24th Annual Bug Day Oct 20 2020

NEW THIS YEAR – Bug Day available to stream on Youtube

Important Event Information:

The link to connect to the live Bug Day will be emailed to registered participants Monday, Oct 19^th.

This event will be recorded and available for future viewing on YouTube. Note: This recording 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.

Those attending via MBTelehealth sites are required to pre-register individually for Bug Day to receive a certificate/credits.
** Registrations are not accepted post-event.

Description:

The 24th Annual BUG DAY is hosted by HSC Winnipeg in collaboration with the University of Manitoba’s Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Medicine Program.

BUG DAY is Manitoba’s largest healthcare education event and it is held every year during National Infection Prevention & Control Week. Join locally, nationally and internationally recognized experts for this popular day-long symposium focusing on hot topics in infection prevention and control, infectious diseases and public health.

This event is available via digitally and MBTelehealth sites throughout Winnipeg and Manitoba. Please check your site for availability and reserve prior to registering. You will be asked your preference of attendance at check out.

A connection link will be sent to all registrants the day before the event (Oct 19) watch your email for this information!

Agenda:

0750 – 0800       Opening Remarks
Perry Gray, MD, Shared Health, Manitoba

0800 – 0900    Medical Grand Rounds
The COVID-19 Pandemic: Looking back to move forward
  Guillaume Poliquin, MD, Public Health Agency of Canada
  Brent Roussin, MD, Manitoba Health
  Paul Van Caeseele, MD, Manitoba Health
 John Embil, MD, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

0900 – 0915   Positive or Not? Laboratory testing for COVID-19
  Jared Bullard, MD, University of Manitoba

0915 – 0930   Predicting what comes next: Modelling a pandemic
  Nicholas Ogden, DPhil, Public Health Agency of Canada

0930 – 0945   COVID-19 Immunity, and a vaccine: Fact or wishful thinking
  Yoav Keynan, MD, University of Manitoba

 0945 – 1000    Questions and Answers

1000 – 1015    Break

1015 – 1030    Staying on Track: Incident command at the time of health care crisis
  Ronan Seagrave, MSc, Shared Health, Manitoba

1030 – 1045    Therapies of COVID-19: Fact or fantasy
  Ryan Zarychanski, MD, University of Manitoba

1045 – 1100    Blowing in the wind: Protective environments in the health care setting
  Craig Doerksen, P.Eng, Shared Health, Manitoba

1100 – 1115    Questions and Answers

1115 – 1130    Flattening the Curve: Public health ethics applied to pandemics
  Sandor Demeter, MD, University of Manitoba

1130 – 1145    What to do with the last ventilator?
  Adrian Robertson, MD, University of Manitoba

1145 – 1200    Personal protective equipment for respiratory pathogens
  Mark Loeb, MD, McMaster University

1200 – 1215    Questions and answers

1215 – 1245    Lunch break

1245 – 1300    Restarting professional sports in a pandemic: Lessons learnt from the National Hockey League
  Peter MacDonald, MD, University of Manitoba

1300 – 1315    COVID-19: Children aren’t little adults
  Joanne Embree, MD, University of Manitoba

1315 – 1330    Ready, Set, Go! Operational readiness in a time of uncertainty
  Taslim Savji, MSc / Jason Goto, MSc, Analysis Works

1330 – 1345     Questions and Answers

1345 – 1400    The COVID-19 Pandemic: what were the missed steps?
  Duane Funk, MD, University of Manitoba

1400 – 1415    COVID-19 and the economy: What lies ahead?
  Michael Benarroch PhD, University of Manitoba

1415 – 1430    Viruses are everywhere! Cyber security risk management tips from the Investment Industry
  Sean Shore, LLM, Canadian Compliance & Regulatory Law

1430 – 1445    Questions and Answers

1445 – 1500    Break

1500 – 1515    Coping with the COVID-19 pandemic using virtual mental health and substance use care tools
  Jitender Sareen, MD, University of Manitoba

1515 – 1530    Keep your distance! How to manage relationships in the COVID-19 pandemic
  Myrna Friedenberg, MSW, Family Therapist, Private Practice

1530 – 1545    Keeping your cool: The COVID-19 pandemic and violence
  Shane Wepruk, Detective Sergeant, Winnipeg Police Service,
  Vivian Smith, Detective, Winnipeg Police Service

1545 – 1600    Questions and Answers

24th Bug Day – Poster

2020- Bug Day Abstract booklet

Credits for those who are registered and attending the live event:

This event was co-developed with the CPD Medicine Program, University of Manitoba and was planned to achieve scientific integrity, objectivity and balance.

This one-credit-per-hour Group Learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been approved by the CPD Medicine Program, University of Manitoba for up to 7.0 Mainpro+ 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 CPD Medicine Program, University of Manitoba for a maximum of 7.0 hours.

Participants should only claim credit for the actual number of hours attended.

The College of Pharmacists of Manitoba recognizes learning activities that have been accredited by The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (MOC) and/or The College of Family Physicians of Canada (Mainpro+). Pharmacists can claim continuing medical education programs as accredited learning by selecting the appropriate accrediting body in the member’s online Professional Development Log. This event contact time (learning) is equivalent to 7 CEU.

The University of Manitoba CPD Medicine Program is fully accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Continuing Medical Education (CACME).