CANCELLED Breakfast with the Experts May 5 2018

Description:

Spend Saturday morning with us at our new jam-packed Breakfast with the Experts series! Three speakers will present on common infectious disease topics and guide the learner through practical case studies that address barriers to change in day-to-day practice. Space is limited, so register early! This session is of interest to family physicians, specialists, allied health and residents.

Course Objectives:

At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Initiate a workup for the most common causes of fever in travelers from the tropics and address barriers in knowledge that practitioners face in this process.
• Accurately diagnose and initiate timely management for the most common life threatening causes of fever in returned travelers
• Formulate a comprehensive and timely approach to diagnosing lymphadenopathy.
• Identify knowledge barriers that practitioners have in identifying causes of lymphadenopathy.
• Explain how practitioners can communicate HPV prevention strategies in discussions with their patients.
• Integrate a management plan for patients with HPV infections.

Speakers:

Pierre Plourde MD, FRCPC

Denise Black MD, FRCSC

Eric Bow MD, MSc., D. Bacteriol., FRCPC

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Credits:

This Group Learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada for up to 5.0 Mainpro+ credits. (ID-186097)

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 2.5 hours.

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

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