PSYCHIATRY
08:30 Cannabis & Mental Illness: The Good, The Bad and the App ~~ Dr. David Gratzer
- participants will better understand the current literature with regard to cannabis use and mental disorders
- participants will better understand ways of engaging patients about cannabis
- participants will learn the use of motivational interviewing techniques in day-to-day practice
09:00 Insomnia Management for Primary Care Providers ~~ Dr. Dora Zalai
09:30 ADHD / ADD ~~ Dr. Raj Rasasingham
CANCER
10:45 Breast Cancer Survivorship: A new Model for Family Physicians ~~ Dr. Fahima Osman
11:15 To Screen or Not to Screen? Screening Outside the Organized Programs ~~ Dr. Edward Kucharski
- participants will be able to list the risks and benefits of cancer screening outside of organized programs
- participants will appropriately counsel patients, select tests and follow-up on results when the evidence is
not clear
- participants will be provided with a list of resources that can help patients in making an informed decision
about cancer screening
ENDOCRINOLOGY
13:00 Thyroid Issues for the Family Physician ~~ Dr. Afshan Zahedi
- discuss when to treat subclinical thyroid disease
- review approach to low TSH found on routine testing
- discuss the workup for thyroid nodule and role of family physician in management of thyroid cancer
13:30 Metabolic Syndrome ~~ Dr. Sean Wharton
PAEDIATRICS
14:45 Medical Implications of Vaping in Teens ~~ Dr. Allen Greenwald
- discuss the vaping products and components
- discuss presentation and associated lung diseases
- discuss assessment and management of vaping related lung disease
15:15 1st Year of Life – Update for the Family Physician ~~ Dr. Clare Hutchinson
- review safe sleep environment for infants and how to prevent plagiocephaly in the era of back to sleep
- describe appropriate infant nutrition in the first year of life including dietary interventions for colic, iron requirements in the
first year of life and introduction of allergenic solids
15:45 Traumatic Brain Injury & Concussions in the Developing Brain ~~ Dr. James Carson
- recognize how youth concussions differ from adult concussions
- update a family physician’s concussion management skills
- provide new concussion management resources for family physicians