Continuing Medical Education

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Continuing Medical Education

Welcome to Continuing Medical Education by Francophone Affairs at the Faculty of Medicine.

Francophone Affairs' Continuing Medical Education (CME) program at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, is the only academic university organization serving the Francophone minority in Canada that offers a wide range of training throughout the academic year for the continuing professional development of physicians and other healthcare professionals, whether in practice or at any stage of training.

OUR MISSION: To contribute to the training and support of physicians and all healthcare professionals in the development of their knowledge and skills in French, with the goal of better serving and meeting the health needs of Francophone patients across the country.

OUR VISION: We are building a community of Francophone healthcare professionals who learn together and continue to develop their cultural competence in Francophonie within a linguistic minority context. We aim to be a respected source of high-caliber training, recognized for the rigor of its evidence-based content, to support our participants in improving their medical knowledge as well as their competencies in all CanMEDS roles.

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Training offerings

Monthly webinar series

"French-speaking influencers in medicine, from research to practice" 2nd edition 2024-2025. Each month, the CME program offers a webinar on a topic of interest in medical practice, focusing on discussing evidence-based data and its application in practice for physicians and other healthcare professionals. We invite Francophone leaders as speakers, who have transformed medical practice and, consequently, patient care through their contributions to research, guidelines, medical education, and more.

Updates in internal medicine

Intended for family medicine residents at Montfort Hospital, practicing physicians, and other French-speaking healthcare professionals, this half-day session combines enlightening conference sessions on new molecules, biologics, and biosimilars with discussion workshops on various considerations for our patients.

Winterlude

Held in conjunction with Ottawa's Winterlude, this conference allows participants to deepen their knowledge of the topics presented at the symposium and to gain access to the latest concepts and considerations from expert presenters, thereby contributing to the development of various skills for family physicians.

Preceptorship 101 & 201

Preceptorship 101 introduces the basics of medical education, enabling medical preceptors to perfect their preceptorship skills through real-life situations. Preceptorship 201 builds on the concepts presented in Preceptorship 101, enabling the preceptor clinician to reflect on the subject through practical activities. It will enable you to develop the skills needed to carry out a personal clinical teaching intervention plan, provide practical techniques for evaluation, feedback and co-supervision.

Research 101

This program will give you a better understanding of the phases involved in carrying out a research project, from identification of the question to publication. It also offers practical and effective techniques and strategies to help you find funding and choose the best instruments.