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Schedule for the Conference
Power Breakfast
Katherine Koroluk
From Clinic to Climate: Practical Sustainability Strategies for Primary Care Clinicians
Objectives:
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Describe the connection between Health Equity and Environmental Sustainability and how this relates to the provision of primary care
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Identify opportunities to improve environmentally sustainability in their work as primary care clinicians
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Critically examine their own primary care practice and apply a framework for environmental sustainability to their work as primary care clinicians
7 am - 8 am
Transforming Preventative Vascular Care: Implementing Ontario’s New AAA Screening Strategy
8:30 am -9:00 am
Dr. Fadi Elias
Objectives:
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​Explain Ontario’s updated AAA screening framework.
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Identify eligible patient groups and how to streamline referrals.
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Recognize early intervention opportunities to improve patient outcomes.
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Employ collaboration between primary care and vascular specialists to enhance preventative care.
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Develop strategies to identify early peripheral arterial disease and prevent future amputations.
Dr. Elie Gharib
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Unlocked: New Drugs, Guidelines & Tools to Slow the Silent Killer (2026 Update)
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Learning Objectives
1.Identify the latest 2025-2026 pharmacologic breakthroughs (e.g., expanded SGLT2i/GLP-1RA indications, finerenone combos) and apply them to slow CKD progression in primary care patients.
2. Implement updated KDIGO guideline recommendations for early CKD detection, risk stratification, and cardio-kidney protection in primary care settings.
3. Optimize everyday management of common nephrology issues (hypertension, anemia, cardiorenal syndrome) using evidence-based strategies.
Dr. Wiebe, Roberta Heale NP, Payal Patel Pharm
9:30 am -10:30 am
Menopause Care in Action: Practical Tools & Clinical Pearls
Learning Objectives
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Apply patient-centered, evidence-based approaches to perimenopause and menopause using case-based learning.
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Implement practical tools and team-based strategies to operationalize menopause care in primary care.
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Prescribe menopausal hormone therapy confidently using evidence-based pearls and effective patient counseling.
11:00 am - 12:00 am
Keynote
Reaching the goal of primary care for everyone in Ontario
Dr. Jane Philpott
Learning objectives:
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Describe the objectives of Ontario’s Primary Care Action Plan
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Explain how family physicians play a lead role in a geographic model for primary care supported by interprofessional teams
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State how to track progress through a data-driven approach to geographic attachment
Small Group Afternoon are concurrent sessions: 1:30 pm then 3:00 pm
with the exception of the first 5 years session and the teacher session. These run for only one session.
Attention Deficit with Hyperactivity Disorder: The Essentials
Small Group Afternoon
Drs. Steele and Tithecott
Learning Objectives:
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Describe the general approach to assessment and management of attention deficit with hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents
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Outline the evidence-based approach to pharmacological intervention of ADHD and the medications used.
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Explain the non-pharmacological interventions for ADHD
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Drs. Wong, Wickett, and Matusa
Finding and improving the teacher in you!
Small Group Afternoon
Learning Objectives:
By the end of the session, you will be able to:
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Describe qualities of effective teachers
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Describe effective tools for teaching students and residents
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Describe how you will approach teaching differently after reflecting on your own learning and teaching experiences
Target Audience: Novice to moderately experienced teachers
Small Group Afternoon
Antibiotics with Intention: Practical clinical updates in urinary tract infections, pharyngitis, and community-acquired pneumonia
Dr. Lise Bondy and Amy Aasen
Learning Objectives:
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Summarize updated definitions of uncomplicated and complicated urinary tract infection (UTI) and apply these changes to uUTI management.
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Apply evidence-based recommendations for Group A Streptococcal pharyngitis diagnosis and management.
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Summarize current recommendations for the outpatient management of community-acquired pneumonia, including where macrolides (may) have a place in therapy.
First 5 Years of Practice: Top Things I Wish I Knew
Small Group Afternoon
Drs. Karaouza, Maillou,
and Shewfelt
Learning Objectives:
1) Describe core considerations in the transition to professional practice.
2) Discuss strategies for professional sustainability and wellness by addressing
early-career challenges.
3) Examine early-career professional pathways in family medicine, including the
range of practice environments, roles, and structural factors.
Small Group Afternoon
Dr. Joanne Hammond
Pessary Care in Primary Care: Skills training in office management of pessaries.
Objectives:
1. Provide pessary management in a planned proactive manner.
2. Employ how to remove, clean and re-insert pessaries in an office environment and manage issues of spotting if they arise.
3. Instruct women how to do their own pessary care.
Small Group Afternoon
Dr. Larry Schmidt
Shared Medical Appointments: A Win-Win for Primary Care Providers & their Patients
Objectives:
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Describe the concept of Shared Medical Appointments including the structure, benefits, and key components of SMA’s in primary patient care.
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Examine the impact on patient experience including how SMA’s improve patient satisfaction, foster a sense of community, and enhance overall health outcomes.
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Identify the advantages for healthcare providers including how SMA’s reduce administrative workload, promote efficient use of time, and improve patient engagement and compliance.