PEER North Conference

In this highly interactive workshop, participants will learn to confidently review clinical papers, and understand key evidence-based medicine principles. Focusing on randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews, participants will learn how to understand meta-analyzed results as well as methods of quickly appraising articles for quality and usability. Mathematical concepts such as relative and absolute risks, and numbers needed to treat, will be explained and practiced. Finally, tips for efficiently navigating medical literature will be discussed. 

Learning Objectives:

1. Strengthen Personal and Staff Capacity for Cultural Safety
   Build and enhance personal and staff capacity to have the knowledge, skills and behaviors to provide appropriate and equitable care rooted in culturally safe practices.
2. Honour Traditional Knowledge and Healing Approaches in Care
   Understand and incorporate ways in which traditional knowledge and healing approaches can respectfully be incorporated alongside existing health and social services programs and services.
3. Improve Client and Community Experience
   Improve the client and community experience through culturally safe and relationship-based care, which puts the needs of clients and their families first.

Learning Objectives:

1. Discuss first line approach with oral hypoglycemic medications that are supported by evidence.
2. Compare the importance or unimportance of A1C lowering, based on patient risk factors.
3. Summarize how diabetes management might differ in Indigenous populations.

Learning Objectives:

1. Discuss the evidence of benefit of virtual visits as compared to in person care, relating to both patient and provider.
2. Discuss tips to maximize virtual patient encounters.
3. Highlight potential pitfalls associated with virtual care and how to avoid them..

Learning Objectives:

1. Discuss the available pharmacologic options for managing alcohol use disorder and alcohol withdrawal in primary care.
2. Summarize the evidence behind available treatment options for alcohol use disorder in primary care.
3. Describe the available evidence for screening, acute withdrawal management and ongoing treatment of alcohol use disorder.

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Learning Objectives:

1. Discuss five key clinically relevant papers related to general pediatrics.
2. Provide an update (if required) of the evidence on scheduling of pediatric vaccines.

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe recent clinically relevant practice reaffirming or practice changing articles relating to ER care which could include but are not limited to: TXA in the emergency department, ketamine for agitated patients, hypertensive emergencies, or other commonly seen conditions.
2. Discuss potential diagnostic tips that may aid in safe discharge from the emergency department.
3. Explain potential therapies that may improve the efficiency of medication delivery (e.g., less frequent oral vs intravenous)

Learning Objectives:

1. Discuss the evidence and practical experience related to improving patient-oriented outcomes in frostbite care including re-warming, medications, and other treatments
2. List tips on assessing the acutely frostbitten patient.
3. Describe the prognostic factors in frostbite outcomes.

Learning Objectives:

1. Discuss three key recommendations for transferring patients with a traumatic MSK injury.
2. Identify mobilization pearls for common fractures seen in the north.

Learning Objectives:

1. Discuss broad immobilization principles for fracture management.
2. Discuss potential immobilization risks and complications including CRPS and compartment syndrome.
3. Review best practice of fracture follow up.

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify red flags for eating disorders.
2. Identify resources to help parents and patients manage eating disorders.
3. Describe conditions associated with eating disorders.

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe patient decision aids that are commonly used for ADHD and their overall validity and in certain populations (e.g., Indigenous peoples).
2. Compare the relative effectiveness and potential adverse events of available treatment options for ADHD.
3. Identify goals of ADHD treatment.

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe available online resources to assist in shared decision making related to chronic pain.
2. Discuss challenges that arise from the treatment of chronic pain (e.g., drug misuse and dependence).

Learning Objectives:

1. Summarize the best available evidence for opioid use disorder management in the context of primary care.
2. Identify community resources for healthcare providers providing opioid agonist therapy (OAT) including resources in the North.
3. Describe initiation of OAT within a primary care setting.

Learning Objectives:

1. Discuss new evidence pertaining to GI conditions or treatments, including but not limited to: GERD, dyspepsia, irritable bowel syndrome, or colorectal cancer screening.
2. Describe diagnostic clues related to GI conditions commonly seen in primary care.

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify key decision aids which assist primary care clinicians in providing patient-informed shared decision making.
2. Describe patient decision aids, specific to Northern Medicine, that may be useful in clinical practice.