Webinars: META:PHI hosts a virtual presentation on the third Wednesday of each month from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM Eastern time. These sessions are relevant to all service providers, such as counsellors, prescribers, administrators, pharmacists, and community workers who work with people who use substances. All sessions are free.
Dialogue teleconference: Replacing the Provider and Counsellor/Social Worker calls, the Dialogue call is open to healthcare providers across all disciplines and will use the previous month’s webinar topic as a basis for follow-up questions, case review, and discussion. The Dialogue teleconference alternates between the first Tuesday at 8:00 AM and first Wednesday of each month at 12:00 PM. Contact laurie.smith@wchospital.ca to be added to the series.
Megan O’Brien, with a decade of service in the addictions field, combines her expertise as a Registered Social Worker with her personal journey as an Autistic individual with ADHD. Currently, she is a Provincial Harm Reduction Consultant in NL, where she champions collaboration, intervention, and harm reduction in substance use health. Megan’s approach, deeply influenced by her own neurodivergence and family experiences with addiction, focuses on fostering understanding, empathy, and supportive environments for recovery. Her work aims to dismantle stigma and highlight the nuanced interplay between neurodivergence and substance use.
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Learning Objectives:
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| Webinar Date | Webinar Title | Dialogue Call Date |
| February 21 7:00-8:30 PM Eastern Time | Treating Tobacco Use Disorder Milan Khara | Wednesday March 6 12:00 noon – 12:45 PM Eastern Time |
| March 20 7:00-8:30 PM Eastern Time | Considerations in the Care of People Who Use Stimulants Tanya Hauck, Stephanie Rochon | Tuesday April 2 8:00 – 8:45 AM Eastern Time |
| April 17 7:00-8:30 PM Eastern Time | Measurement-based Care for Substance Use Disorders: A Platform for Promoting Patient-Centred Care, Quality Improvement, and Clinical Research James MacKillop | Wednesday May 1 12:00 noon – 12:45 PM Eastern Time |
| May 15 7:00-8:30 PM Eastern Time | Neuro-Nexus: Neurodigergence and Substance Use Health Megan O’Brien | Tuesday June 4 8:00 – 8:45 AM Eastern Time |
| June 19 7:00-8:30 PM Eastern Time | Culture as Healing Carol Hopkins | Wednesday July 3 12:00 noon – 12:45 PM Eastern Time |
| July, August | Summer Break | |
| September-December | TBA |
| April 17, 2024
Dr. James MacKillop |
March 20, 2024
Considerations in the Care of People Who Use Stimulants
Tanya Hauck, Stephanie Rochon
| February 21, 2024
Dr. Milan Khara |
| May 10, 2023
Alberta’s Virtual Opioid Dependency Program Dr. Nathaniel Day |
| April 12, 2023
Hospital Harm Reduction: Shifting Paradigms Jean-Paul Michael, Dr. Kit Fairgrieve |
| March 8, 2023
Northwest Ontario RAAM Toolkit Pia Heikkinen, Denise Forsyth, Allison Crewe |
| February 8, 2023
Treating Poverty Means Treating Addiction Dr. Larisa Eibisch |
| June 8, 2022
Same, but Different: Naloxone in Bystander Response vs. Supervised Consumption Site Overdose Protocols Tali Cahill |
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| May 11, 2022
Managed Alcohol Programs: Example Operations, Successes and Challenges Dr. Graydon Simmons |
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| April 13, 2022
Adapting Evidence-based Psychotherapy for People Who Use Drugs: Principles and Practice Wiplove Lamba, Josh Richardson |
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| March 9, 2022
If Harm Reduction Didn’t Exist then Neither Would My Recovery: Bridging the Gaps Guy Felicella |
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| February 9, 2022
Withdrawal Management Considerations in the Toronto Community Withdrawal Management Context Rosie Yoon, Linda Picken, Keith Hansen |
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| Jan 12, 2022
Opioids, Chronic Pain and Opioid Use Disorder: What Can We Learn from the POINT Study? Dr. Jonathan Bertram |
This continuing professional development activity was held under the auspices of Continuing Professional Development, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto and META:PHI.
Accreditation:
College of Family Physicians of Canada – Mainpro+:
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 Continuing Professional Development, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto for up to 1.5 Mainpro+ credits per session.
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada – Section 1:
This event 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, approved by Continuing Professional Development, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. You may claim a maximum of 1.5 hours per session (credits are automatically calculated).
Each participant should claim only those hours of credit that they actually spent participating in the educational program.
| June 9, 2021
Inpatient Management of Opioid Withdrawal/Opioid Use Disorder Dr. Christopher Fairgrieve |
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| May 12, 2021
Pharmacists in Addiction Services: The Importance of Working Together Beth Sproule |
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| April 14, 2021
Approaches to Initiating Buprenorphine in the ED Dr. Andrew Herring |
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| March 10, 2021
Methadone Treatment in the Age of Fentanyl Dr. Meldon Kahan |
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| February 10, 2021
Slow Release Oral Morphine (SROM) for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder Dr. Suzanne Turner |
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| January 13, 2021
Stimulants in RAAM: Pharmacologic and Contingency Management Stephanie Rochon |
This continuing professional development activity was held under the auspices of Continuing Professional Development, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto and META:PHI.
Accreditation:
College of Family Physicians of Canada – Mainpro+:
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 Continuing Professional Development, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto for up to 1.5 Mainpro+ credits per session.
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada – Section 1:
This event 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, approved by Continuing Professional Development, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. You may claim a maximum of 1.5 hours per session (credits are automatically calculated).
Each participant should claim only those hours of credit that they actually spent participating in the educational program.
College of Family Physicians of Canada – Mainpro+: 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 Continuing Professional Development, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto for up to 1.5 Mainpro+ credits per webinar.
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada – Section 1: This event 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, approved by Continuing Professional Development, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. You may claim a maximum of 1.5 hours per webinar (credits are automatically calculated).
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