Topic: Core Ophthalmic Knowledge: Pediatrics Ophthalmology/Strabismus

Date: Jan 28, 2021

Time: 08:00 PM EDT

Learning Objectives:

• Identify gaps in care and target areas for clinical practice assessment and improvement.
• Describe and implement current information on diagnosis and management of ophthalmic problems encountered in everyday practice in core ophthalmic knowledge* for pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus.

*Core ophthalmic knowledge is defined as necessary clinical knowledge expected of all ophthalmologists regardless of practice emphasis area.

Access Details:

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Topic: Dx This Live!

Date: Jan 21, 2021

Time: 08:00 PM EDT

Moderators: Ashvini K. Reddy, MD and Gabriela Espinoza, MD

Panelists: Valerie I. Elmalem, MD; Courtney L. Kraus, MD; Olivia L. Lee, MD; Leela Raju, MD; Shameema Sikder, MD; and Kim Winges, MD

Learning Objectives:

• Identify gaps in care and target areas for clinical practice assessment and improvement across the subspecialty spectrum in ophthalmology.
• Describe and implement current information on diagnosis and management of ophthalmic problems encountered in everyday practice.

Access Details:

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Topic: Core Ophthalmic Knowledge: Neuro Ophthalmology

Date: Jan 14, 2021

Time: 08:00 PM EDT

Learning Objectives:

• Identify gaps in care and target areas for clinical practice assessment and improvement.
• Describe and implement current information on diagnosis and management of ophthalmic problems encountered in everyday practice in core ophthalmic knowledge* for Neuro Ophthalmology.

*Core ophthalmic knowledge is defined as necessary clinical knowledge expected of all ophthalmologists regardless of practice emphasis area.

Access Details:

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Date: Friday January 8, 2021 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Topic:  Magnification, Telescopes, Low Vision, IOL calculations

Speakers – Dr. Jason Noble

Zoom Link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83340848687?pwd=Zy81Z2hLei81VUlEckJGak9XTFh1Zz09

Passcode: L4dD4v

Full day workshop that will take place as a virtual event, online.

Date: Saturday, February 6, 2021
Time: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET
Maximum Participation: 30 ophthalmologists
Facilitators: Rev. Andrew Blake and Dr. Agnes Wong
Language: Presentation will be in English
Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckfumrqDkpGdQRy5mZQSRht0TURRlggAev

Physician wellness is an important issue and a growing concern within the medical profession. The recently released CMA National Physician Health Survey (2018) revealed that physicians experienced high burnout (30%), depression (34%), and lifetime suicidal ideation (19%). In addition, surgical specialists had 1.74 higher odds (74% increase in odds) to report low emotional well-being than those practising in other areas. Research has demonstrated that both intrinsic (e.g., personal traits) and extrinsic factors (e.g., high workload, long working hours, poor work-life integration, practice environment) adversely impact physician wellness.

In this one-day workshop, we will address physician wellness by introducing and developing mindfulness skills in participants so that they could tackle these contributing factors more skillfully at personal, interpersonal, and system levels. The emphasis will be placed on experiential exercises and everyday strategies aim to enhance personal and situational awareness in a physician’s busy life. A variety of formats including mindfulness training, didactic sharing, dyad exercises, prose/poem reading, and group discussion will be used to ensure an interactive experience that is invigorating, informative, and practical.

Learning Objectives:
At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Engage mindfulness skills in participants through the practice of different types of mindfulness training (formal and informal).
• Describe the contributing factors that lead to decreased physician wellness and burnout, and to learn skillful strategies to tackle them.
• Draw on a personal repertoire of mindfulness skills and strategies that can be applied in their daily lives.

Resources/Reference

CPD Credits

The workshop Everyday Mindfulness for Busy Clinicians 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 theCanadian Ophthalmological Society. You may claim a maximum of 5 hours.

Access Details

Kindly note that there is a maximum attendance of 30 participants, when you register you will be sent a confirmation email with the event details. To attend this event, please register online: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckfumrqDkpGdQRy5mZQSRht0TURRlggAev

This program was delivered with financial support from an educational grant provided to the COS by the Canadian Medical Association, MD Financial Management and Scotiabank through the Affinity Agreement.

CNORC virtual meeting will be held online from January 16-17, 2021

Description/summary
This neuro-ophthalmology review course is a two day high yield course that is targeted for senior residents in ophthalmology and neurology. While intended for senior residents, it is also targeted for practicing physicians in ophthalmology or neurology who are interested in improving their neuro-ophthalmic diagnostic and therapeutic skills. For residents, this course offers an excellent review prior to the royal college exams. For practicing physicians, it is an update on the current evaluation and management of neuro-ophthalmic disorders.

The program is delivered by distinguished faculty in the field of neuro-ophthalmology. In addition to a number of didactic lectures, the main theme of this course is round table discussions and case based learning. The program is an excellent opportunity for the ophthalmology community to intermingle with the neurology community and make long lasting colleagues and friends.

Overall Learning Objectives
By the end of this session, participants will be able to demonstrate competency and confidence in their approach to different neuro-ophthalmic cases including proper history taking skills, exam, investigations, differential diagnosis, and management.

CPD Credits
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 University of Ottawa’s Office of Continuing Professional Development. You may claim a maximum of 13 hours (credits are automatically calculated).

Access Details

Please Register here.

The WSPOS (World Society of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus) World Wide Webinars are a forum for discussion and where we can all come to learn from the experts. We believe that expertise resides all over the world.

Topic: Ocular Surface Disease in Children

Date : Saturday January 23, 2021

Time : 09:00 PM

Access Details

Watch stream here

The WSPOS (World Society of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus) World Wide Webinars are a forum for discussion and where we can all come to learn from the experts. We believe that expertise resides all over the world.

Topic: Wild field Imaging in Paediatric Ophthalmology

Date : Saturday 9 January, 2021

Time: 14:00 pm GMT

Access details:

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Joint International Rounds between Precision Cornea Centre (Ottawa, Canada) and University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada)

Topic: DALK vs PKP: The ultimate in-house showdown!

Presenter: Sonia Yeung, MD and Alfonso Iovieno, MD

Date: Tuesday December 15th, 2020

Time: 5:00pm – 6:00 pm (EST, UTC -5)

Registration: https://webinar.ringcentral.com/webinar/register/WN_zEOxaDIzSxSjZfZ88SidhQ

Ottawa Lead: Kashif Baig, MD
Vancouver Leads: Sonia Yeung, MD and Alfonso Iovieno, MD

The Precision Cornea Centre International Rounds is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Learning objectives:

1. To review DALK technique and management of complications

2. To discuss the advantages and disadvantages of PKP and DALK.

3. To compare the outcomes of PKP and DALK in single centre, metanalysis and registry studies