Academic Half-Day Schedule

July 18, 2012 toJune 26 , 2013

Open to interested residents unless posted for YAC Residents

Article review from 9-10am: Exceptions noted

Academic Session Wednesdays 10:00 am – 12:00 noon. Exceptions noted

Academic Half-Day Presentations will be Adobe Connect web-conference format. You will need a computer.

Headphones with a built in microphone and a computer with a camera will enhance the experience.

RSVP: Garnette McCue at for information to join the web-conference.

Academic
Half-Day / Half Day Topic / Speaker
July
18 /
  1. Pain Assessment and Terminology
  2. When good pain goes bad
/ Nicola Macpherson
25 /
  1. Opiophobia
  2. Opioid Prescribing for Dummies
/ Nicola Macpherson
August
1 / Hydration and Ethics / Michael Downing
8 / Research Component / Gillian Fyles
15 / Nausea / Tim Sakaluk
22 / Neuropathic Pain / Tim Sakaluk
29 / When the oral route is not enough / Bruce Kennedy
September
5 / Medical Oncology / Aalok Kumar &
Krista Noonan
12 / Dyspnea / Romayne Gallagher
19 / National Academic Half-Day
Pediatric Palliative Care / Presenter:
Hal Siden
Program Director:
Aleco Alexiadis
26 / FPON Preceptor Training Course
YAC Residents / N/A
October
3 / FPON Preceptor Training Course
YAC Residents / N/A
10 / YAC residents attending Montreal Conference / N/A
17 / National Academic Half-Day
Advanced Neurophysiology & Pharmacology of Pain / Presenter:
Joel Loiselle
Program Director:
Christian La Riviere
24 / Methadone / Bruce Kennedy
31 / Geriatrics 1 / Amanda Hill
November
7 / Geriatrics 2 / Maria Chung
14 / Pain in the Elderly / Romayne Gallagher
21 / National Academic Half-Day
Advocacy: Palliative Care for Marginalized Populations Ethics / Presenter:
Martin Labrie
Program Director:
Leonie Herz
28 / Victoria Hospice Course
YAC Residents / N/A
December 5 / Radiation Oncology / Irene Karam
12 / Palliative Care Emergencies / Nicola Macpherson
19 / Interprofessional Practice / Orlando Frizado
26 / No Academic Half-Day / N/A
2013
January
2 / No Academic Half-Day / N/A
9 / No Academic Half-Day / N/A
16 / National Academic Half-Day
Addiction Medicine / Presenter:
Dr. Barb Fehlau
Program Director:
Dr. Aleco Alexiadis
23 / Hypnosis / Dr. Elaine Drysdale
30 / Art Therapy
YAC Residents Only / Gretchen Ladd
February
6 / Music Therapy / Heather Mohan
13 / Quantitative Sensory Testing / Pam Squire
20 / National Academic Half-Day
Grief & Bereavement / Presenters:
Andrea Warnick &
Christa Jeney
Program Director:
Christa Jeney
27 / No Academic Half-Day
Callanish Retreat
Friday March 1
YAC Residents Only / N/A
March
6 / No Academic Half-Day
YAC’s Presenting at Palliative Care Medical Intensive Course / N/A
13 / Pediatric Palliative Care 2 / Hal Siden
20 / National Academic Half-Day
Suffering, Spirituality & Dignity at the End of Life / Presenter:
Shane Sinclair
Program Director:
Leonie Herx
27 / Advanced Care Planning / Wallace Robinson
April
3 / Interventional Pain Management / Pippa Hawley
Bill McDonald
10 / Palliative Care Emergencies / Nicola Macpherson
17 / HIV/AIDS / Douglas McGregor
24 / Aboriginal Approach to End of Live / Joy Ward-Dockrey
May
1 / End of Life In Respiratory Medicine / Shalini Nayar
8 / Placebo Effect / Jon Stoessl
15 / National Academic Half-Day
Interprofessional Team in Palliative Care / Presenters:
Tara Tucker
Pam Grassau
Maryse Bouvette
22 / Nephrology / Mohamud Karim
29 / Lidocaine and Ketamine / Nicola Macpherson
June
5 / Grief and Breavement / Wendy Wainwright
12 / YAC EXAM / N/A
19 / No Academic Half-Day
Residents out of province on electives / N/A
26 / Year End Debrief / Aleco Alexiadis