Program

Program

CBOM Pre-Conference

Sunday, September 23

8:00 am – 8:45 am Registration and Breakfast
8:45 am – 9:00 am CBOM Conference Opening Remarks
9:00 am – 9:45 am Teaching Occupational Medicine to Family Practice Medicine Residents at UBC – Doug Hamm & Alfredo Tura
9:45 am – 10:30 am Common Neuromusculoskeletal Disorders in the Workplace – Shane Journeay
10:30 am – 10:45 am Break
10:45 am – 11:30 am Pain Management Principles with a Review of Function and the impact of Opioids and Cannabis – David Elias
11:30 am – 12:15 pm PTSD and Management from an Occupational Medicine Perspective – Ward Yuzda
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch
1:15 pm – 2:00 pm Is it High Time for Medical Cannabinoids? Doubee-ous Evidence or Smokin’ Results? – Adrienne Lindblad
2:00 pm – 2:15 pm Occupational Hazard – A Basic Overview for Family Physicians – Itua Iriogbe
2:15 pm – 2:45 pm The Effects of Shiftwork – Aquaeno Ekanem and Itua Iriogbe
2:45 pm – 3:00 pm Break
3:00 pm – 3:45 pm Workers’ Health and the Economics of Workers’ Health – Tyler Amell
3:45 pm – 4:30 pm Principles of Administrative Law: Professional Medicine and Medical Jurisprudence – Melody Mladineo
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Welcome Reception and Poster Presentations

Main Conference: The Evolution of Occupational Medicine – Then, Now and the Future

Monday, September 24

7:30 am – 8:15 am Registration and Breakfast
8:15 am – 8:30 am OEMAC Conference Opening Remarks
8:30 am – 10:30 am Cannabinoids in the Workplace – Introducing a Position Paper for OEMAC – Charl Els, Paul Farnan, Sebastian Straube
10:30 am – 11:00 am Break and Network with Exhibitors
11:00 am – 11:45 am New Medications – Matt Lauzon
11:45 am – 12:15 pm Panel Discussion with Charl Els, Paul Farnan, Matt Lauzon, Sebastian Straube
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch and CBOM AGM (Members only)
1:15 pm – 2:15 pm CBOM Memorial Lecture – Vernon Lappi
2:15 pm – 3:15 pm OHS Review – Speaker TBC
3:15 pm – 3:45 pm Break and Network with Exhibitors
3:45 pm – 4:15 pm Fentanyl Exposure & First Responders / Naloxone Kits – Sidney Siu
4:15 pm – 6:00 pm Offsite Educational Tours – WestJet or Cargill Foods
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Cocktails
7:30 pm – 10:00 pm OEMAC Annual Dinner and Awards Banquet

Tuesday, September 25

7:15 am – 8:00 am Registration and Breakfast
8:00 am – 8:15 am Second Day Opening Remarks
8:15 am – 9:55 am Independent Medical Examination – Charl Els, Cherie Langlois-Klassen, Mat Milen, Chris Stewart-Patterson
9:55 am – 10:15 am Panel with Charl Els, Cherie Langlois-Klassen, Mat Milen, Chris Stewart-Patterson
10:15 am – 10:45 am Break and Network with Exhibitors
10:45 am – 11:45 am Diagnostic and Treatment Challenges in mTBI (Concussion) – David Elias
11:45 am – 12:45 pm Audiometric Testing – Xiangning Fan
12:45 pm – 1:45 pm Lunch and OEMAC AGM (Members only)
1:45 pm – 2:45 pm Pearls and Pitfalls in the Practice of Occupational and Environmental Medicine – Jonathan Davids, Howard Hamer, Sidney Siu
2:45 pm – 3:45 pm Travel-Related Illnesses – Stephen Vaughan
3:45 pm – 4:00 pm Closing Remarks
OEMAC - Occupational and Environmental Medical Association of Canada