Category: Services and Programs

Happy Holidays

In the past year, amid the continuing challenges of the global COVID-19 pandemic, CPD continued to promote lifelong learning and respond to the changing needs of practitioners and the health care system.

Overwhelmingly, our learners responded positively to the online environment. 47,200 learners from across the globe took part in 247 U of T-accredited CPD programs and conferences.

We continued to build faculty capacity to advance the science of CPD through our scholarly and academic endeavours and helped support the launch of a new CPD credential. You can learn more about these initiatives in our annual report – CPD’s activities over the past year .

As we move into 2022, we look forward to offering you the learning opportunities that you have come to expect from our office. Several programs and conferences will return in person (as public health developments permit) and online. Please take a moment to review – Upcoming CPD programs and conferences – 2022. We look forward to seeing you at an upcoming CPD offering.

Thank you for your continued support and partnership.
Wishing you a safe and healthy holiday season.

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Returning CPD Programs for Spring 2022

The Temerty Faculty of Medicine CPD team is excited to offer a slate of returning programs for Spring 2022.

Dates and locations will be released in the coming weeks. Visit individual conference websites to sign up for notifications and details.

Update in Dentistry

Experts in oral and maxillofacial surgery, periodontics, anesthesia, endodontics, prosthodontics, and oral and maxillofacial pathology will highlight and provide scientific and clinical insights behind recent developments and changes in knowledge that is essential for clinical excellence and for the daily practice of dentistry.

https://www.cpd.utoronto.ca/dentistry/

Multi-Disciplinary Annual Gastro-Intestinal Cancer Update (MAGIC)

This one-day update will improve and encourage the multidisciplinary management of patients with gastrointestinal cancers, including new developments in the management of patients with GI cancers, new data, application of evidence to patient management and multidisciplinary discussion of complex patient management.

https://www.magicupdate.ca/

Annual Joint Cardiovascular-Diabetes Symposium

The symposium is a novel partnership between the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre (PMCC) and the Banting & Best Diabetes Centre (BBDC), which will help transform the landscape of cardiovascular and diabetes care.

https://www.cpd.utoronto.ca/cardiovascularsymposium/

Paediatric Update Conference

Designed for paediatricians, family practitioners, physician trainees and allied health professionals involved in paediatric care, this conference will provide up-to-date information on current and controversial issues in paediatrics.

https://www.paeds.utoronto.ca/event/puc

Toronto Anesthesia Symposium

This year’s program will bring together a diverse group of experts to discuss the changing landscapes in Anesthesia and look at the new innovations and technology that will help lead us into the future.

https://www.cpd.utoronto.ca/anesthesia/

Leukemia Update

This symposium is designed to update practicing medical oncologists, hematologists, fellows, residents and nurses on current therapeutics related to the treatment and management of Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Syndromes and Myeloproliferative neoplasms.

https://www.leukemiaupdate.com/

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Conference Brings a National Lens to Health and Wellbeing of Those with Developmental Disabilities

This coming February, a newly revised Canadian Health and Wellbeing in Developmental Disabilities Conference marks the launch of a new nationally focused conference, building on the work of two prior programs held separately in B.C. and Ontario.

Kicking off online on February 9-10, 2022, the digital conference is focused on improving health and wellbeing across the lifespan for persons with a developmental disability.

The Conference Program Committee is now accepting abstract submissions for 60-minute interactive workshops and for poster presentations. We encourage submissions from clinicians, direct support professionals, health care providers and organizations, and from students doing new and innovative work. The submission deadline is Friday, Oct. 29, 2021, by 11:59 p.m. EST.

The complex needs of people with developmental disabilities have been associated with increased health risks. For instance, a 2020 article published in the Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities found that adults with with intellectual and developmental disabilities often present to the specialized psychiatric settings in emergency departments. The authors found that, “many of these patients are inadequately supported and need stronger connections to community-based resources.”

The importance of improving outcomes for people with developmental disabilities is at the heart of February’s interprofessional conference, where health care providers and community partners can connect to share educational and informative updates and practical, innovative, promising and effective practices.

Participants will come away better able to discuss innovative and effective practices that contribute to positive physical and mental health outcomes, identify solutions for core issues and challenges faced by people being supported and their families and community partners. Other program goals include discussing the role of community healthcare in quality of life and how to develop, maintain and grow interprofessional partnerships to provide effective supports.

To learn more about abstract submission, registration and other details, please see the conference website: https://www.healthandwellbeingindd.ca/

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