Pfizer BC multi-therapeutic half day

Please join us virtually for BC multi-therapeutic half day. This program was supported in part by an educational grant from BMS/ Pfizer Alliance.

Speakers:

• Moderator: Dr. Walter Chow, MD, Family Medicine, Victoria, BC
• Dr. Jayaraj Padmanabhan, MD, MRCPsych, FRCPC, Psychiatry, Delta Hospital, BC
• Dr. Angel Chu, MD, FRCPC Assistant Professor, Infectious Disease University of Calgary
• Dr. James Bergman, MD, FRCPC Clinical Assist. Prof. Dept of Dermatology and Skin Science, UBC
• Dr. Jason Andrade, MD, FRCPC, Cardiac Electrophysiologist VGH

Learning objectives:

• Discuss priorities in treating depression
• Discuss new treatment options for depression
• Discuss barriers to managing depression in primary care
   
• Identify the role of vaccines throughout the continuum of care
• Differentiate levels of vaccine hesitancy and utilize tools to communicate the impact of vaccine-preventable infections on a patient’s quality of life
• Discuss the importance of adherence to immunization schedules, including vaccines that are not yet routine or part of the universal public health
   
• List the signs and symptoms of atopic dermatitis
• Diagnose patients presenting with these features
• Appropriately treat acute flares of atopic dermatitis
• Develop long-term management and maintenance strategies
• Establish counselling and communication practices to optimize self-management and ongoing disease control
   
• Recognize that the risks of AF, stroke, major bleeding are all increased
• Describe that DOACs are as effective in older patients as they are in younger patients with AF, with a risk of major bleeding that is similar to or less than that of warfarin
• Explain the importance of follow up and close monitoring of renal function in elderly patients on DOACs
• Integrate the individual values and preferences of elderly AF patients into shared decision making on anticoagulation

How to join:

• Registration required https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mO9GN8vzTk64wuNLqPtZ5Q 
• For more information please contact val.bernales@pfizer.com.

CME: This Group Learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the British Columbia Chapter for up to 3.00 Mainpro+ credits

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