Upcoming webinars

Stay tuned for future webinars.

Webinar recordings

If you are unable to attend, recordings are posted so you can view at your convenience and get the benefit of the information provided. However, Dal CPD credits are only granted for participation in the live webinar.

• Jan. 27, 2022: Early Outpatient COVID-19 Treatment
  • Dr. Lisa Barrett and Dr. Tasha Ramsey, PharmD from the Division of Infectious Diseases and co-chairs of the Nova Scotia COVID-19 Therapeutics and Prophylactics Advisory Group provided a review of outpatient COVID-19 treatment, eligibility criteria, early implementation plans, and which people are prioritized in Phase 1. Webinar slides
• September 14: Post COVID-19 in Primary Health Care (part 2)
  • The Post-COVID webinars are available as CME-accredited self-learning modules. This one-credit-per-hour Self-Learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Nova Scotia Chapter for up to 2 Mainpro+® credits. To participate in this self-learning, watch the recording of the live session(s) and complete the self-learning post-session activity.
• July 27: Post COVID-19 in Primary Health Care (part 1)
  • The Post-COVID webinars are available as CME-accredited self-learning modules. This one-credit-per-hour Self-Learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Nova Scotia Chapter for up to 2 Mainpro+® credits. To participate in this self-learning, watch the recording of the live session(s) and complete the self-learning post-session activity.
• March 29: COVID-19 vaccine update
  Webinar slides (Tracey Barbrick)
  Webinar slides (Dr. Shelly McNeil)
• March 25: COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy
  Notes summarizing the cognitive biases/heuristics that may underlie vaccine hesitancy
  Supplemental recording on mandating COVID-19 vaccination in health-care workers (2 minutes)
• Feb. 4: What you need to know about the COVID-19 vaccine
• Webinar slides (Tracey Barbrick)
  Webinar slides (Dr. Shelly McNeil)
• Nov. 4, 2021: Human Organ and Tissue Donation Act
• Oct. 27: Family medicine in the new normal (Please note: regarding the epidemiology, the number of world wide cases at the time of the presentation should have been 40,000,000, not 800,000,000.)
• Oct. 14: Preventing COVID-19 transmission in schools
• Oct. 6: Seasonal flu and COVID-19
• June 16: Obesity in the Era of COVID-19
• May 28: Public Health Update & Operating Office-Based Practices in the "New Normal"
  May 6: Public Health Update
• April 21: Critical Thinking in the Time of COVID-19
  Webinar slides
• April 15: Surviving COVID-10: Mental health and coping strategies
  Webinar slides
• April 14: End of Life Care Considerations During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  Webinar slides
• April 9: COVID-19 in LTC: Discussions with residents/families 
  Webinar slides: Goals of care discussions for LTC residents and Discussing Goals of Care (worksheet for health-care providers in LTC)
• April 7: Public Health Update and PPE Education
• April 1: Diving into Virtual Care: Tips for getting the most out of virtual care
• March 26: Recommendations for Running an Office-based Practice in Response to COVID-19
• March 25, 2020: Peri-operative Care During COVID-19

Doctors Nova Scotia hosted a series of informative webinars with Dr. Claudia Sarbu, medical officer of health (MOH), and her NSHA colleagues. Dr. Sarbu shared the latest information and addressed your questions and concerns. 

Special thanks to Dr. Claudia Sarbu, MOH, Dr. Ryan Sommers, MOH, Northern Zone and Dr. Mark McKelvie, public health preventative medicine at Queens University for the development and presentation of the webinars.

• March 23 session recording
• March 18 session recording (includes Q&A portion of the webinar)
• March 17 NSHA webinar recording PLEASE SKIP TO THE START AT AROUND 17 MINS (includes Q&A portion of the webinar)
• March 16 session recording (includes Q&A portion of the webinar

Webinars are now accredited

This one-credit-per-hour Group Learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by the Continuing Professional Development Office of Dalhousie University for up to 2.0 Mainpro+ credits.

As an accredited provider, Dalhousie University, CPD, designates this continuing professional development activity for up to 2.0 credit hours as an accredited group learning Section 1 activity as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Attendees are required to complete an evaluation; credits are not available for watching the recordings.

Contact

Questions can be directed to coronavirus@nshealth.ca.

Local Medical Officer of Health contact information

Inquiries from DNS can be directed to info@doctorsns.com