Pearls for Family Practice

Pearls for Family Practice Suite

Evening Sessions and Half Days - Various Dates

2022-2023 Session Information

The 47th Annual Pearls for Family Practice offers a series of virtual evening webinars and conferences.

Course Overview

This program provides an update and review focused on practical, evidence-informed pearls pertinent for practice in primary care. Topics covered will enhance your management of a wide variety of conditions typically seen in both urban and rural settings.

2022-2023 Session Dates

Evening Webinars 

September 14th, 2022
October 26th, 2022
January 11th, 2023
February 8th, 2023
March 8th, 2023
April 12th, 2023
May 3rd, 2023

Half Days 

November 24th & 25th, 2022

Contact

Evening Sessions

Shoulder Issues 101 - Understanding and Applying the New Shoulder Clinical Practice Guideline Developed by the Bone and Joint Health Strategic Clinical Network

September 14, 2022

7:00pm - 9:00pm MDT

Speakers: Colleen Kuntze and David Sheps

Learning Objectives: 

At the end of this course, learners will be equipped to:

  • Introduce the approach for developing the new shoulder clinical particle guideline
  • Use the patient’s shoulder chief complaint to navigate the new shoulder clinical practice guideline
  • Create a differential diagnosis to determine appropriate initial management based on patient history, physical examination, and appropriate imaging
  • Identify when to refer to a shoulder specialist using the new shoulder clinical practice guideline
  • Review the principles of shoulder rehabilitation
  • Identify barriers to physiotherapy and options to overcome barriers

Clearing out Your Inbox: Abnormal CBC and the Highs and Lows of Electrolytes

October 26, 2022

7:00-9:00pm MDT

Speakers: Meghan Elliott and Natalia Rydz

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this course, learners will be equipped to:

  • Review Anemia, thrombocytopenia, neutropenia, and lymphocytosis through a case based approach
  • Identify when a family doctor should watch or refer their patient to a hematologist
  • Provide strategies, resources and tools for primary care handling of patients with abnormal sodium and potassium electrolytes
  • Initiate work up and management of sodium and potassium disorders in primary care
  • Review diagnostic approaches to hypo/hypernatremia and hypo/hyperkalemia

Latest Updates for Lung, Breast, Colon, and Cervical Cancer Screening

January 11, 2023

7:00-9:00pm MDT

Speakers: Aliyah Pabani, Huiming Yang and Lisa Stevenson

Learning Objectives: 

At the end of this course, learners will be equipped to:

  • Outline the latest guidelines for Breast Cancer Screening in Alberta
  • Outline current and future directions for colon cancer Screening
  • Update the future of cervical cancer screening with HPV testing
  • Update on Alberta Lung Cancer screening program – Phase I pilot

Assessing Patient Knee’ds - Understanding and Applying the New Soft Tissue Knee Pathway Developed by the Bone and Joint Health Strategic Clinical Network

February 8, 2023

7:00pm - 8:30pm MST

Speakers: Catherine Hui, Ryan Shields, and Tim Takahashi

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this course, learners will be equipped to:

  • Introduce the soft tissue knee pathway and an approach to using it effectively
  • Identify knee presentations that require urgent referral
  • Create a differential diagnosis to determine appropriate initial management based on patient history, physical examination, and appropriate imaging
  • Identify when to refer to a knee specialist using the new pathway

Eye Issues 101 for Family Physicians

March 8, 2023

7:00pm - 9:00 pm MST

Speakers: Andrea Lasby, Helen Chung

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this course, learners will be equipped to:

  • Describe current treatment for managing dry eyes and meibomian gland dysfunction
  • Assess for common benign and pathological eye findings seen in primary care settings
  • Gain practice pearls for performing basic eye examinations
  • Familiarize with the referral resources for handling urgent eye problems

Waking Up to Current Controversies in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Management

April 12, 2023

7:00pm - 8:30pm MDT

Speakers: Kenneth Blades, Sachin Pendharkar

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, learners will be equipped to:

  • List commonly used sleep diagnostic tests in Alberta and indications for each
  • Describe indications for obstructive sleep apnea treatment
  • Select appropriate therapies based on patient and disease characteristics
  • Differentiate patients who require sleep specialist referral versus primary care management of obstructive sleep apnea

Pearls for the Chronically Lightheaded – Is it Vasovagal Syncope, POTS, Orthostatic Hypotension…?

May 3, 2023

7:00pm - 8:30pm MDT

Speaker: Satish Raj

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, learners will be equipped to:

  • List clinical features suggestive of cardiac syncope
  • Outline a treatment plan for initial orthostatic hypotension (IOH)
  • Detail a non-pharmacological treatment plan for postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS)

47th Annual Pearls for Family Practice Half Days

November 24th, 2022 - 1:00PM-5:15PM MT

November 25th, 2022 - 9:00AM-1:15PM MT

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, learners will be equipped to:

  • Apply current knowledge and evidence-based management for optimal patient outcomes, both in urban and in rural settings
  • Facilitate the exchange of information and develop informal networks with other healthcare providers to promote effective team-based care
  • Identify new services and clinical resources for patients
  • Identify opportunities for practice change improvements