PROGRAM OVERVIEW

With the ageing of our population, there exists a growing demand for high quality accessible continuing medical education in Geriatrics.

We invite you to attend our 4th annual Geriatrics CPD Course which has been designed to provide front-line practitioners the latest practical and evidence-based knowledge they need to better manage the care of their older patients.

This two-day CPD Course will feature high quality/interactive lectures by leading faculty from the University of Toronto, Johns Hopkins, and beyond and will focus on the assessment and management of geriatric syndromes and common issues that arise in the care of an older patient.

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2016 GERIATRICS UPDATE COURSE

Sinai Health System and University Health Network Hospitals Proudly Presents our 4th Annual:

TARGET AUDIENCE

Family Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing

Professionals, Therapists, Social Workers,

Geriatricians, Internists and other Professionals

working with older patients.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

• Interactive Lectures

• Concurrent Workshops

• Small Group “Lunch With the Professor” Sessions

• Most Difficult Case Conference

CONTACT DETAILS:

Stephanie Callan

Program Coordinator

416-586-4800 ext. 7674 geriatrics.msh@sinaihealthsystem.ca

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

After this educational conference,

participants will be able to:

• Recognize and assess common geriatric

syndromes in older patients;

• Manage common single and multifactorial

medical issues in older patients;

• Establish an approach to address the

common and often inter-related medical

and social issues that occur within older

patients.

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8:00 – 8:45 A.M. REGISTRATION AND LIGHT BREAKFAST

8:45 - 9:00 A.M. OPENING REMARKS

9:00 – 10:20 A.M. KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

ENSLAVED IN A PLAUSIBLE PSEUDOSCIENCE: BIG PHARMA AND THE CHIHUAHUAS

Dr. Tom Finucane, MD, Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Core Faculty of the Berman Hopkins Bioethics Institute

10:20 - 10:50 A.M. REFRESHMENT BREAK

10:50 - 11:30 A.M. MANAGING BEHAVIOURAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS OF DEMENTIA (BPSD)

IN OLDER ADULTS

Dr. Lesley Wiesenfeld, MD, MHCM, FRCPC, Deputy Psychiatrist in Chief, Mount Sinai Hospital

11:30 A.M. - 12:10 P.M. THE TOP ARTICLES IN 2016

Dr. Dov Gandell, MD, FRCPC, Staff Geriatrician, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre,

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto

12:10 - 12:40 P.M. LUNCH AND NETWORKING

12:40 - 2:00 P.M. LUNCH WITH THE PROFESSORS AND NETWORKING

LWP Session: Maximum 12 attendees per session

L1 Complex Case Conference with a Geriatrician L5 The Ins and Outs of Advanced Care Planning

L2 Understanding Home and Community Care Options L6 Complex Case Conference with a House Calls Physician

L3 Managing Urinary Incontinence L7 Geriatric Mental Health Complex Case Conference

L4 The Latest on Gait Aids and Other Assistive Devices L8 - Wellness and Stress Reduction

2:00 - 2:40 P.M. AGEING WELL: HOW TO APPROACH ELDERLY WELLNESS AND PREVENTION

Dr. Barry Goldlist, MD, FRCPC, FACP, AGSF, Staff Geriatrician, Mount Sinai

and University Health Network Hospitals, Professor, Department of Medicine,

University of Toronto

2:40 - 3:00 P.M. BREAK

3:00 - 3:40 P.M. GERI-ONCOLOGY: WHEN TO START AND STOP SCREENING AND THE VALUE OF CGA

IN OLDER PATIENTS WITH CANCER

Dr. Shabbir Alibhai, MD, FRCPC, Staff Geriatrician, Mount Sinai and the

University Health Network Hospitals

3:40 - 4:20 P.M. MEDICATION CONSIDERATIONS FOR OLDER PATIENTS WITH RENAL DISEASE Dr. Vanita Jassal, MD FRCP(C), Nephrologist, Division of Nephrology, University Health Network

AGENDA - Michener Institute, 222 St. Patrick Street, Toronto ON

FRI OCT 28TH *Subject to Change

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AGENDA - Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Ave. Toronto, ON

SAT OCT 29TH

8:00 – 8:45 A.M. REGISTRATION AND LIGHT BREAKFAST

8:45 - 9:00 A.M. OPENING REMARKS

9:00 -9:40 A.M. NEW PERIOPERATIVE SCREENING GUIDELINES FOR OLDER ADULTS Dr. Camilla Wong, MD, FRCPC, MHSc, Geriatrician, St. Michael’s Hospital

9:40 -10:50 A.M. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN DYING (MAID)/DEATH AND DYING PANEL DISCUSSION Dr. Peter Allatt, MA, MHSc, Clinical Ethicist, Bridgepoint Active Healthcare, Sinai Health System Dr. Kerry Bowman, Ph.D. Bioethicist, Mount Sinai Hospital, Sinai Health System Ms. Melanie de Wit, JD, MPH, Legal Counsel, Privacy and Health, Sinai Health System

10:50 A.M. - 12:10 P.M. CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS: W1: Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID): Implementation and Operation Considerations

Dr. Peter Allatt, MHSc, MA Clinical Ethicist, Bridgepoint Active Healthcare, Sinai Health System Dr. Kerry Bowman, Ph.D. Bioethicist, Mount Sinai Hospital, Sinai Health System

W2: Vertigo, Dizziness, Mobility, and Falls: Dr. Eric Monteiro, MD, FRCSC, Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital

W3: Interdisciplinary Care with ED Patients Dr. Audrey-Anne Brousseau, MD, FRCPC, Fellow, Geriatric Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital Nana Asomaning, NP-Adult, BScN, MN, GNC(C), Geriatric Emergency Management Nurse, Mount Sinai Hospital

W4: Medication Deprescribing Dr. Barb Farrell, Clinical and Research Coordinator, Pharmacy Department, Bruyere Continuing Care Scientist, Bruyere Research Institute Dr. Cara Tannenbaum, MD, MSc, Scientific Director, Institute of Gender and Health, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

W5: Pain Management Dr. Carlos Ammendolia, DC, PhD, Director of the Chiropractic Spine Clinic and Spinal Stenosis Program at the Rebecca MacDonald Centre for Arthritis & Autoimmune Diseases

12:10 - 12:30 P.M. TRAVEL TIME

12:30 - 1:15 P.M. LUNCH AND NETWORKING

1:1 5 - 2:15 P.M. LUNCH WITH THE PROFESSORS AND NETWORKING

LWP Session: Maximum 12 attendees per session P1 Complex Case Conference with a Geriatrician P6 Complex Case Conference with a House Calls PhysicianP2 Understanding Home and Community Care Options P7 Geriatric Mental Health Complex Case ConferenceP3 Managing Urinary Incontinence P8 - Wellness and Stress ReductionP4 The Latest on Gait Aids and Other Assistive Devices P9 - What’s New in Best Practices for Delirium, Dementia andP5 The Ins and Outs of Advanced Care Planning Depression?

2:15 - 2:30 P.M. TRAVEL TIME

2:30 - 3:30 P.M. MOST DIFFICULT CASE CONFERENCE:

THE UNMAKING OF MISCHIEF & MAYHEM: CASES FROM THE UHN/SHS INDEPENDENCE AT HOME (IAH) COMMUNITY OUTREACH TEAM (COT)

Dr. Samir Sinha, MD, DPhil, FRCPC, Director of Geriatrics, Sinai Health System and University Health Network Hospitals Ms. Agnes Kulinek, RN, BScN, MN, GNC(C), Clinical Coordinator, Independence at Home (IAH) Community Outreach Team (COT)Ms. Anna Siciliano, B.A. (Psych), MSW, RSW, Social Worker, Independence at Home (IAH) Community Outreach Team (COT)

*Subject to Change

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LUNCH WITH THE PROFESSORS (LWP)

LUNCH WITH THE PROFESSOR SESSIONS (MAX 12 PARTICIPANTS)

L1/P1 COMPLEX CASE CONFERENCE WITH A GERIATRICIAN

Bring your questions and patient cases to discuss with experts in Geriatric Medicine as we try and helpproblem solve issues that you may be struggling with.

L2/P2 UNDERSTANDING HOME AND COMMUNITY CARE OPTIONS FOR YOUR PATIENTS

This session helps you to understand the wide variety of community support services that exist – such as transportation,meals on wheels services or day programs and home care services like thosethrough the CCAC. Learn how to effectively access these for your patients.

L3/P3 MANAGING URINARY INCONTINENCE

Older adults are more likely to experience urinary incontinence. Our incontinence advisor will guide you on how to manage urinary incontinence and help alleviate patient discomfort.

L4/P4 THE LATEST ON GAIT AIDS AND OTHER ASSISTIVE DEVICES

If you want to strengthen your knowledge on gait aids and other assistive devices – this would be agreat opportunity to learn what is available, where to find it and how to get it covered by thegovernment whenever possible.

L5/P5 THE INS AND OUTS OF ADVANCED CARE PLANNING

This session focuses on how to engage and guide patients through the process of discussingadvanced care planning issues.

L6/P6 COMPLEX CASE CONFERENCE WITH A HOUSE CALLS PHYSICIAN

Bring your questions and patient cases to discuss with experts in House Call Medicine as we tryand help problem solve issues that you may be struggling with. This is also a great session forpeople interested in getting into or expanding their house calls duties in the ins and outs ofHouse Call Medicine.

L7/P7 GERIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH COMPLEX CASE CONFERENCE

Bring your questions and patient cases to discuss with experts in Geriatric Psychiatry as we tryand help problem solve issues that you may be struggling with when working with patients in thehospital or the community.

L8/P8 COMPASSION FATIGUE AND MANAGING STRESS

Bring your questions and cases to our newly added compassion fatigue session. Discuss with experts on how to deal with and mangage compassion fatigue in the hospital or community.

P9*SATURDAY SESSION ONLY: WHAT’S NEW IN BEST PRACTICES FOR DELIRIUM, DEMENTIA AND DEPRESSION?

In this session you will have the opportunity to update yourself on what’s new from the latest edition of the RNAO guideline, Delirium, Dementia and Depression in Older Adults: Assessment and Care: key recommendations, new content, and tools that you can use at the bedside.

These highly interactive sessions will allow you and others to converse directly with subject matter experts in theirgiven fields. You are encouraged to bring questions and your patient cases to enhance the group discussion.

Registration will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis. Please enter “L#” for October 28th and “P#” for October 29st.

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Dr. Samir Sinha, MD, DPhil, FRCPC (Course Director)Director of Geriatrics, Sinai Health System and the University Health Network Hospitals, Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine, Family and Community Medicine, and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto

Dr. Shabbir Alibhai, MD, MSc, FRCPCStaff Geriatrician, Mount Sinai and the University Health Network Hospitals Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine, and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, and Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto

Ms. Stephanie Callan, BAGeriatrics Program Course Administrator, Sinai Health System

Dr. Vicky Chau, MD, FRCPC Staff Geriatrician, Mount Sinai and the University Health Network Hospitals

Lecturer, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto

Ms. Nicoda Foster, MPH Geriatrics Project Manager, Sinai Health System Dr. Barry Goldlist, MD, FRCPC, FACP, AGSFStaff Geriatrician, Mount Sinai and the University Health Network Hospitals Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto

Dr. Dan Liberman, MD, FRCPC Staff Geriatrician, Mount Sinai and the University Health Network Hospitals Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto

Dr. Don Melady, BA, MD, CCFP(EM), FCFPEmergency Medicine Physician, Schwartz-Reisman Emergency Centre, Mount Sinai Hospital

Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto

Dr. Karen Ng, MD, FRCPC Staff Geriatrician, Mount Sinai and the University Health Network HospitalsLecturer, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto

Dr. Mark Nowaczynski, PhD, MD, CCFP, FCFPClinical Director, SPRINT Senior Care House Calls Program

Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto

Dr. Thuy-Ng Pham, MSc , MD, CCFP, Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine,Toronto East General Hospital,

Physician Lead, South East Toronto Family Health Team

Ms Leanne Verscheure, RN, BScN, MEd, GNCCClinical Nurse Specialist, Ambulatory Medicine and Geriatrics, Mount Sinai Hospital

Adjunct Lecturer, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto

PLANNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

REGISTRATION DEADLINE:

Wednesday October 26, 2016

COURSE FEES:

Physicians - $200 per day; or $350 for both days

Nurses, Allied Health Professionals and Trainees - $150 per day; or $250 for both days

TO REGISTER: Please see registration form below for full details.

CONFIRMATION OF REGISTRATION You will receive a ticket via email that confirms your registration. You must bring this ticket with you on the day of the event as proof of registration. You are not considered registered unless you have received a ticket with your registration information included. CANCELLATION/REFUND POLICY Cancellations received before October 7, 2016 will be refunded less a 25% administrative fee. No refunds will be issued for cancellations received after this date.

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The SHS/UHN Geriatrics Program thanks the below organizations for their generosity in supporting our event:

This year’s Geriatrics Course is spread across two sites! 1. Friday October 28th: Michener Institute located at 222, St. Patrick Street 2. Saturday October 29th: Mount Sinai Hospital Auditorium, 600 University Ave, Toronto, ON

DAY 1: THE MICHENER INSTITUTE: The Michener Institute is located at 222 St. Patrick Street, one block north of Dundas Street on the West side of University Avenue. The Auditorium is located on the ground floor.

DAY 2: MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL AUDITORIUMMount Sinai Hospital Auditorium is located at 600 University Ave, Toronto, ON. The auditroium is located on the 18th floor of the hospital using the University elevators.

PUBLIC TRANSITThe Michener Institute and Mount Sinai Hospital are a short walk north-west of St. Patrick station on the University-Spadina subway line, or take the College or Dundas streetcar and exit at McCaul Street or University Avenue.

PARKINGThere are several public parking garages close to the Michener Institute, including on Murray Street (behind Mount Sinai Hospital). There are also a limited number of parking meters on nearby side streets.

ACCOMODATIONThe closest hotel to the event venue is Chelsea Hotel on 33 Gerrard Street West. Reservations can be made on their website: www.chelseatoronto.com or by calling 1-800-CHELSEA.

LOCATIONS

Mount Sinai Hospital

SPONSORS/PROMOTERS

Michener Institute

Chelsea Hotel

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* Registration will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis.

•Online: Pay via PayPal on our website: www.sinaigeriatrics.ca/event/geriatrics-update

•Phone: Call 416-586-4800 ext. 7674 with your credit card information

•Fax: Fax the completed registration (below) to 416-586-5113

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION � I am attending both days � I am only attending the sessions on Friday, October 28 � I am only attending the sessions on Saturday, October 29

LUNCH WITH THE PROFESSORS (No extra fee, pre-registration is required as space is limited to (12) for LWP. Please refer to

conference program for session codes)

� I will NOT be registering for the Lunch with the Professors or Workshop session � I would like to attend LWP _________ on Friday October 28 (please fill in the session code) � I would like to attend LWP or Workshop session _________ on Saturday October 29 (please fill in the session code)

Please indicate your second choice for Lunch with the Professors sessions:

� If the above sessions are full, I would like to attend LWP session _____ on Friday October 28 (please fill in the session code) � If the above sessions are full, I would like to attend LWP session _____ on Saturday October 29 (please fill in the session code)

WORKSHOPS - DAY 2 ONLY (No extra fee, pre-registration is required. Please refer to Program Agenda for sessions codes)

� I would like to attend Workshop session _________ on Saturday October 29 (please fill in the session code) Please indicate your second choice for Workshop sessions:

� If the above session is full, I would like to attend Workshop session _____ on Saturday October 29 (please fill in the session code)

TITLE � Dr. Mr. Mrs. Ms. Miss

Last Name: First Name:

PROFESSION

� Family Physician Geriatrician Internist RN/RPN NP OT PT SW � Pharm. Resident Student Other (Please specify):

BILLING INFORMATION

Address:

City: Province:

Country: Postal Code:

Telephone: Email:

PAYMENT INFORMATION

� $350 $250 $200 $150

� Cash Cheque (please make cheque payable to “MSH Geriatrics“)

� AMEX Visa Mastercard:

Name on Card: Card Number:

CVD (3 digit number on back): Expiry Date (MM/YY): /

HOW TO REGISTER

Registration Form