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Speaker: Harry McConnell MD, FRCPC, FRANZCP
Title: Seizures and Snowflakes_The Behavioural Neurology of the Epilepsies
Educational Objectives
1. To understand the aetiology and pathogenesis of behavioural manifestations of the epilepsies
2. To be able to both prevent and treat effectively these behavioural manifestations
3. To appreciate the different treatment of seizures in different patient populations
Neurology International Residents Videoconference and Exchange (NIRVE) is a resident-led initiative founded by the Division of Neurology at the University of Toronto in 2009, to promote education through international collaboration.
The rounds take place at St. Michael’s Hospital, typically on the first Thursday of the month from September to June at 8AM, Eastern time zone.
Format:
The agenda is subject to change in compliance with public health guidelines.
This conference is directed to helping non-neurologists like general practitioners, general internists, psychiatrists, geriatricians, emergency physicians and others improve their clinical skills and knowledge with regards to evaluating patients with common neurological presentations.
Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this conference, the participants will be able to:
- Title: The evolution of glucose variability after bariatric surgery
- Speaker: Dr. Tricia Tan
- Host: Dr. Satya Dash
The objectives will be:
- To understand how glycaemia changes after metabolic surgery
- To understand the relationship of mean glucose and glycaemic variability to post bariatric hypoglycaemia (PBH)
- To understand the relationship of enteropancreatic hormone dynamics to the development of PBH
Weekly International Behavioural Neurology Rounds
Speaker and topic: TBD
This event is an accredited group learning activity as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
*These rounds are restricted to health care professionals*
Title TBA
Speaker: Dr. Robert Rosenson
Host: Dr. Satya Dash
Weekly International Behavioural Neurology Rounds
Speaker and topic: TBD
This event is an accredited group learning activity as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
*These rounds are restricted to health care professionals*
BACKGROUND
Post MD Education welcomes semi-annual submission of proposals requesting matching funding in support of proposed projects enhancing integration, application, and/or education within the scholarship of medical humanities and humanism in postgraduate medical education.
Funded projects are intended to align with both the best practices in medical humanities and the specific residency programs’ educational priorities.
Regulation of hepatic lipid storage and secretion
Dr. Richard Lehner, PhD
Host: BBDC
Speaker: Professor Samy Suissa, McGill University
Topic: Precision medicine in COPD: The right drug for the right patient
Learning Objectives:
- Review of major drug trials in COPD: comparative effectiveness and risks
- Making sense of the data from recent triple therapy trials
- Optimizing treatment in COPD: Real world evidence
Weekly International Behavioural Neurology Rounds
Speaker and topic: TBD
This event is an accredited group learning activity as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
*These rounds are restricted to health care professionals*
Speakers: Aaron Wong and Theresa Lee, University of Toronto
Speaker: Gabor Kovacs MD, PhD, FRCPC
Professor, University of Toronto; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology; Department of Medicine/Division of Neurology; PI UofT Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Disease (CRND)
Consultant Neuropathologist/Neurologist, University Health Network (UHN); Laboratory Medicine Program and Krembil Brain Institute; Faculty/Neurologist, Edmond J. Safra Program in Parkinson's Disease; Co-Director Rossy Program for PSP research
A Crash Course in Machine Learning and how it can help Identify Patients at Risk of SGLT2-related DKA
Dr. Mike Fralick, MD, PhD, MSc, FRCPC
Host: Dr. Jackie James
Weekly International Behavioural Neurology Rounds
Speaker and topic: TBD
This event is an accredited group learning activity as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
*These rounds are restricted to health care professionals*
Levinson Lecture
Neuroprotection therapies for Parkinson's disease: “One drug does not fit all”
Anthony E. Lang, OC, FRCPC, FAAN, FCAHS, FRSC
No Rounds- CDA conference
Weekly International Behavioural Neurology Rounds
Speaker and topic: TBD
This event is an accredited group learning activity as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
*These rounds are restricted to health care professionals*
Neurology International Residents Videoconference and Exchange (NIRVE) is a resident-led initiative founded by the Division of Neurology at the University of Toronto in 2009, to promote education through international collaboration.
The rounds take place at St. Michael’s Hospital, typically on the first Thursday of the month from September to June at 8AM, Eastern time zone.
Format:
Title TBA
Dr. Rene Wong, MD, MEd, FRCPC
Host: Jackie James