Events

Conference Summary:

Keep Your Edge: Hockey Sports Medicine 2018 is organized by American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) and will be held from Aug 17 – 19, 2018 at Hilton Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

The target audience for this medical event is Physicians, Chiropractors, Therapists, Certified Athletic Trainers, Allied Health, Coach, Fellow, Student, Resident. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 17.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

Conference Description:
This live activity is designed to focus on areas of concern or controversy in the management of hockey athletes in a team sport setting through didactic presentations and case based scenarios. Key issues, along with up-to-date and practical solutions, will be addressed. The American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) and the National Hockey League Team Physician Society (NHLTPS) believe these insights provide guidance for the management of similar problems in competitive and recreational settings.

Conference Objectives are : 
• Analyze epidemiological trends in hockey injuries for professional, female and youth hockey players.
• Integrate prevention strategies with their health care team(s) to improve musculoskeletal and medical health for hockey players.
• Implement an effective evaluation algorithm for musculoskeletal and medical conditions afflicting hockey players.

The CASEM Running Injuries course will be held on Saturday, October 13th preceding the 15^th annual Prince Edward Island Marathon– this one day clinical workshop will cover all aspects of running injuries including sessions on:

• Foot Plant and Running Injuries
• Gait Analysis
• Hydration and Performance
• Shoe Design over the Decade
• Nutrition for Endurance Athletes
• Knee Osteoarthritis
• Injury Prevention

The day will bring together a multi-disciplinary faculty of experts in their field to address those running related clinical issues seen by the sport medicine physician.

The course will run from 8:00am to 4:30pm and includes breakfast, lunch and breaks.

This Group Learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada for up to 6.25 Mainpro+ credits

Sign up online below or by fax/email here

Presented by The Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic

Friday, October 19, 2018
8 AM – 3:30 PM
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel
London, Ontario

This Year’s Theme

Sports Medicine 2018 – The Past Guiding Our Future

Guest Speakers

• Dr. Peter Fowler
  Honorary Guest Speaker
  
• Dr. Stephany Pritchett
  Radiologist
  
• Dr. Harp Sangha
  Physiatrist
  *additional speakers to be announced as confirmed

Fees

Physicians, Physiotherapists, Allied Health:
$175.00 + HST up to August 30
$200.00 + HST after August 30

Western students, Fowler Kennedy & LHSC staff
$50.00 + HST

The CASEM Running Injuries course will be held on Saturday, October 20th following the 35th Annual Western Homecoming Sport Medicine Day Symposium.

– this one day clinical workshop lead by Drs. Renata Frankovich, Steven Joseph and Darryl Putzer will cover all aspects of running injuries including sessions on:

• Running Shoe Prescription- Is it Evidence Based?
• Gait Analysis
• Physiotherapy Management of Running Injuries
• Running as Medicine
• Nutrition for Endurance Athletes

The day will bring together a multi-disciplinary faculty of experts in their field to address those running related clinical issues seen by the sport medicine physician including Martin Chisholm, PT, Dr. Colin Dombroski, Dr. Rosamond Lougheed, Dr. Jane Thorton and Aimee Tyler-Smith.

The course will run from 8:00am to 4:30pm and includes breakfast, lunch and breaks.

This Group Learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada for up to 6.25 Mainpro+ credits

Well it’s back – the CASEM Advanced Sport Medicine Course returns with a vengeance – this time in a new location and with a new educational partner –  The University of Ottawa Skills and Simulation Centre (uOSSC), Ottawa, ON.

For those of you who are not familiar with the course, this two-day intensive course is a hands-on, practical case-based approach to advanced sport medicine.  Four modules spread over two days are presented initiated by a mass-casualty scenario.  The Faculty are all experienced practitioners who will provide an experience second-to-none and our partner, uOSSC, provide the educational expertise as well as the site, sounds and equipment to make this course as realistic as possible.

Course Objectives:

•  To acquire the ability to develop and implement an integrated plan to effectively deal with potential emergencies occurring at a busy competition venue.
• To deliver the course content in an interactive learning format that integrates the principles of adult education with updated teaching technology in practical sessions where skills and theory are challenged and refined.
• To ensure that excellent quality faculty are selected which offer leadership, mentoring and gold standard princi-ples of care.

Due to the nature of the course, registration is restricted to 36 participants – the student-teacher ratio is low, the sessions are highly interactive and 100% participation is mandatory.

*** Please note the course is only open to CASEM members with the CASEM Dip. Sport Med***

Targeted at the physician or sport medicine health care professional, this one day clinical workshop will cover all aspects of football injuries. At the end of the workshop, the learner will be able to:
• To be educated as to the complexities of return to play decisions in contact sports and unique plans for injuries/player position and level of play.
• To create a plan of care from prevention, diagnosis, care and recovery after common injuries of the tendons and ligaments in both he lower extremity and upper extremity.
• To become familiar with hand injuries that typically result from football and contact sports including sideline and definitive care. The learner will also be briefed on the management will include non-surgical as well as surgical treatment options.
• To provide an update on concussions in football and the latest treatment options.