Lecture Series in Refugee Health – Caring for Kids New to Canada

Join us for a lecture series in refugee health, featuring a presentation by Dr. Jane Gloor, Pediatrician, on Caring for Kids New to Canada, Wednesday, May 17 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. in the lecture hall of the Western Centre for Public Health and Family Medicine, 1465 Richmond Street.

Learning Objectives:

  1. To acquaint health care providers with the Caring for Kids New to Canada website from the Canadian Paediatric Society.
  2. To discuss recommended medical and developmental screening for newly arrived refugee children including catch-up immunization.
  3. To discuss adaptation and acculturation for teenaged newcomers.

25% interaction will be included.

This program has no commercial support.

This Group Learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by Continuing Professional Development, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry for up to 2.25 Mainpro+ credits. Each participant should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent participating in the educational program.

This lecture will be available on our livestream channel for those unable to attend in person.

For more information and future lecture dates, view the flyer for the lecture series.

Contacts for the Lecture Series in Refugee Health are:
Dr. Bhooma Bhayana, bbhayana@uwo.ca
Dr. Natalie Lovesey, nlovese@uwo.ca