Recording: Fridays at the University Hot Topics – February 11, 2022

This is a recording of the session presented via livestream on February 11, 2022. This recording is available to paid registrants only. If you registered for the live event, or purchased a ticket here, you can access the recording here.

Agenda

8:20  Opening remarks

8:30  Modern Menopause Management – Dr. Debra Evaniuk 

9:20  Chronic Pain Syndrome (Fibromyalgia) -Diagnosis and Management – Dr. Annaliese Tisseverasinghe

10:10  Obesity Pharmacotherapy – Current Concepts and Approaches – Dr. Jonathan Gabor 

11:00 – Stretch Break / Exhibitor Hall

11:30   Transgender Health: Gender Affirming Primary Care – Dr. Christine Buchel

12:30   Less is more, more or less when it comes to evidence-based practice – Dr. James McCormack 

1:20 Closing remarks

Objectives

• Identify novel perspectives in the management of menopause and implement a communication strategy to discuss with patients/clients in primary care (Medical Expert, Communicator, Scholar)
• Explain what Chronic Pain Syndrome is and formulate an approach to diagnosis and management of Chronic Pain Syndrome/Fibromyalgia (Medical Expert, Collaborator, Scholar)
• Review the Canadian Obesity guidelines and discuss emerging data and future directions in obesity management (Medical Expert, Health Advocate, Scholar)
• As a result of attending this evidence, rate your ability to recognize the current barriers and the role of the primary care physician in access to gender affirming care for Transgender and Gender Diverse Adults ( Medical Expert, Communicator, Collaborator, Health Advocate, Scholar, Professional)
• As a result of attending this evidence, rate your ability to incorporate the best available evidence to help inform decision making for common and new primary care conditions. ( Medical Expert, Communicator, Leader, Health Advocate, Scholar)

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Registration

Physicians: $175
Other health professionals: $75
Residents/students: $30

Access to this recording is free if you previously registered for the live event.

Study Credits

This recorded activity is eligible for non-certified Mainpro+ credits and Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Section 2: Self-Learning credits. These are self-reporting through the respective Colleges.

For Family Physicians: Up to 5.0 Mainpro+ certified credits are available by completing a CFPC Linking Learning exercise – see the Power Up Your Credits document on the Recording and Resources page of this course.