CAPA 2022 Program

CAPA 2022 will bring you insightful education sessions, relevant poster presentations, innovative workshops, expert speakers, and meaningful networking opportunities. 

*CPD Credit Hours
CAPA 2022 Program Planning Committee is planning to apply to the Physician Assistant Certification Council of Canada’s Continuing Professional Development Committee (PACCC CPD Committee) for MOC Section 1 Group Learning credit hours for CAPA 2022.

2022 PROGRAM

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2022

0800 – 0830 BREAKFAST
0830 – 1230 WORKSHOP: MSK Ultrasound
Dr. Sarah McRae 
1230 – 1330 LUNCH
1330 – 1730 WORKSHOP: MSK Ultrasound
Dr. Sarah McRae 
1830-2030 Social Event – TBD

 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2022

0745-0845 BREAKFAST
0845-0900 WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS
0900-1045 KEYNOTE: Improving Equity and Access in Primary Care for First Nations Communities through PA Care Integration
1100-1130 REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONY
1130-1230 NETWORKING LUNCH WITH EXHIBITORS
1230-1430 Motivational interviewing
Sharona Kanofsky, PA-C, CCPA
1230-1330 Early diagnosis and management of endometriosis for family practice and outpatient gynecology providers
Erin Unger, PA-C, CCPA
1330-1430 Patient Satisfaction of Primary Care PAs in Ontario
Alexa Moschella, HBSc, BHScPA
1430-1500 NETWORKING BREAK WITH EXHIBITORS
1530-1700 ANNUAL MEMBERS MEETING

 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2022

0715-0800 BREAKFAST
0800-0850 Fertility: Let’s talk
Nino Parunashvili, CCPA
0800-0850 How to Critique Primary Research
Alison McIntyre, CCPA and Erin Sephton CCPA
0900-0910 HOUSEKEEPING AND SPEAKER INTRODUCTIONS
0910-1000 PLENARY: Compassion Under Pressure: Factors that Promote and Hinder Compassion in Health Care
Leslie St. Jacques, BHSc (PA), CC-PA; MSW, RSW, MES
1000-1030 NETWORKING BREAK WITH EXHIBITORS
1030-1120 Peripheral Arterial Disease
Victor Lukankin, CCPA
1030-1120 Cheers to AUD Treatment
Nino Parunashvili, CCPA
1130-1220 Rhabdomyolysis
Kevin Dickson, MMM, CD, MPAS, BHSc, BA, CCPA
1130-1220 PA/NP Productivity in Emergency Department: A National Study
Tamara S. Ritsema PhD, MPH, PA-C/R
1230-1330 NETWORKING LUNCH WITH EXHIBITORS
1230-1330 Family Health Team Meeting
1330-1720 Essential primary care skills for wilderness environments and austere settings
David Kuhns, MPH, CCPA, PA-C
1330-1720 WORKSHOP: Dermatology Procedures
Doris Hansen, MS, PA-C
2000 AWARDS CEREMONY AND RECEPTION

 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2022

0745-0900 BREAKFAST
0800-0850 Making Learning Stick
Sharona Kanofsky, PA-C, CCPA
0800-0850 Comparison of Two North American Health Care Systems; How PAs integrate into each system.
What are we missing?
Doris Hansen, MS, PA-C
0900-0950 Bone marrow transplant management for the general practitioner
Kevin Dawe, CCPA
0900-0950 Diagnostic Testing and Admissions Decisions in Chest and Abdominal Pain
Tamara S. Ritsema PhD, MPH, PA-C/R
1000-1050 Electrolytes on Wall Street: Managing the Highs and Lows
Andrew Herber, PA-C
1100-1150 LUNCH
1200-1250 I’ve Got Friends With Low Platelets
Andrew Herber, PA-C
1200-1250 Barriers and Facilitating Factors to Integration of First UK-trained PA onto a Secondary Care Service in the British NHS
Tamara S. Ritsema PhD, MPH, PA-C/R
1300-1350 Basic Nutrition Counseling in the Primary Care Setting
1300-1350

Qualitative Methods in Health Care Research

Leslie St. Jacques, BHSc (PA), CC-PA; MSW, RSW, MES

1400-1450 POSTER PRESENTATION
1400-1450 Nutritional Counselling
1500-1515 CONFERENCE CLOSING