SNO Sponsored Events - Sessional time will be paid

An Evening with General Surgery / GI

Date:  Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Location:  Prestige Hotel, Vernon
Time:  6:00 p.m.

RSVP to Peggy Crough no later than April 11.

• Scott Ainslie - Hernia mesh - safe or not, what to tell patients.  Who should be referred for bariatric surgery
• Brian Chai - PPIs and GERD - to stop or not to stop. Hep C update
• Hamish Hwang - Indications and contraindications for PEG tube, a review of the evidence. An algorithm for treatment of anal fissure and hemorrhoids
• Karl Langer - When to refer breast cancer patients directly to the cancer agency. Who should be referred for colon cancer screening
• Kevin Wiseman - An approach to benign breast lesions. An algorithm for workup of the thyroid mass before referring to a surgeon

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Save the Date - Pharmacologic Treatment and Screening for Alcohol Use Disorder

Dr. Jeff Harries will be presenting on May 16 (Salmon Arm) and May 17 (Vernon) on the pharmacologic treatment and screening for alcohol use disorder.

May 16 - Salmon Arm

• 6:00 p.m.
• Prestige Harbourfront Resort

May 17 - Vernon

• 6:00 p.m.
• Prestige Hotel and Conference Centre

More information will be forthcoming closer to the date

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Save the Date - Choosing Wisely - June 13, 2018

Choosing Wisely Canada is a campaign to help clinicians and patients engage in conversations about unnecessary tests and treatments, and make smart and effective care choices.

Date:  June 13, 2018
Location:  Prestige Hotel and Conference Centre, Vernon

More information will be forthcoming closer to the date.

Save the Date - Residential Care Conference - October 19 - 21, 2018

This is an early warning for the 2018 Residential Care Conference to be held in Predator Ridge / Sparkling Hills, October 19 - 21.  We will provide further information when registration is available.

SNO Members are eligible for reimbursement of their registration fees.

LEAP program: Learning Essential Approaches to Palliative Care

Date:  May 10 and 11, 2018
Time:  0900 - 1700
Location:  Room 136 Okanagan College Salmon Arm
Deadline to Register:  Friday, May 4, 2018

In an interactive two-day course, Pallium Canada's LEAP Core offers interprofessional clinicians competency-based palliative care education based on Canadian realities and current best evidence.  

Facilitators

• Dr. Joan Bratty and Elisabeth Antifeau
• Mary Jane Jackson and Allison New

For registration instructions or more details, please contact Kathy Cook at 250 803 4522 or at kathleen.cook@interiorhealth.ca.

Therapeutics Education Collaboration Nuggets

The following are a few of the websites referred to at the recent Therapeutics Education Collaboration session held in Salmon Arm.  You may find them interesting and useful.

• Therapeutics Education Collaboration website
• Patient Monitoring and Support - CVD Risk Check
• SPARC - Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation Risk Tool
• MyStudies - Study Results at Your Fingertips
• MedStopper - a deprescribing resource

Rural Physician Research Grants

The Rural Physician Research Support Project is a new initiative which aims to empower rural physician researchers – or new aspiring researchers – to pursue innovative rural research and knowledge translation projects contributing to advancing rural health in BC. Through this project, rural physician researchers will be able to apply for research grants of up to $10,000 per year to support research activities. To be eligible, applicants must be a physician with experience practicing rural medicine and demonstrable extensive connections to rural communities. The research must be pertaining to health in rural BC.

To apply for this opportunity, please download the application forms from the Rural Coordination Centre of BC website and submit it to apeltonen@rccbc.ca. The deadline for the next round of submissions is May 31, 2018.

The Rural Physician Research Support Project is run by the Rural Coordination Centre of BC and supported by the Joint Standing Committee on Rural Issues. For more information about this opportunity contact Adrienne Peltonen at apeltonen@rccbc.ca . Visit www.rccbc.ca for more information about the Rural Coordination Centre of BC.

Meaningful medication reviews and seniors - seeking physician input

The Shared Care Polypharmacy Risk Reduction initiative is shifting its focus from residential and acute care and is now seeking input from family physicians on how to best support meaningful medication reviews within the PMH/PCN. Physicians who would like to learn more, or are willing to share their experiences of incorporating medication reviews into their practices for adults with complex medical conditions and frailty, contact Margaret English at menglish@doctorsofbc.ca.

Resources to support physicians to keep practices violence-free

Like employers around the province, physicians have a responsibility to ensure their workplaces are safe. For information and resources to support physicians running office-based practices to ensure practice and staff safety, click here.

Physician feedback requested to rate patient priorities

Primary care providers are asked to participate in a 5 to 10 minute online survey about patient priorities for future primary care research in BC. A team of patients identified ten top topics for primary health care research, and this survey allows for broader input from physicians who are asked to rate the importance of each topic. Hosted on the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation’s REDCap survey platform, responses will be anonymous and confidential.

CME - Opiates, Medical Cannabis and Image Guided Interventional Modalities

Date:  Friday, April 20, 2018
Time:  1200 - 1715
Location:  Coast Capri Hotel, Kelowna

Speakers are Dr. Rob Tanguay (Psychiatrist with dual fellowships in Pain and Addiction ), who will cover the topic of Opiates in Chronic Pain (emphasis on de-prescribing), Dr. John Pereira on Cannabis and Chronic Pain (President of the Alberta Pain Society) and Drs. Paul Etheridge and Francois Louw on interventional modalities.

For further information regarding the program or registration, please contact Helga Wendt at 778 214 3035 or at helgaw005@gmail.com.