JEWISH GENERAL HOSPITAL
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE
MONDAY MEDICAL GRAND ROUNDS
MAY 2014
12:30 – 1:30 PM
BLOCK AMPHITHEATRE
May 5 2. Diagnostic and therapeutic approach for Vitamin B12 Deficiency in IBD (including screening, approach to low serum B12 in IBD, treatment and prophylactic regimens in IBD Patients) 3. Overview of current reviews and studies analyzing this topic
I. VITAMIN B12 DEFICIENCY IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE: THE PREVALENCE, RISK FACTORS, EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT
Robert Battat, MD
Second Year Internal Medicine Resident, McGill University & Jewish General Hospital
Educational Objectives:
1. Understanding the prevalence of and the risk factors for Vitamin B12 Deficiency in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Alastair Dorreen, MD
Second Year Internal Medicine Resident, McGill University & Jewish General Hospital
Educational Objectives:
1. Understand the indications for and complications of endoscopy following ACS
2. Appreciate the role for gastroprotective agents following ACS
Contact Person: Ruxandra Bunea, MD, Director, Postgraduate Teaching, Tel. 514-340-8222 x 4974.
May 12
CLINICAL ETHICS ROUNDS
“BUT THEY SAID THEY WANT US TO DO EVERYTHING!“: IS THERE STILL ROOM FOR CLINICAL JUDGEMENT IN LEVEL OF INTERVENTION CONVERSATIONS?
Lucie Wade, MSc (Bioethics)
Clinical Ethicist
Ethics Program Office
Jewish General Hospital
Educational Objectives:
1. To use clinical ethics case review to identify and discuss the ethical challenges many clinicians experience when trying to appropriately apply the Level of Intervention (LOI) policy
2. To review ethical principles, norms, and standards central to goals of care conversations
3. To clarify the role and limits of both clinical judgment and patient preferences in LOI conversations
Contact Person: Lucie Wade, MSc, Clinical Ethicist, Tel. 514-340-8222 ext. 3625.
May 19
NO ROUNDS – VICTORIA DAY
May 26
BIOCHEMISTRY DETECTIVES: WHAT GOES ON BEHIND THE LABORATORY DOORS?
Elizabeth MacNamara, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
McGill University
Chief, Division of Medical Biochemistry
& Department of Diagnostic Medicine
Jewish General Hospital
Educational Objectives:
1. To learn what happens when you let us know you think there is a problem in our laboratory
2. Using real examples of your complaints to show how we use different methods to discover what happened and learn interesting facts
3. To understand the limitations of using near patient testing and errors that occur
4. To understand the differences between laboratories and why you should be wary of using numbers and cut off values from the literature
Contact Person: Elizabeth MacNamara, MD, Chief, Division of Medical Biochemistry and Department of Diagnostic Medicine, Tel. 514-340-8222 x 5091.
The Medical Grand Rounds are an accredited group learning activity as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
April 23, 2014