Session 1: Tuesday, February 16th; 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm (eastern time)

Moderators: Dr. Stephen Archer and Dr. Sanjay Ramachandran

 Diagnosing and Managing Acute Pulmonary Embolism. A role for clinical evaluation

Speaker: Philip Wells, MD, FRCPC, Professor, Chair and Chief, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital and University of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Ottawa Hospital.

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

1. Interpret the clinical presentation of PE and how to apply your clinical skills
2. Identify the limits of prognostic tools
3. Assess the treatment possibilities in a rationale evidence based manner

Case Symptom: Acute Cough

Speaker: Santiago Perez Patrigeon, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Queen’s University

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

1. Integrate guideposts used by specialists to determine when a patient has a serious condition versus a more common one
2. Identify the most common serious conditions that could be missed in primary care
3. Discuss evidence-based clinical reasoning tips and tricks with peers?