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Location
Digitally through the University of Manitoba
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MAY 12, 2023 – Infectious Disease Day, event recording
Agenda
820 Welcome
0830 Office Treatment of Syphilis – Yoav Keynan, MD. PhD
0920 A Review of Antiviral Treatments for SARS-CoV-2 – Eric Bow, MD., MSc., D.Bacteriol., FRCPC
1010 Cumulative Pre-Travel Health Risk Assessment – Pierre Plourde, M.D., FRCPC
1130 Stretch Break
1200 Global Vaccines and Vaccinations: The Science vs The Anti-Science – Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, DSc (hon), FASTMH, FAAP
1250 Febrile Neutropenic Cancer Patients in the Community – Eric Bow, MD., MSc., D.Bacteriol., FRCPC
1320 Closing
Objectives
- Participants will understand the various stages of syphilis and be able to describe appropriate treatment (Medical Expert, Communicator)
- Participants will be updated on current treatments for SARS-CoV-2 and understand their uses and shortcomings (Medical Expert, Communicator)
- Participants will be able to initiate a general pre-travel assessment of their patients and be aware of resources to help where there are knowledge gaps (Collaborator, Medical Expert)
- Participants will learn where the anti-vaccine movement misleads patients in their quest for knowledge and how participants can give patients the resources to make informed decisions (Communicator, Collaborator, Health Advocate)
- Participants will become aware of how to prescribe responsibly so as to minimize the risk of antibacterial (and other) resistance (Collaborator, Medical Expert)
Registration
Physicians: $175
Other health professionals: $75
Residents/students: $30
This registration provides access to the session recording only, which will be available for viewing until August 31, 2023
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.
Program Coordinator
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Amanda Marten
Program Coordinator, CPD - Medicine
Office of Continuing Competency and Assessment
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Manitoba
Tel: 431-373-9697
Email: Amanda.Marten@umanitoba.ca