Key highlights of the conference include:
Event Outcomes
- Primary care providers and front-line health healthcare workers will enhance their capacity to provide culturally safe & affirming care to Black and racialized patients.
- Primary care providers and frontline healthcare workers will learn to recognize and understand the unique clinical presentations and challenges faced by Black & racialized women in relation to breast cancer, PCOS, metabolic syndrome, menorrhagia, anemia and dementia.
- Strengthen Collaborative Care and Counseling: Family physicians and other healthcare providers will learn strategies to effectively support Black and racialized patients managing complex health conditions alongside specialist intervention. This includes enhancing their ability to counsel patients on treatment options, lifestyle changes, and ongoing management of their health in collaboration with specialists.
Event Accreditation
Continuing Professional Development, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto has awarded the 2024 Black Physicians' Association of Ontario Women's Health CPD: Caring for Every Woman – Addressing Disparities in Care with the following credits:
- College of Family Physicians of Canada Mainpro+® - Group Learning (One-credit-per-hour)
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 5.0 Mainpro+® credits.
- 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, and approved by Continuing Professional Development, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. You may claim up to a maximum of 5.0 hours (credits are automatically calculated).