Rheumatology in Primary Care: Approach to the Patient with Peripheral Joint Pain

Thu, October 14, 2021
ZOOM Webinar

HOSTED BY AFHTO & ECHO ONTARIO AT UHN

This presentation provides an overarching schema of rheumatic diseases, with a focus on types and patterns of articular involvement, and extraarticular and serologic correlates. By the end of the presentation, participants will be able to apply this schema when approaching common rheumatic disease presentations. 

This webinar will address, the following: 

Aggregate Primary Care Vaccination Report Info Sessions

Wed, July 21, 2021 - Thu, July 29, 2021
ZOOM Webinar

Please join to learn more about the new COVaxON Aggregate Primary Care Vaccination Report, as helpful strategies are discussed for accessing the reports and using the information to reach out to patients to understand their needs and discuss the benefits of receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. 

Target Audience:  Primary care providers, Executive Directors, Clinical Managers, Decision Support or Administrative staff involved in Patient Enrollment Models of Care

Please register for one of the following sessions: 

Tapering and Stopping Opioids

Tue, October 19, 2021
ZOOM Webinar

Hosted by AFHTO & ECHO Ontario Chronic Pain and Opioid Stewardship (UHN)

There is evidence that chronic opioid therapy has a negative impact on patients' quality of life and increasing the risk of serious complications like opioid use disorder, unintentional overdose and death. Tapering opioids can be challenging to the prescriber and to the patient, and there is not a lot of guidance on how to do it safely, comfortably and effectively.

Delivery of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Insomnia via Virtual Platform

Wed, July 21, 2021
ZOOM Webinar

Hosted by AFHTO & Queens FHT

In this webinar Cynthia and Erin will review the first line treatment for chronic insomnia and describe its components.  They will also explore how to set up and run a virtual group program in a multidisciplinary team setting.   Additionally, attendees will be provided with a general program outline as well as helpful tools and resources to individualize their own CBTi group program. 

At the end of this session the participant will be able to:   

Primary Care Vaccination QI Support CoP

Thu, June 17, 2021 - Thu, July 08, 2021
Webinar

Shared by the Primary Care Vaccination QI Support CoP (AFHTO, AHC, NPLCA)

Dates: June 17th and July 8th, 2021 8:00 am to 9:00 am

Join to continue sharing learnings, tools and strategies primary care providers and primary care teams are using in the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines in Ontario.

Target Audience: Primary care providers, Executive Directors, Clinical Managers and staff involved in delivering vaccines to their patients and / or their communities.

Cancer screening during the pandemic and onwards

Mon, June 21, 2021
ZOOM

Hosted by AFHTO, Alliance for Healthier Communities, Ontario health (Cancer Care Ontario), NPLCA & OCFP 


In collaboration with our primary care partners and Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario), we will host a webinar to further explore guidance for resuming breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening and share stories from teams resuming cancer screening.

Objectives: 

Geriatric Clinical Pharmacology and GeriMedRisk: Drug Safety for Older Adults beyond "Start Low, Go Slow"

Thu, June 24, 2021
ZOOM Webinar

HOSTED BY AFHTO & GeriMedRisk

In this webinar, Dr. Ho will review the pharmacology of aging and its impact on adverse drug events among seniors. Additionally, Dr. Ho will also introduce practical, accessible tools and services that primary care providers can use to optimize drug safety, including accessing GeriMedRisk.

Advancing Equity in Cancer Screening for Gender-Diverse Clients

Fri, June 17, 2022
ZOOM Webinar

HOSTED BY the alliance for healthier communities, indigenous primary health care council, nurse practitioner led clinics association, association of family health teams of ontario and ontario health

Ontario Health has developed new, gender-affirming cancer screening guidelines to support the health and wellbeing of Trans and Non-Binary clients. These groups often have lower screening rates than their peers due to outreach that misses eligible clients and screening practices that can trigger gender dysphoria.