Registration is now open for the newest Rural Rounds series. After a year hiatus, our experienced facilitators and speakers are excited to discuss cases and topics relevant to rural medicine with you.
Rural Rounds 2021-22
Overview: Rural Rounds provides rural healthcare providers with up-to-date and relevant medical education through interactive Zoom presentations. Sessions are once a month from September to June and feature speakers from across the province.
Target Audience: Healthcare providers working in and supporting rural communities.
1.0 Mainpro+ credits per round
Free thanks to funding from the JSC.
ER Case Review in the Virtual Resus Room
Sep 30 (Thu) | 0800–0900 PDT
Drs. Caroline Shooner, Mary Koziol & Gordon Horner (Facilitator)
Course Webpage | Registration Form
Micro-dosing Opioid Agonist Therapy
Oct 14 (Thu) | 0800–0900 PDT
Drs. Anne Nguyen, Erika Kellerhals & Dana Hubler (Facilitator)
Course Webpage | Registration Form
Smart Glasses in Practice
Nov 26 (Fri) | 0800–0900 PST
Drs. Brydon Blacklaws, Stefan Du Toit & Sean Ebert (Facilitator)
Course Webpage | Registration Form
Treating Obesity as a Disease
Dec 17 (Fri) | 0800–0900 PST
Drs. Ali Zentner & Sean Ebert (Facilitator)
Course Webpage | Registration Form
Past Participant Testimonials:
- “Very helpful to get a sense of the approaches taken in other rural sites – reassuring to see that we are going roughly through the same thing and experiencing similar challenges.”
- “I appreciated the different perspectives of each speaker. I felt that they were all very informed and passionate about their topics and interested in sharing information in an open and non-judgemental way.”
You might also be interested in:
St. Paul’s Emergency Medicine Update
Sep 25 (Sat) | 0800–1615 PDT
Target Audience: emergency physicians, family physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, paramedics, residents & medical students, others with an interest in emergency care.
Up to 6.25 Mainpro+/MOC Section 1 credits
Course Webpage | Registration Form
Coaching and Mentoring Program (CAMP)
Target Audience: Physicians and residents practicing in rural BC.
Overview: CAMP fosters peer support in rural practitioner networks to improve your practice, increase your confidence, and connect you to other physicians. Coach/mentors provide support in a wide variety of areas including transitions in practice, emergency medicine, personal wellness and more. Sign up as a coach/mentor, a coachee/mentee or both, and discover the difference a supportive connection can make!
Up to 35.0 Mainpro+/MOC Section 1 credits for coachees/mentees
Up to 16.0 Mainpro+/MOC Section 1 credits for coaches/mentors
CAMP Webpage | Registration Form
Sonnie: Your Ultrasound Partner
eLearning | anytime
Target Audience: all healthcare providers and specialists interested in ultrasound education.
Overview: Our newly launched series of six ultrasound case studies is ideal for those interested in learning more about point-of-care ultrasound education or wishing to refresh their knowledge. We invite you to join Sonnie, Your Ultrasound Partner, in a visual storytelling journey as you learn how to manage patients with conditions ranging from trauma to obstetrics in various rural and remote settings. This project was developed with funding from the Faculty of Medicine’s Strategic Investment Fund (SIF) and the Rural CPD Hands-On Ultrasound Education (HOUSE) program.
Up to 2.0 Mainpro+ credits
Course Webpage
