Emerging and re-emerging outbreaks of infectious disease

Organisé par : Dot Bonnenfant

L'évènement va commencer le : Dec 08, 01:00pm EST

Et se terminer le : Dec 08, 02:00pm EST

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Créé par : animateur@chnet-works.ca   

Available tickets:

• Unlimited "No ticket" tickets

Register for this event to receive access instructions for the teleconference and internet conference.  // vous inscrire à cet événement pour recevoir les instructions d'accès à la téléconférence et de conférence sur Internet.

This Fireside Chat is a collaboration between PHAC, CPHA and CHNET-Works!
Cette causerie au coin du feu est une collaboration entre l'ASPC, l'ACSP et CHNET-Works!

Feeling unprepared?
Inundated with information? 
Not clear what resources you can turn to?

Learn about the clinician’s role in outbreaks of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases.

Primary care clinicians are on the frontlines in infectious disease outbreaks. Public health authorities- at local, provincial/territory and national level-also play a key role. Connecting clinicians with public health and laboratory professionals is key to effectively managing outbreaks in the community. It is wise for clinicians to stay informed about the best practices to maintain their level of preparedness for responding to infectious disease outbreaks.

Listen to this comprehensive webinar or download the related material to learn more about the best practices and benefits of working with local public health. Review the steps all clinicians should follow when dealing with outbreaks and prevent the spread of infectious diseases. Learn more about the resources that exist in your area and learn how to better protect yourself, your patients, staff, and your family.

This webinar is designed for healthcare clinicians across disciplines and students.
It is especially relevant to:
• family physicians
• emergency physicians
• paediatricians
• nurses
• nurse practitioners
• outpost nurses
. nursing students
. medical students

Take-away’s:
• Know the threats of key emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases
     Understand the current health risks
• Apply best practices in preparedness, early detection and response
• Learn about how local public health can help
• Take away tips that will help protect yourself, your patients and your family.

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Please note: Webinar content is not intended to replicate IDO course material. It is a standalone product and will update frontline clinicians on the state of current and emerging ID threats globally and nationally. The IDO course should be considered a resource for participants that addresses all types of ID outbreaks.

Advisor on Tap:

Dr. Patricia Huston is the Senior Medical Advisor, Pandemic Preparedness Division, at the Public Health Agency of Canada.  She was Co-Chair of the Pandemic Vaccine, Antivirals and Clinical Care Working Groups that informed the Canadian Pandemic Influenza Plan for the Health Sector, and Project Authority of the online CME course on outbreak preparedness. Dr. Huston has given over 100 professional presentations in both official languages and written over 75 articles in peer-reviewed journals, including The Lancet and New England Journal of Medicine.  Dr. Huston studied Anthropology at McGill, Medicine at University of Calgary and Public Health at Harvard University.

Dre Patricia Huston est conseillère médicale principale, Division de la préparation pandémique à l’Agence de la santé publique du Canada. Elle a été la co-présidente des Groupes de travail sur les vaccins pandémiques, sur les antiviraux et sur les mesures cliniques qui ont inspiré les mises à jour du Plan canadien de lutte contre la pandémie d'influenza dans le domaine de la santé et chargée de projet d'un cours assisté par ordinateur de formation continue sur la préparation aux pandémies.
Dre Huston a réalisé plus de 100 présentations d’ordre professionnel dans les deux langues officielles et a écrit plus de 75 articles publiés dans des revues évaluées par des pairs, notamment dans The Lancet et le New England Journal of Medicine. Dre Huston a étudié l’anthropologie à l’Université McGill, la médecine à l’Université de Calgary et la santé publique à Havard.