CanREACH: Patient-Centered Mental Health in Paediatric Primary Care

Various dates: January 2021 through March 2022

The REACH Institute Patient-Centered Mental Health in Pediatric Primary Care (PPP) Mini-Fellowship program is an innovative program that includes:

• A dynamic three-day, 15-hour interactive course focused on building skills and confidence in diagnosing and treating pediatric behavioral health problems.
• A six-month, case-based distance-learning program. Learners join 12 bi-monthly, 1 hour group conference calls with primary care and child/adolescent psychiatry experts to learn how to manage pediatric mental health issues encountered in daily practice.

All participants will receive custom-designed toolkits with guides, assessment instruments, dosing and side effect charts, medication comparison tables, and handouts for patients and parents.

Participants learn to:

1. Correctly identify and differentiate among pediatric behavioral health problems such as childhood depression, ADHD, bipolar disorder, anxiety states (including PTSD), oppositional and conduct disorders, and psychosis.
2. Effectively manage psychopharmacology: selecting medications, initiating and tapering dosages, monitoring improvements, and identifying and minimizing medication side effects.
3. Create and implement a treatment plan by mobilizing existing resources like family members, school personnel, and other professional caregivers.

Dates:

• January 2021 - July 2021
  Virtual Workshop: Jan. 22-24, 2021
  Followed by six months of bi-weekly case consults
   
• February 2021 - August 2021
  Virtual Workshop: Feb. 26-28, 2021
  Followed by six months of bi-weekly case consults
   
• May 2021 - November 2021
  Virtual Workshop: May 14-16, 2021
  Followed by six months of bi-weekly case consults
   
• September 2021 - February 2022
  Virtual Workshop: Sept. 10-12, 2021
  Followed by six months of bi-weekly case consults
   
• October 2021 - March 2022
  Virtual Workshop: Oct. 22-24, 2021
  Followed by six months of bi-weekly case consults

Cost: $800

Registration: Email: CanREACH@ahs.ca

For more information, visit www.hmhc.ca/canreach.html or contact: 403.955.1104

CME Accreditation:

CanREACH is accredited with both the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons and the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the current most up to date accreditation statements from each are as follows:

• 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 the University of Calgary Office of Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development.
   
• This activity is an Accredited Self-Assessment Program (Section 3) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by the University of Calgary Office of Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development.
   
• This Group Learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada for up to 79.5 Mainpro+ credits.