Continuing medical education and professional development opportunities – January 2023

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Explore CME and PD opportunities from a variety of organizations, including the University of Calgary, University of Alberta and the Alberta Medical Association.

Upcoming U of C Office of Continuing Medical Education & Professional Development accredited CPD opportunities:

• COVID Corner: Repeat Infection and Long COVID Risks (Feb. 1)
• Pearls for Family Practice: Assessing Patient Knee’ds – Understanding and Applying the New Soft Tissue Knee Pathway Developed by the Bone and Joint Health Strategic Clinical Network (Feb. 8)
• Psychiatric Quarterly Updates: Opioid Use Disorder (Feb. 10)

Questions? Please contact cmereg@ucalgary.ca

Upcoming U of A Office of Lifelong Learning (L3) opportunities:

• Mercury Rising! Optimizing Blood Pressure in Diabetes Webinar (Jan. 31)
• Managing Alcohol Use Disorder in Primary Care Webinar series (Feb. 16, Feb. 23, March 2)
• Dare to Lead™ Course (based on the research of Brené Brown) (March 14 to May 9)
• Evidence-based Practice for Improving Quality (EPIQ) – Train-the trainer Workshop Learn how to become a Quality Improvement facilitator (April 11)
• Evidence-based Practice for Improving Quality (EPIQ)-Basic QI Workshop (April 13)

Questions? Please contact lll@ualberta.ca

Free Privacy Training for Community-Based Physicians

The Alberta Medical Association is offering free privacy training tailored to community-based physicians and their entire clinic staff on the Learn@AMA platform. This training was developed by privacy experts and Alberta Health. Earn up to 7.75 CME or Mainpro+ credits for completing these courses!

Register today and give your team the tools they need to keep your patients’ information safe and secure to prevent breaches.

Opioid Process Improvement Training now available from AMA-ACTT! 

Opioid Process Improvement Training is now available online at Learn@AMA, through the Alberta Medical Association’s Accelerating Change Transformation Team (AMA-ACTT). This training is targeted to primary care physicians, clinical team members and practice facilitators. The curriculum provides examples of evidence-based quality improvement actions that primary care teams can take to help optimize processes for paneled patients who use opioids.

Learn more and register