2026 Hypertension and Chronic Kidney Disease Course
January 23, 2026
7:30 am - 4:30 pm
St Elias Banquet Centre
In-person
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The University of Ottawa, Office of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and the Division of Nephrology are proud to again offer this 1-day conference in hypertension and chronic kidney disease for primary care physicians and other health care professionals. This conference has been designed to serve as a refresher in these two areas of practice.
OVERALL LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Overall Learning Objectives By the end of the educational activity, participants will be able to:
1. Review and integrate newly published data and guidelines that affect how hypertension and kidney care should be delivered
2. Describe and evaluate pathways for testing and management of hypertension and chronic kidney disease
3. Describe ways to improve primary care referral practices and patient outcomes
ACCREDITATION
This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by the University of Ottawa’s Office of Continuing Professional Development. You may claim a maximum of 6.25 hours (credits are automatically calculated).
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 University of Ottawa’s Office of Continuing Professional Development for up to 6.25 Mainpro+ credits.
PLANNING COMMITEE
Special thanks to the following committee members who participated in the planning of this event:
Dr. Swapnil Hiremath (co-chair)
Dr. Januvi Jegatheswaran (co-chair)
Dr. Pierre Brown
Dr. Caitlin Hesketh
Dr. Carol Geller
Questions? Please contact us by email at cpd@uottawa.ca
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