Category Archives: Covid-19 Resources

What Now? Optimizing our new normal
Feb 14th, 2022

A Path to a New Vision: What now? Optimizing Our New Normal The fifth and final webinar in the series aired on May 28, 2020.Our moderator Dr. Guillermo Rocha was joined on this week’s webinar by Prof Tien Wong, Medical Director of the Singapore National Eye Center, and A/Prof Heather Mack, President of The Royal […]

Financial Implications of COVID – Beyond the Basics
Feb 14th, 2022

A Path to a New Vision : Financial Implications of COVID – Beyond the Basics The fourth webinar in the series, Financial Implications of COVID – Beyond the Basics aired on May 14, 2020.  Moderated by Dr. Guillermo Rocha, this webinar hosted invited guests Julie Petrera, National Lead, Financial Planning Content, and Jennie Ho, Senior […]

Virtual Care – COVID and Beyond
Feb 14th, 2022

A Path to a New Vision: Virtual Care – COVID and Beyond The third webinar in the series, Virtual Care – COVID and Beyond aired on May 7, 2020. Moderated by Dr. Guillermo Rocha, this webinar hosted invited guest Dr. Dawn Sim, Associate Professor at University College London and Director of Telemedicine at the Moorfields […]

A Path to a New Vision: Our Starting Point
Feb 14th, 2022

WEBINAR RECORDING – A Path to a New Vision: Our Starting Point The first webinar in the series, Our Starting Point aired on April 24, 2020. Moderated by Dr. Guillermo Rocha, this webinar reviewed the COVID-19 situation and the appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) needed to safely practice ophthalmology. The invited guest speaker was James […]

Canadian Psychological Association Covid 19 Fact Sheets
Oct 13th, 2021

The Canadian Psychological Association has produced a series of Fact Sheets in response to the coronavirus pandemic. English and French links are below.

CMA: Pandemic Wellness Toolkit
Oct 7th, 2021

As the health crisis driven by COVID-19 continues, many health care workers are having to cope with an increase or exacerbation of anxiety, burnout or other challenges related to increasingly difficult work conditions. We’re encouraging physicians to check in on their own health and the CMA has created a Pandemic Wellness Toolkit to help them get started. The toolkit has […]

Data Reporting In Ophthalmology during COVID-19 pandemic: Need for a Canadian Registry
Aug 13th, 2021

June 2021 Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre – including this research content – immediately available in PubMed Central and other […]

Immediate Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery (ISBCS) COVID-19 Considerations
Mar 2nd, 2021

Updated March, 2021 This document, which is subject to regular updates, provides best practice evidence informed perspectives for ophthalmologists in Canada and can be viewed as a supplement to the June 3, 2020 COS issued document entitled “Immediately Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery (ISBCS) – Key Points”. (Appendix 1). DISCLAIMER: This document should not be viewed […]

COVID-19 Vaccination Tool Kit for Health Care Providers
Feb 17th, 2021

The current edition of the tool kit includes information on the following topics: About COVID-19 Overview of Vaccines Authorized Vaccines Guidance Vaccine Safety Additional Resources Access Details COVID-19 Vaccination Tool Kit for Health Care Providers.