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: 

  • To distinguish the guidance for resuming breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening resumption midst the many waves of the pandemic.
  • To demonstrate how to use data to understand and address health inequities in screening/tailoring service delivery as well as tools to improve screening rates.
  • To identify creative approaches such as EMR queries, clinics and much more.

Presenters: 

  • Dr. Ed Kucharski, Family Physician, Regional Primary Care Lead (Toronto Central) 
  • Dr. Jennifer Rayner, Director of Research and Evaluation, Alliance for Healthier Communities
  • Diana Noel, Executive Director, Village Family Health Team 
  • Teresa Wetselaar, NP, West Parry Sound Health Centre
  • Dr. Neil Naik, Family Physician, Interim Regional Primary Care Lead (Waterloo Wellington)
  • Dr. Aisha Lofters, Provincial Primary Care Lead, Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario)

This 1-credit-per-hour Group Learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Ontario Chapter for up to 1.0 Mainpro+Ⓡ credits.

When: June 21, 2021 (8-9 am EST) 

Slidedeck: Click here 

Resources:  Click here for prevention care letter templates and Telus PS stamp. 

Recording: