Banff Rural Suite Courses
Annual Suite of Courses Hosted in Banff, Alberta
Rural Courses & Series
Common Fractures & Dislocation Course
Save the date: January 23, 2025
In-Person
This course is designed to learn hands-on skills to deal with common fractures and dislocations seen in the rural emergency departments. The course will include short case-based presentations on specific fractures, a discussion of diagnosis and treatment, demonstration of the applicable cast and/or splint and hands-on practice. The morning will focus on fractures and dislocation of the upper limbs and the afternoon will focus on the lower limbs. Participants will practice on each other, including applying splints and casts. (Appropriate attire is recommended.)
Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course
Save the date: January 23, 2025 All day & January 24, 2025 Morning
In-Person
Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course is widely recognized by hospitals and trauma centers worldwide, this course, taught by qualified nurses, delivers the knowledge, critical thinking skills and application-based training needed to keep trauma patients safe and improve outcomes.
27th Annual Rural Anesthesia for GP Anesthesiologists
Save the date: January 24, 2025
In-Person
This intensive course for GP anesthesiologists features a blend of expert didactic teaching and interactive small group workshops and offers opportunities for networking and exchange of information and ideas between leaders in the field and rural GP anesthesiologists.
41st Annual Emergency Medicine for Rural Hospitals
Save the date: January 24-26, 2025
In-Person
This course provides updates on clinical topics relevant for physicians, nurses and other health professionals who practice in rural communities. Through a combination of plenary lectures, small group interactive sessions and workshops, participants will review current best practices, guidelines, tools and techniques for investigating and managing emergent patients – from pre-hospital, to the rural emergency department.
Rural Virtual Conference Series 2024-2025
Weekly Webinars
Tuesdays, September 2024-May 2025, 8:00am - 9:00am MT
This is a series of weekly ONLINE high quality one-hour continuing professional development sessions, presented by clinical experts. Each presentation focuses on evidence-based information that is directly applicable to rural and remote primary care and hospital environments.