Fridays at the University Hot Topics – February 11, 2022

This session will be available by online only

February 11, 2022 – Hot Topics

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

This event is available via livestream. You will be emailed connection information prior to the event.

Only paid registrants can receive credits and access speakers’ presentations post-event.

Study Credits

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 4.5 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 4.5 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).

Per CPD Medicine policy, the department requires any refund or cancelation request to be submitted in writing up to 14 days before an event. A $50 administrative fee will be withheld to cover transaction and administrative costs. Refund or cancelation requests made less than 14 days before an event may be considered on a case-by-case basis