Rounds
Occupational Medicine Rounds
Occupational Medicine Rounds - Schedule and Archived Rounds for viewing
To receive announcements for upcoming Occupational Medicine Rounds, please email occmed.prg@utoronto.ca.
Spring 2024 Schedule
Please see the schedule file (pdf) for remote login details
January 17, 2024 - Fitness for Duty in Police Officers - Dr. Michael Schweigert
January 31, 2024 - Lead in Ayurvedic Medications - Dr. Vince Spilchuk
February 14, 2024 - Occupational medical surveillance in Canada, Documentary review - Dr. Younus Alyaarbi
March 27, 2024 - Updates from the RCPSC Speciality Committee for Occupational Medicine - Dr. Jalees Razavi
May 8, 2024 - An overview of the health effects of semiconductor manufacturing - Dr. Sharef Danho
Remote participants can connect using Zoom on any device
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To have your name logged for MOC credits, ensure you use your full name when logging in.
Archived Rounds
January 17, 2024 - Fitness for Duty in Police Officers
Video
December 6, 2023 - Heat Stress and Work
Video
November 22, 2023 - EPID@Work Research Institute
Video
November 8, 2023 - Elevated exposure to PFAS in northern Indigenous populations, potential health effects and mechanisms of toxicity
Video
October 25, 2023 - Research on Foot Transmitted Vibration: Updates
Video
October 11, 2023 - PFAs: sources, extent of the problem and policy
Video
September 27, 2023 - Sleep deprivation and cardiometabolic risk in the workplace: role of the autonomic nervous system
Video
March 29, 2023 - COVID-19 in South Africa: Strategies at a policy level nationally and provincially, to protect workers, how these were influenced by stakeholder dynamics
Video
March 1, 2023 - Long Covid
Video
February 15, 2023 - The future of Occupational Health in Primary Care and Public Health: Post Graduate Training Collaboration between UBC and WorkSafeBC
Video
December 7, 2022 - Occupational Psychiatry; essential elements and update on teaching initiatives in Ontario
Video
November 9, 2022 - Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) Research in the Division of Occupational Medicine: Past, Present and Future
Video
October 12, 2022 - Occupational health considerations in pressurized environments
Video
April 6, 2022 - Shift work research on cardiometabolic and mental health
Video
March 9, 2022 - Creating a Canadian Standard for Respiratory Protection
Video
February 23, 2022 - Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome Research
Video
February 9, 2022 - Cryoglobulins and Cold Agglutinins for Hand and Arm Vibration Syndrome
Video
Dec 1, 2021 - Investigation of exposure to flame retardant fluids for e-waste recycling
Video
November 17, 2021 - Increased risk of Parkinson’s Disease among McIntyre Powder (respirable aluminum) exposed miners in Ontario
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November 3, 2021 - COPD due to smoking and occupational exposures
Video
Oct 20, 2021 - Occupational Respirology – Asthma from cleaning agents
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October 6, 2021 - Virtual Community of Learning for Occupational Medicine Training Program
Video
March 10, 2021 - Making Sense of Scents - Stephen Tsekrekos
February 24, 2021 - McMaster Centre of Excellence in Protective Equipment and Materials to advance PPE in Canada - Ravi Selvaganapathy
February 10, 2021 - Emergency Department encounter records as a source of enhanced data on work-related traumatic injury - Cameron Mustard
January 27, 2021 - Project Echo and occupational health - Andrea Furlan
November 18, 2020 - Interventions to Reduce Exposures in the Workplace: A Systematic Review of Intervention Studies Over Six Decades, 1960–2019 - Martie Van Tongeren
November 4, 2020 - Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment with a focus on 5G Networks - Frank De Vocht
October 21, 2020 - Accommodating and Communicating about Episodic Disabilities project - Monique Gignac
October 7, 2020 - “Dramatic Resolutions! Preparing workplaces for Bill C65” (The Workplace Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations) - Anil Adisesh and Kelly Vanbuskirk
September 23, 2020 - SARS-CoV-2 Aerosol Generation and Behaviour - James Scott
June 10, 2020 - Occupational Medicine Issues During the COVID-19 Panademic - Dr. Joyce Zhang/ Dr. Anil Adisesh
May 20, 2020 - Respiratory Protection and The COVID-19 Pandemic - Simon Smith
April 1, 2020 - Cannabis and Workplace Injuries - Dr. Joyce Zhang
March 11, 2020 - Dermatitis in Nail Salon Workers - Dr. Victoria Arrandale
February 5, 2020 - Processes and Exposures in the Metal Working Industry - Dr. Derrick Chung
December 11, 2019 - Allergy cases in lab workers - Dr. Stephen Betschel
November 27, 2019 - Update on new treatments for IBD and impact of IBD on productivity and work - Dr. Laura Targownik
November 13, 2019 - Updates on Occupational Skin Disease - Dr. Linn Holness
October 16, 2019 - "Whose job is it anyway?" Making sense of occupational data for health research - Dr. Anil Adisesh
October 2, 2019 - Patient Centered Care - Dr. Aaron Thompson
October 30, 2019 - Update Codes Medical Surveillance DSRs - Dr. Nik Rajaram
April 10, 2019 - Occupational hypersensitivity pneumonitis – Dr. Susan Tarlo
May 1, 2019 - Occupational Medicine in the Airline Industry - Dr. David Kodama
June 12, 2019 – Pertinence of the Core Competencies – Dr. Martine Baillargeon
Evidence Based Management Model for Workers with Concussion
February 11, 2019 - 08:00 - 09:00
Possible Respiratory Effects of 3D Printing
December 12, 2018 - 08:00 - 09:00
Cannabis and Safety Sensitive Work
November 21, 2018 - 08:00 - 09:00
Occuptional Disease Surveillance System
October 31, 2018 - 08:00 - 09:00
Q-Fever Outbreak Investigation
October 10, 2018 - 08:00 - 09:00
Prevention of Occupational Dermatitis; A Focus on the Health Care Industry
May 23, 2018 - 08:00 - 09:00
Risk Communication
Arpil 25, 2018 - 08:00 - 09:00
Arsenic Toxicity with a Case Illustration
Wednesday, February 28, 2018 - 08:00 - 09:00
Opioid Crisis in Canada: Relevance to the Canadian Armed Forces
Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 08:00 - 09:00
Orthopedics in Occupational Medicine
Wednesday, December 6, 2017 - 08:00 - 09:00
WSIB Mental Health Strategy
Wednesday, November 22, 2017 - 08:00 - 09:00
Disability Management of Headaches
Wednesday, November 8, 2017 - 08:00 - 09:00
Homeopathy
Wednesday, October 11, 2017 - 08:00 - 09:00
Occupational Disease Action Plan
Wednesday, September 27, 2017 - 08:00 - 09:00
Aerospace Medicine Rounds
To receive announcements for upcoming Aerospace Medicine Rounds, please email aerospace.med@utoronto.ca.
Aerospace Medicine Rounds is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. To be eligible for Section 1 MOC credits, your participation in the event must be formally recorded. For tracking purposes, participants attending online must ensure the login name includes first and last name.
If you are unable to attend the Rounds live, it is possible to claim Section 2 credits at 0.5 credits per recording viewed.
If you engage in additional learning stimulated by the webinar, you can develop a personal learning project (PLP) and claim the time spent on this additional learning under Section 2: PLP for 2 credits per hour.
Schedule
Tuesday, June 4, 2024 – What’s new at Transport Canada? New Medical Standards for Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems– Dr. Tyler Brooks Flyer
To be rescheduled – Mr. Rob Walker
Tuesday, April 2, 2024 – Clinical Elements of Medicine in Microgravity – Dr. Dave Williams Video / Flyer
Tuesday, February 6, 2024 – Advanced Concepts in Acceleration: G-Force – Dr. Robert Banks Video / Flyer
Tuesday, December 5, 2023 – Rural and Remote Anesthesia: Parallels to Aerospace Medicine – Dr. Beverley Orser Video/ Flyer
November 7, 2023 – From Call to Delivery – Dr. Paul Tourigny Video / Flyer
September 5, 2023 – From Crash to Design – Forensic Analysis Concepts in Aeromedical Crash Investigation – Dr. Robert Banks Video / Flyer
June 6, 2023 – And now for something completely different: Weightlessness – Dr. Douglas Watt Video / Flyer
April 4, 2023 – “Is there a doctor onboard?” Practical recommendations for providing care at 36,000 feet – Dr. David Kodama Video / Flyer
February 7, 2023 - Empowering the Willing: The Feasibility of Tele-Monitored Self-Performed Ultrasound and Further Implications for self-Care Based on this Space Medicine Spinoff - Dr. Andrew Kirkpatrick video / Flyer
December 6, 2022 - How the Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster Helped the Children in the Thailand Cave Rescue – Dr. Douglas Hamilton Video / Flyer
November 1, 2022 - Perspectives on Aeromedical Evacuation in the Royal Canadian Air Force - Maj. Melissa Gear Video / Flyer
October 4, 2022 - How Planning, Planes, Pilots, and Paramedics Saved People During the Pandemic - Dr. Homer Tien Video / Flyer
June 7, 2022 - Aviation Cardiology - Dr. Gary Gray Video/ Flyer
April 5, 2022 - TiA Session (Technology in Aerospace) #1: Wearables: Vital Sign Monitoring - Dr. Sonny Kohli Video / Flyer
February 1, 2022 - Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo Missions:
First-hand Experiences - Dr. Bill Carpentier Video / Flyer