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OBESITY Tips - The Three Canadian Approaches

Dr. Tara Dawn MD CCFP

Jul 3, 20172 min read

OBESITY Tips - The Three Canadian Approaches

SNAP SAMP: (Answers below) Name five diseases co-morbid to Obesity … other than stroke, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease (at...

GUIDELINE ALERT: NEW 'mandatory' assessment tool for concussions updated this year.

Dr. Simon Moore MD CCFP

May 29, 20172 min read

GUIDELINE ALERT: NEW 'mandatory' assessment tool for concussions updated this year.

Not yet in print: SCAT 5 now available SNAP SAMP: List NINE red flags for a pediatric patient with concussion that indicate higher...

What’s New in Canada’s Updated Opioid Guidelines? Five key changes

Dr. Simon Moore MD CCFP

May 14, 20172 min read

What’s New in Canada’s Updated Opioid Guidelines? Five key changes

If you’re preparing for your CCFP exam, you’re keeping an eye out for new guidelines, and you’ve probably heard that this week the...

What are the SOOs? What are SAMPs? Preparing for the CCFP exam

Dr. Simon Moore MD CCFP

May 6, 20171 min read

What are the SOOs? What are SAMPs? Preparing for the CCFP exam

WHAT IS A SOO? The Simulated Office Orals (SOO) are the oral exam component of the CCFP exam, composed of five 15-minute stations in...

Can't conceive of being asked about Zika on the exam? It could happen!

Dr. Kaitlin Dupuis MD CCFP

Apr 8, 20172 min read

Can't conceive of being asked about Zika on the exam? It could happen!

SNAP SAMP: How long should women with potential exposure to Zika virus wait before conceiving? How long should women with confirmed Zika...

Mandatory annual exam for Canadian Family Physicians announced for 2017

Dr. Simon Moore

Apr 2, 20174 min read

Mandatory annual exam for Canadian Family Physicians announced for 2017

Family Doctors must re-write certification exam yearly to maintain licence TORONTO, ON -- Citing increasing public scrutiny and the need...

Bedside Tip: If You See This, Consult ENT

Dr. Kaitlin Dupuis MD CCFP

Mar 26, 20171 min read

Bedside Tip: If You See This, Consult ENT

SHORT ANSWER MANAGEMENT QUIZ: 1. Name the most common location from where nosebleeds originate 2. List five potential causative factors...

Do You Know This
Must-Ask Croup Question?

Dr. Kaitlin Dupuis MD CCFP

Mar 23, 20171 min read

Do You Know This Must-Ask Croup Question?

SNAP SAMPs: 1. List five differential diagnoses, other than croup, that may cause stridor in a child. 2. What is the most common...

Dr. Tara Dawn MD CCFP

Feb 10, 20172 min read

Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy

SNAP SAMPs: Name TWO (2) non-pharmacological approaches to treat nausea and vomiting in pregnancy. Name the ONE (1) medication that is...

COPD: Coughing Out Pretty Disgusting… things!

By Dr. Samantha Balass, MD CCFP

Jan 31, 20172 min read

COPD: Coughing Out Pretty Disgusting… things!

SNAP SAMPs: 1. How do you diagnose COPD and what is the specific cut off that confirms the diagnosis? 2. How is COPD severity graded? 3....

Guideline change alert: Diagnosing asthma in kids

Dr. Tara Dawn MD CCFP

Dec 29, 20162 min read

Guideline change alert: Diagnosing asthma in kids

SHORT ANSWER MANAGEMENT QUIZ: Name two (2) clinical characteristic features of airflow obstruction. True or False: Asthma CANNOT be...

Saskatchewan: The Land of the Living Skies and an HIV Crisis

Dr. Paul Dhillon MB BCh CCFP & Dr. Simon Moore

Nov 20, 20162 min read

Saskatchewan: The Land of the Living Skies and an HIV Crisis

SHORT ANSWER MANAGEMENT POP QUIZ (answers below) 1. Name THREE classes of HIV treatment medications. 2. How would you counsel a patient...

Dr. Paul Dhillon MB BCh CCFP

Nov 13, 20161 min read

Idarucizuma-whatfor?

SHORT ANSWER MANAGEMENT QUIZ: List ONE reversal agent for reversing bleeding in a patient on Dabigatran. List THREE medications /...

Dr. Paul Dhillon MB BCh CCFP

Oct 30, 20161 min read

Nar can be on the exam?

SHORT ANSWER MANAGEMENT QUIZ: 1. List the routes and corresponding doses for administration of Naloxone. You know your Epinephrine doses...

Dr. Paul Dhillon MB BCh CCFP & Dr. Simon Moore

Oct 23, 20162 min read

Syncope in the Fall, or Autumn?

Choosing your syncope work-up wisely. WHAT ARE SOME RED FLAGS IN SYNCOPE? Syncope is common, occurring in up to 30% of the adult...

What's changed? Yet another new Canadian lipid guideline

Dr. Simon Moore MD CCFP

Oct 16, 20162 min read

What's changed? Yet another new Canadian lipid guideline

SNAP SAMP List 5 indications for statin therapy other than for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (answers below) DID YOU KNOW?...

When to Say NO in the Emergency Department

Dr. Paul Dhillon MB BCh CCFP

Oct 6, 20162 min read

When to Say NO in the Emergency Department

Do you kNOw how to say NO? (Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians & Choosing Wisely Canada) Have you ever had a patient ask you to...

Dr. Paul Dhillon MB BCh CCFP & Dr. Simon Moore MD

Aug 28, 20163 min read

Four Tricky Tetanus Tips

Can you figure out the tricks in the tetanus tales below? 1. THE BOOSTER SHOT A 22-year-old male presents to your clinic with a minor...

ChroNEC disease in your practice and on the exam

Dr. Paul Dhillon MB BCh CCFP

Aug 14, 20162 min read

ChroNEC disease in your practice and on the exam

SHORT ANSWER MANAGEMENT POP QUIZ: What are 2 things that you would discuss with a patient about his/her chronic disease and document in...

Dr. Paul Dhillon MB BCh CCFP

Aug 7, 20162 min read

Helpful Mnemonic for Pediatric Limps

SHORT ANSWER MANAGEMENT POP QUIZ: - What is the most common causative organism in paediatric osteomyelitis? - What patient populations...

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