The 38th Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) will take place virtually between 3 – 4 October 2020 online live from Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Join the 3 day meeting broadcast live from Amsterdam. Expert speakers, chairpersons and panellists will deliver a programme covering a range of hot topics and including lively face-to-face discussion and debate. Connect with colleagues, engage with educational opportunities and access the latest scientific data in results.

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For more information regarding the event, please visit the ESCRS Website

The Academy’s annual meeting is now fully online! Join us Nov. 13-15 for AAO 2020 Virtual, where all of ophthalmology meets for lively discussions, clinical pearls, fun activities and live interaction with presenters and industry.

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For more information regarding the event, please visit the AAO Website

The 24th European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) Winter Meeting will take place in Marrakech, Morocco from 21 – 23 February 2020 in conjunction with SAMIR (Moroccan Society of Implant & Refractive Surgery).

Target Audience

The 2020 ESCRS and SAMIR Winter Meeting is geared towards ophthalmologists and health care professionals seeking to enhance cataract and refractive surgical skills. The meeting attracts diverse professionals, with some programming focusing on the practice of young surgeons and technological advances in the field.

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For more information regarding the event, please visit the ESCRS Website

The American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS) Annual Meeting will take place virtually on July 24 -28, 2020.

Access Details

Visit the ASRS website for more information or register here.

De/Implement: CWC Implementation Research Webinar Series | Mesurer les soins de faible valeur au Canada

Tune in for the CWC-IRN De/Implement webinar taking place November 20 at 12 ET on Measuring Low-Value Care in Canada.
Register through the event link: https://choosingwiselycanada.adobeconnect.com/nov2019irn/

Le 20 novembre à 12 h (HE), venez suivre le webinaire « Mesurer les soins de faible valeur au Canada » de la série CWC-IRN De/Implement. Joignez-vous au Dr Sacha Bhatia et à M. Zachary Bouck, experts canadiens en évaluation des soins de faible valeur, qui discuteront des leçons qu’ils ont tirées de la mesure et de l’évaluation des recommandations Choisir avec soin, à partir de l’analyse comparative des pratiques superflues en matière d’ordonnances et des indicateurs mis au point et adoptés à l’échelle locale et nationale, tant pour les soins actifs, que pour les soins primaires.

Détails d’accèss

Pour plus d’information, visitez le site web du Choisir avec soin.

Emotional Intelligence Workshop

We have our MDs but are we emotionally intelligent? Interpreting our individual EQ-i2.0 results.

Speaker : Linda Marshall Published Author President, Marshall Connects

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

By the end of this program participants will be empowered to actively engage in decision making processes in Canada’s healthcare system having gained fundamental knowledge of the health system’s organization, finance and regulation through presentation, case-based discussion and question/answer formats.

CPD Credits

This activity 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 McMaster University Continuing Health Sciences Education Program for up to 6 MOC Section 1 credits (Per Session, Maximum of 24)*

Access Details

To learn more about this workshop visit the McMaster University Continuing Health Sciences Education website.

The 2020 Canadian Retina Society (CRS) Meeting will be held on February 13 – 16 at the Fairmont Banff Springs in Banff, Alberta.

CPD Credits

The 2020 Canadian Retina Society Annual Meeting 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 was approved by the Canadian Ophthalmological Society. Physicians may claim a maximum of 10.25 hours

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For more information, please visit the CRS website.

The goal of this workshop on October 2, 2019 is to provide ophthalmologists, optometrists, family/emergency physician and other primary eye care providers with a professionally stimulating forum in which to exchange ideas regarding enhancing inter-professional collaboration for eye care in the management of common blinding eye conditions including presentation of new research developments.

This year’s theme is « Clinical Eye Care in Inter Professional Collaboration: Diabetes, Red Eyes and Driving Skills »

Target Audience
Ophthalmologists, optometrists, family physician/emergency room physicians, nurse practitioners, occupational therapists, rehabilitation specialists, opticians, residents and other primary eye care workers.

CPD Credits

McMaster University, Continuing Health Sciences Education Program (CHSE) is fully accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Continuing Medical Education (CACME) to provide CFPC Mainpro+ and RCPSC Maintenance of Certification (MOC) study credits for Continuing Medical Education.

This activity 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 McMaster University, Continuing Health Sciences Education Program for up to 6.75 MOC Section 1 hours.

Access Details

For more information visit the McMaster CHSE Activities website

Hosted by Sainte-Justine Hospital in Montreal, QC and taking place on October 4, 2019.

This program was developed in collaboration with the Association des médecins ophtalmologistes du Québec and the CHU Sainte-Justine to insure the scientific principles of integrity, objectivity and balance.

Target Audience
Ophthalmologists, Residents and Nursing Staff