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Access to Session Recordings will be available for purchase until March 8, 2024 at 11:59PM EST - Post Event: $50 + HST (not eligible for RCPSC Section 1 Hours or Mainpro+ Credits)*

Course Description
The University of Ottawa, Office of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is proud to present this 1-day course designed to provide family physicians and other primary health care professionals with relevant and up-to-date information about management of chronic pain. This conference will also allow participants to virtually network through plenary sessions and an online meeting hub. Our cutting-edge virtual conferencing platform captures all the benefits of an in-person conference experience, but allows us all to conveniently participate online. Plus, sessions will be recorded and participants will have access to this content for one year.

Overall Learning Objectives

By the end of this conference, participants will be able to:

1. Select appropriate management option for patients with chronic pain;
2. Implement effective communication strategies to engage with patients with chronic pain;
3. Identify community resources for the support of patients with chronic pain.

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 4.5 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 4.5 Mainpro+ credits.

Through an agreement between the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert Royal College MOC credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. More information on the process to convert Royal College MOC credit to AMA credit.

Read more on the Royal College agreement with the American Medical Association.

Planning Committee
Special thanks to the following committee members who participated in the planning of this event:
Dr. Heather Lochnan
Dr. Kim Corace
Dr. Carol Anne Geller
Dr. Daniel James
Dr. Christoph Laeer
Dr. Mireille St-Jean

Registration Fees
Early Bird Deadline: January 19, 2024

Students and residents are required to provide proof of status.

Cancellation Policy
Refunds less $75 administrative charge will be issued to cancellations receive in writing by January 23, 2024. No refunds will be issued for cancellations received after that date. All refunds will be processed after the event.

Consent to use photographic, video and audio recordings 
You are participating in an event during which the University of Ottawa will be taking photographs, recording video or making audio recordings. The photographs, videos and audio recordings will be used for University activities, at its events and in promotional material, in both print and electronic format, including on the Internet via the University’s website or social media websites (“Purpose”). The photographs, videos and audio recordings produced may contain your recognizable image, which is considered personal information. The University is authorized to collect personal information under the University of Ottawa Act, 1965, and in compliance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. This purpose of this form is a) to notify you that your personal information is being collected and b) to obtain your permission for the University or the users of its online searchable image bank to use photographs, videos or audio recordings that contain your recognizable image or voice, along with your name, in material promoting the University, whether in print, in electronic format or on the Internet.

Participant’s consent 
I UNDERSTAND that the photographs, videos or audio recordings of me may be circulated widely and that, if posted on the University of Ottawa’s website, in its online searchable image bank or on any other websites, they will be available to the public. I also understand that the University has no control over, and is not responsible for, the use or misuse of materials available on its website, including any photographs, videos or audio recordings of me. FOR THE PURPOSE STATED ABOVE, I CONSENT to be photographed, video recorded and audio recorded by the University of Ottawa or its authorized representatives. I ALSO GIVE MY PERMISSION to the University of Ottawa, to its representatives and to users of the University’s online searchable image bank to use, reproduce, publish, transmit, distribute, broadcast and display photographs, videos or audio recordings that contain my image or voice, with or without my name associated with them. In any current or future University of Ottawa material, publications, multimedia productions, video, displays, advertisements and on the University’s website, social media website and other current or future media, without further notice to me or without my approval of the finished photographs, videos or audio recordings.

Recorded Content Disclaimer
The online courses, webinars and other resources accessible to participants, post course are previously recorded offerings made available for viewing at your convenience. The content of these archived courses, webinars and other resources are not altered or updated after they are presented live or uploaded to this webpage. As circumstances and information evolve, some content may no longer be accurate or current. Users are reminded to check correctness and applicability of content against current information and circumstances.

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