Describe the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on ophthalmologists practicing in Canada
• Describe the specific medico-legal implications of practicing ophthalmology during and after the COVID-19 pandemic

ACCREDITATION

This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and approved by the Canadian Ophthalmological Society. You may claim a maximum of 1 hour.

FUTURE WEBINARS

The Canadian Ophthalmological Society is excited to bring you this webinar series: A Path to a New Vision, which deals with COVID-19 related topics for Canadian Ophthhalmologists. Invited guests will provide expert information and a panel of ophthalmologists from across the country that provide a snapshot of current ophthalmic practice in Canada.  Future topics may include Physician Wellness during COVID; Virtual Ophthalmic care during and after COVID; Virtual Care/Teleophthalmology.  

This webinar series was delivered with financial support from an educational grant provided to the COS by Bayer.

CONTACT

Colleen Drake, Coordinator, Continuing Professional Development, Canadian Ophthalmological Society at [email protected] with any questions.

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

DATE: Tuesday May 5, 2020 4pm EST

TOPIC: Artificial Intelligence in Ophthalmology – Reinventing the eye exam

SPEAKER: Pearse Keane, MD FRCOphth Associate Professor, University College London. Consultant Ophthalmologist, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Panelists

• Renaud Duval, Universite de Montreal
• Rishi Singh, Cleveland

Webinar ID: Please click the link below to join the webinar

• https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88686933140pwd=SE1QSDFCSlZ4VGJpc096dk8yTTB4UT09
• Password: connect

CONTACT

Please contact Sandra Gauci [email protected] or Deepa Yoganathan / [email protected]  for more information and questions.

COVID-19 Document Library

Youtube webinars organized by Oftalmo-University

Access Details

Learn more about the OFTALMO BINARS live/recorded youtube webinars organized by Oftalmo-university

Many of the sessions are in Spanish but there are some sessions in English.

Archived content, with recorded previous sessions can be found here

Recommended COVID-19 Resources

On 11 March 2020, World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the COVID-19 outbreak was a pandemic. What seemed to be overnight, our clinical, academic and personal lives turned upside down grappling with this new reality. COVID-19 has and will continue to impact communities and cities across Canada.  

Ophthalmologists – not unlike our colleagues across medicine – have many questions. How do I protect myself and my patients from COVID-19? How do I decide which clinical activities to continue and which to temporarily put on hold? Are there unique ocular implications of COVID-19?

These are some of the many questions we are facing. While there are no easy answers, there are several resources available to guide Canadian ophthalmologists in navigating these unchartered waters. The Practice Resource Committee (PRC) has compiled a list of some available resources for use. With this pandemic evolving ever so quickly, new and updated resources will become available. Please continue checking this page to stay informed on the latest recommendations to assist you in your practice and feel free to drop us a line if you come across a resource you would like to suggest. Finally, we also strongly encourage you to refer to your provincial or territorial guidelines for the standards that apply to you and your practice.

Canadian

• COS and ACUPO https://cosprc.ca/resource/guidelines-for-ophthalmic-care/
• Institut national de santé publique du Québec https://www.inspq.qc.ca/sites/default/files/covid/2957-mesures-exceptionnelles-equipements-protection-individuelle-covid19.pdf

American

• AAO: https://cosprc.ca/resource/aaos-new-recommendations-regarding-urgent-and-nonurgent-patient-care/

Retina

• Retina International: http://www.retina-international.org/statement-from-retina-international-and-its-scientific-and-medical-advisory-board-on-covid-19/
• https://cosprc.ca/resource/canadian-retina-society-crs-position-statement-on-intravitreal-injections-and-the-management-of-retinal-diseases-during-the-covid-19-crisis/

Uveitis

• International Uveitis Study Group:  https://www.iusg.net/library

Resources for your practice

International

• International Agency for Prevention of Blindness: https://www.iapb.org/news/covid-19-resources-here-is-what-we-know/
• French Society of Ophthalmology: http://www.icoph.org/downloads/French-Society-of-Ophthalmology-COVID-19-Guidelines.pdf
• Mexican Society of Ophthalmology: https://www.smo.org.mx/
• Philippine Academy of Ophthalmology: https://pao.org.ph/public/

Self-care

• https://cdn-contenu.quebec.ca/cdn-contenu/sante/documents/Problemes_de_sante/19-210-30A_Guide-auto-soins_anglais.pdf?1584985885

Recommended by Zainab Khan, MD, FRCSC
Practice Resource Centre Committee Member, Canadian Ophthalmological Society

Dr. Mamta Gautam, is an Ottawa-based psychiatrist, known as the Doctors’ Doctor, with expertise in physician health and physician leadership.  She is hosting a free daily Zoom call to offer mutual peer support to colleagues as we deal with COVID19.

-Zoom call, at 4 pm EST for 1 hour, 7 days/week

-Please feel free to drop in, as often as you want, for as long as you want. No commitment.

-This is not therapy or psychiatric care, just peer support.

-While unable to guarantee confidentiality, Dr. Gautam is doing her best to ensure privacy.

-It will not be recorded in any way.

Please email her at [email protected]  for the link and password for access to the Zoom calls.