About the Collective – Program Information

The Lake of the Woods District Hospital hosts sessions up to two times per month, presenting topics of broad interest to physicians and allied health care workers (RN, NPs, other clinical staff) at the Lake of the Woods District Hospital and relevant to the practice of rural medicine.

Our sessions are available to watch live as noted in the Schedule tab. Please ensure you register for the session so that we can track you attendance and provide a certificate. We issue certificates twice per cycle (September to December and January to June).

Accreditation Statements:

This one-credit-per-hour Group Learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by the Continuing Education and Professional Development Office at NOSM University for up to 1 Mainpro+ credits.

The Lake of the Woods Health Sciences Campus Grand Rounds is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Contact: 

For information regarding the Lake of the Woods District Hospital Grand Rounds, please contact: Ms. Bobbi Derkson, NOSM U Site Administrative Coordinator for Lake of the Woods District Hospital at bderkson@lwdh.on.ca.

The Palliative Care Education Program delivers both didactic educational sessions and follow up clinical rounds sessions that offer participants multiple opportunities to interact, discuss and ask case related questions. Education Sessions take place on the first Thursday of each month and are between 1 and 2 hours in length. Hosted virtually on the WebEx platform, we welcome expert speakers that specialize in particular areas of Palliative Care in Northern Ontario, who will focus on an identified need/topic, addressing the learning objectives created by the SPC. Clinical Rounds take place on the third Thursday of the month and are one hour in length. Hosted virtually on the WebEx platform, this session is a follow up to the education session held earlier in the month and allows participants an opportunity to bring case related questions to discuss in a more clinical format.

The target audience includes physicians, residents, learners, RNs, NPs, other health care providers and Palliative Care educators offering compassionate, patient centered Palliative Care in the Northeast, however since we are virtual we invite participants from all across Northern Ontario to join.

Accreditation Statements:

This one-credit-per-hour Group Learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by the Continuing Education and Professional Development Office at NOSM University for up to 2 Mainpro+ credit(s).

The Palliative Care Education Program is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

These monthly Emergency Department Rounds will provide an opportunity to increase your understanding about some of the common/ interesting emergency medicine topics. Learning rounds are open to all staff including ED staff, medical students and rotating residents, SSM AMA faculty and those with an interest in emergency medicine. The rounds will be the first Wednesday of every month at noon and will include didactic presentation(s) and Q & A period.

Session Instructions: Please sign-in to Webex with your first and last name. To claim your credits please complete the evaluation which is also tagged to attendance. The evaluation will be open for 1 week following each session. If you are calling in by phone, please email Laura Roth at rothl@sah.on.ca after the session with the last 4 digits of the phone number you called in on, for attendance purposes. Certificates will be issued at the end of the calendar year to those individuals that have attended sessions and filled out the evaluation surveys.

Accreditation Statements:

The Sault Area Hospital – Emergency Medicine Rounds is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

If you are involved in a rounds program and would like to be part of the Collective, please contact Ms. Lisa Kokanie, CEPD Coordinator at lkokanie@nosm.ca.

In order to participate, your program must be accredited/certified by the CFPC and/or the Royal College. If you are not currently certified we can assist with that process and help get your program up and running.

We would love to have you join the collective!