French as a second language courses - Fall 2022

Having trouble? Need some practice?
We can help you! You have until September 20, 2022, to register for the fall session of French as a second language courses.

Those affiliated with the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, Montfort Hospital, the General Hospital or the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario are eligible:

• Physicians

• Students/Residents

• Professors

• Researchers

• Administrative support staff

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Matinée du savoir - Working with multiple generations

September 28, 2022, 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. (Eastern Time)

Objectives:

• Describe the four generations in the labour market

• Understand the ways in which each generation works

• Discuss the common elements between certain generations

Speakers: Alexandre Messager, gestionnaire, développement du leadership, Faculté de médecine de l'Université d'Ottawa

Audience: Free training for family physicians, general practitioners and specialists, as well as health professionals in clinical environments.

Activity offered in French

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Lifestyle medicine - an emerging patient-centered discipline

September 28, 2022, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)

Objectives:

• Define lifestyle medicine and highlight its approach

• Explore the six pillars of healthy living

• Describe the role of motivational interviewing and the physician coach

Speaker: Dr. Marie-Eve Bérubé

Dr. Marie-Eve Bérubé received her medical doctorate from the University of Ottawa and subsequently completed her residency in family medicine as chief resident at this same institution. She has been a Member of the College of Family Physicians of Canada since 2014 and is a lecturer in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa.

She works within the Eastern Ottawa Community Family Health Team and also has privileges at Montfort Hospital. She is currently the transition to clerkship and selective rotations director for the Francophone stream of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa. In addition to her interests in women’s health and medical education, she is also interested in lifestyle medicine, a specialty already recognized in the United States that is slowly coming to Canada. She is currently working towards her lifestyle medicine certification with the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.

Audience: Free training for family physicians, general practitioners and specialists, as well as health professionals in clinical environments.

Activity offered in French

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Clinical preceptorship improvement

Looking to take your preceptor role to the next level? Is one of your goals to demonstrate preceptor skills tailored to learners’ needs? Do you feel you lack the tools to realize your full potential in this role?

This short 9-workshop program allows you to develop the necessary skills and carry out a personal clinical teaching intervention plan. It also provides practical and effective evaluation, feedback and co-supervision techniques and strategies.

Short program of 9 workshops over 1 year (September 2022 to May 2023) with one 2-hour workshop per month:

Prerequisite: Foundations 101 or supervisory experience

Activity offered in French

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What's new with mammography

October 25, 2022, 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. (Eastern Time)

Objectives:

• Learn about the guidelines for breast cancer screening

• Discuss new imaging modalities for the breast

Speaker: Dr. Claudine Michaud

Audience: Free training for family physicians, general practitioners and specialists, as well as health professionals in clinical environments.

Activity offered in French

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Lipidology in 2022: What's new?

October 26, 2022, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)

Objectives:

• Discuss changes in LDL-C management in the 2022 CCS dyslipidemia guidelines

• Determine when to use non-HDL-C, Apo B, and Lp(a) to assess risk

• Discuss the role of triglycerides as a marker of persistent cardiovascular risk beyond LDL-C and implement appropriate management strategies

Speaker: Dr. Denis Chauret

Dr. Denis Chauret completed his medical doctorate and residency in internal medicine at the Université de Montréal. Since 1998, he has been an active member of the Department of Medicine at Montfort Hospital. In 2001, he was appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Ottawa and promoted to Associate Professor in 2009. He is the medical director of the Montfort Diabetes Clinic and is head of the Allergy Clinic at Montfort and at Hawkesbury General Hospital.

Within Francophone Affairs, Dr. Chauret is in charge of Continuing Medical Education. Over the past 10 years, he has given more than 800 Continuing Medical Education lectures across Canada, and also in the United States, Denmark and Ireland. He is the recipient of the Certificate of Merit Award 2009 from the Canadian Association for Medical Education and was promoted to Fellow of the American College of Physicians in 2010. He is also Associate Professor at McGill University.

Audience: Free training for family physicians, general practitioners and specialists, as well as health professionals in clinical environments.

Activity offered in French

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I feel short of breath

November 29, 2022, 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. (Eastern Time)

Objectives:

• Discuss the management of COPD and asthma

• Discuss post-covid-19 dyspnea

Speaker: Dr. Grégoire Leduc

Audience: Free training for family physicians, general practitioners and specialists, as well as health professionals in clinical environments.

Activity offered in French

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Ask the radiologist: which breast exam to choose?

November 30, 2022, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)

Objectives:

• Discuss age-specific indications for screening

• Select the most appropriate tests for breast pathology

• Compare the indications for mammography, magnetic resonance and ultrasound

Speaker: Dr. Lucie Martin

Dr. Lucie Martin completed her medical training and then her specialization in radiology at the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Medicine. She also obtained a fellowship in abdominal imaging from Duke University in the United States. She has been working at Montfort Hospital since 2005.

Audience: Free training for family physicians, general practitioners and specialists, as well as health professionals in clinical environments.

Activity offered in French

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Both sides of eConsult

December 13, 2022, 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. (Eastern Time)

Objectives:

• Describe the eConsult platform

• Discuss the indications for the eConsult

• Explain how to write a consultation request and response

Speaker: Coming soon

Audience: Free training for family physicians, general practitioners and specialists, as well as health professionals in clinical environments.

Activity offered in French

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Research 101 – Research initiation short program

Interested in research but don’t know where to start your project? Do you often put off wanting to go further in your questioning for fear of not fully understanding all the steps to be taken before publication? Do you feel lost when it comes to filling out an ethics approval application? Are you unfamiliar with certain research methods?

This short 9-workshop program will help you better understand the phases involved in conducting a research project, from the identification of the question to publication. It also offers practical and effective techniques and strategies to help you find funding and choose the best instruments.

Short program of 9 workshops over 1 year (January to November 2023) with one 2-hour workshop per month:

• I am a clinician and I want to do research: where do I start?

• How do I obtain ethics committee approval for a research project?

• Quality improvement: how to do it?

• Preparing a research funding application: practical advice for maximum effectiveness

• Methodology for conducting a systematic review

• Qualitative research methods

• Quantitative analysis: what I need to know before my meeting with the statistician

• Building an observation tool for educational research

• Disseminating my research: how do I get published? Scientific article, poster, podcast, workshop, etc.

Target audience: physicians, residents and health professionals with an interest in research. Space is limited and subject to committee selection.

Audience: Fee-based online training offered by Francophone Affairs of the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine.

Activity offered in French

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Demystify food allergies

January 25, 2023, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)

Objectives:

• Differentiate between a food allergy and an intolerance

• Clarify the appropriate course of action for food allergy

• Identify the appropriate time to refer a patient for allergy testing

Speaker: Dr. Denis Chauret

Dr. Denis Chauret completed his medical doctorate and residency in internal medicine at the Université de Montréal. Since 1998, he has been an active member of the Department of Medicine at Montfort Hospital. In 2001, he was appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Ottawa and promoted to Associate Professor in 2009. He is the medical director of the Montfort Diabetes Clinic and is head of the Allergy Clinic at Montfort and at Hawkesbury General Hospital.

Within Francophone Affairs, Dr. Chauret is in charge of Continuing Medical Education. Over the past 10 years, he has given more than 800 Continuing Medical Education lectures across Canada, and also in the United States, Denmark and Ireland. He is the recipient of the Certificate of Merit Award 2009 from the Canadian Association for Medical Education and was promoted to Fellow of the American College of Physicians in 2010. He is also Associate Professor at McGill University.

Audience: Free training for family physicians, general practitioners and specialists, as well as health professionals in clinical environments.

Activity offered in French

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The research and the chairs of the Institut du Savoir Montfort

January 31, 2023, 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. (Eastern Time)

Objectives:

• Describe the various interests of the Research Chairs

• Describe the various research projects and their respective spheres

Speaker: Dr. Sharon Johnson

Audience: Free training for family physicians, general practitioners and specialists, as well as health professionals in clinical environments.

Activity offered in French

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Cervicalgia, lumbago, fibromyalgia, when everything hurts!

February 22, 2023, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)

Objectives:

• Select the most appropriate diagnostic tests

• Discuss the most useful evidence-based treatments

• Identify red flags based on clinical presentation

Speaker: Dr. Derek Petit

Dr. Derek Petit completed his medical studies at the University of Ottawa in the francophone stream in 2017. He then completed his residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Physiatry) last June. Since August 2022, he has been practicing at Montfort Hospital as a consultant in physiatry on an inpatient basis and in EMG on an outpatient basis. He will soon complete his 6-month fellowship in musculoskeletal interventional ultrasound before beginning an outpatient practice in sports medicine and complex musculoskeletal medicine.

Audience: Free training for family physicians, general practitioners and specialists, as well as health professionals in clinical environments.

Activity offered in French

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Residents' favourites

February 28, 2023, 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. (Eastern Time)

Objectives:

• Learn about transformative articles for the practice of medicine

• Explain the potential impact of these articles on practice

Speakers: Coming soon

Audience: Free training for family physicians, general practitioners and specialists, as well as health professionals in clinical environments.

Activity offered in French

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The future of telemedicine

March 28, 2023, 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. (Eastern Time)

Objectives:

• Discuss the basic principles of telemedicine

• Discuss the role of telemedicine in 22-23 in patient care and education

Speaker: Dr. Jean Roy

Dr. Jean A. Roy holds a medical doctorate from the University of Ottawa, as well as a specialist certificate in family medicine from the Université de Montréal. He completed a bachelor’s degree in philosophy at Dominican University College in Ottawa. He practises and teaches family medicine within the Montfort Academic Family Health Team and has had admitting privileges at this hospital since 1988. He has been an assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine for nearly 30 years. He served as Vice-Dean of Francophone Affairs for 16 years. He has provided training in medical education for more than 150 Francophone physicians over the years. He founded the Centre d’appui pédagogique en santé pour la francophonie. He also founded the Medicine, Ethics and Humanities Program and its international stream at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Medicine. He has initiated several international collaborations, including with the Université d’Abomey-Calavi of Benin in Africa, the Mérieux Foundation in France, the Université Paris-Descartes in Paris and the Université de Lyon in France, as well as the Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Dr. Roy’s interests include learning technologies, program evaluation and the development of humanities skills by medical students in order to better serve populations.

Audience: Free training for family physicians, general practitioners and specialists, as well as health professionals in clinical environments.

Activity offered in French

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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)

March 29, 2023, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)

Objectives:

• Discuss the consequences of alcohol intake in pregnant women

• Screen for symptoms and signs in the child at risk

• Identify resources and treatments available for children with the syndrome

Speaker: Dr. John Joanisse

Born in Ottawa, Dr. John Joanisse holds Bachelor of Medicine and Doctor of Medicine degrees from the University of Ottawa. He spent the early part of his career practising family medicine in Kapuskasing, Ontario. He moved to Ottawa in 1987 and practised in Cumberland. He is currently a clinical researcher at the Montfort Research Institute and member of the Bruyère Research Institute.

Sensitive to the challenges faced by minority communities and aware of the importance of medical training in French, Dr. Joanisse has been a member of the University of Ottawa’s Francophone Affairs -formerly known as the OFA - since its founding. He has also been an active member of Montfort Hospital since 1987.

Throughout his career, John has been the initiator of numerous research projects. Among his many research interests are: geriatrics, orthogeriatrics and rehabilitation. He is currently working on several projects including the Montfort Model: Orthogeriatric Nurse Practitioner, which is funded by the Association Médicale Universitaire de l’Hôpital Montfort (AMUHM).

Audience: Free training for family physicians, general practitioners and specialists, as well as health professionals in clinical environments.

Activity offered in French

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COPD 2023: What's new?

April 26, 2023, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)

Objectives:

• Discuss the cardiovascular risk associated with COPD

• List the main treatment guidelines

• Select treatments that may reduce mortality in the COPD patient

Speaker: Dr. Denis Chauret

Dr. Denis Chauret completed his medical doctorate and residency in internal medicine at the Université de Montréal. Since 1998, he has been an active member of the Department of Medicine at Montfort Hospital. In 2001, he was appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Ottawa and promoted to Associate Professor in 2009. He is the medical director of the Montfort Diabetes Clinic and is head of the Allergy Clinic at Montfort and at Hawkesbury General Hospital. 

Within Francophone Affairs, Dr. Chauret is in charge of Continuing Medical Education. Over the past 10 years, he has given more than 800 Continuing Medical Education lectures across Canada, and also in the United States, Denmark and Ireland. He is the recipient of the Certificate of Merit Award 2009 from the Canadian Association for Medical Education and was promoted to Fellow of the American College of Physicians in 2010. He is also Associate Professor at McGill University.

Audience: Free training for family physicians, general practitioners and specialists, as well as health professionals in clinical environments.

Activity offered in French

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Are we so different?

May 30, 2023, 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. (Eastern Time)

Objectives:

• Analyze generational differences

• Discuss cultural differences

Speaker: Alexandre Messager

Audience:

Free training for family physicians, general practitioners and specialists, as well as health professionals in clinical environments.

Activity offered in French

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LYME disease: a 2023 update

May 31, 2023, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)

Objectives:

• Discuss the clinical presentations of Lyme disease

• Select the most appropriate investigations

• Discuss the role of antibiotic therapy in 2023

Speaker: Dr. Alex Carignan

Dr. Carignan is a microbiologist-infectiologist at CIUSSS de l'Estrie-CHUS and an associate professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of the Université de Sherbrooke. He also holds a master's degree in epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Dr. Carignan is a clinical fellow of the Fonds de recherche santé Québec and his research interests include the epidemiology of emerging infections in Quebec.

Audience:

Free training for family physicians, general practitioners and specialists, as well as health professionals in clinical environments.

Activity offered in French

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How to become a medical leader

June 20, 2023, 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. (Eastern Time)

Objectives:

• Describe the principles of leadership

• Explain the benefits of becoming a leader

• Discuss the steps to becoming a leader

Speaker:

Coming soon

Audience: 

Free training for family physicians, general practitioners and specialists, as well as health professionals in clinical environments.

Activity offered in French

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