Event Details

• Date: Thursday, June 6, 2024
• Time: 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. *Time is subject to change
• Delivery: Hybrid, a virtual option is available.
• Location: Liuna Station, 360 James Street North, Hamilton, ON

Obstetric Medicine – Tackling the complexities that arise in our pregnant population

Target Audience

Family Physicians, Obstetricians, Gynecologists, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Midwives, Pharmacists, Social Workers, Nurses, Obstetric Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Other Medical Specialties, Residents, Fellows, and Students.

Learning Objectives

By attending this activity, participants will be able to:

• Strengthen our regional network of maternal medicine care providers and explore opportunities for multidisciplinary collaboration.
• Equip all healthcare providers with tools/skills to manage growing complexity of pregnancy and reduce maternal morbidity.
• Understand the unique considerations of pregnancy to effect change in maternal and newborn health.
• Identify key tenants of safe and effective care provision for vulnerable populations at greater risk for poor outcomes both during and after pregnancy.

Accreditation Statement

McMaster University, Continuing Professional Development Program (CPD) is fully accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Continuing Medical Education (CACME) to provide CFPC Mainpro+ and RCPSC Maintenance of Certification (MOC) study credits for Continuing Medical Education.

This one-credit-per-hour Group-Learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by the McMaster University Continuing Professional Development Program for up to 7.0 Mainpro+ credits.

This activity is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and approved by McMaster University Continuing Professional Development Program. You may claim a maximum of 7.0 MOC Section 1 hours (credits are automatically calculated)

Through an agreement between the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert Royal College MOC credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Information on the process to convert Royal College MOC credit to AMA credit can be found at https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/about-ama-education.

Each attendee should only claim the hours they attended.