/R E P E A T -- Media Advisory - The Fédération des médecins spécialistes du Québec presents its 11th Annual Interdisciplinary Training Day/

Perfecting medical practices to enhance health-care delivery to Quebecers

MONTRÉAL, Nov. 14, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ - On November 16, more than 1,500 medical specialists will attend the Fédération des médecins spécialistes du Québec's 11th annual Interdisciplinary Training Day. On the agenda are more than 25 training sessions for medical specialists and other health professionals.

The Training Day provides opportunities for professional exchanges that foster knowledge-sharing on a variety of common issues. Continuing education for medical specialists, who are committed to improving the health system, contributes concretely to enhancing the care provided to Quebecers.

The full program is available here. During the event, journalists can conduct interviews with guest speakers and organizers.

Among the topics covered are:

• Traumatic brain injury in children and adults
• The legalization of cannabis: a social and legal professional challenge
• How to establish an effective and humane partnership with our patients and their families
• Emotional skills: friends or enemies?
• Are you able to assess incapacity?

Datebook
What:	Fédération des médecins spécialistes du Québec 11th Annual Interdisciplinary Training Day
When:	November 16, 2018, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Where:	Room 516A, Palais des congrès de Montréal
	1001, Place Jean-Paul Riopelle, Montréal, QC  H2Z 1H5

A few highlights of the program

12:15 p.m. – Address by the President – Dr. Diane Francoeur will discuss her vision of the health network and the importance of caring for it, training to perform better and doing more to improve care for the public. She will be available afterwards to answer questions from the media in the press room of the JFI.

3:35 p.m. – Lecture by neurologist Dr. Robert A. Stern (Boston University School of Medicine) on the long-term effects of repetitive brain trauma.

5:15 p.m. – Lecture by Dr. Teri Fisher (University of British Columbia) on voice-first technology in eHealth – We will present his innovative vision of eHealth and the voice assistants as tools of the future in the service of medicine.

To keep up with the event on social media, follow the Federation on Twitter (@FMSQ) and Facebook (@laFMSQ) and use the hashtag #JFI2018.

About the Fédération des médecins spécialistes du Québec

The Fédération des médecins spécialistes du Québec represents more than 10,000 medical specialists certified in one of 59 recognized medical specialties. Its mission is to defend and support medical specialists from its affiliated associations which work in the public healthcare system while contributing to the advancement of quality care and services for the people of Québec.

SOURCE Fédération des médecins spécialistes du Québec

Source: Fédération des médecins spécialistes du Québec (FMSQ), Jacques Tétrault, Directeur des Affaires publiques et des Communications, C: 514 831 0698; Information: Ariane Richard, Morin Relations Publiques, [email protected], Cell: 438 822-2845

Related Links

http://www.fmsq.org