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CPD Medicine | University of Manitoba
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We offer evidence-based education to medical professionals, supporting lifelong learning, competence, and team-based care in a culturally safe manner.
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In this session, you’ll explore implantable contraception options in Canada. You’ll learn to counsel patients on contraindications, side effects, and common concerns; review key placement techniques, tips for challenging insertions, and follow-up best practices.

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Implantable Birth Control Insertion — Skills Session. Date: November 28, 2025 Time: 1330 - 1530 Location: UM Bannatyne: Basic Medical Sciences Building: Theatre D-Skills Lab
November 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Join us next month for Cardiology Practice Essentials!
This event will help you strengthen clinical decision making around arrhythmias, cardiac imaging, and key diagnostics such as ECGs and biomarkers.

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Fridays at the University. Cardiology Practice Essentials. November 28, 2025 Time: 8:20 AM until 1:30 PM Location: Online only Credits: Earn up to 4.5 Mainpro+credits. Earn up to 4.5 MOC (Section 1) hours
October 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Only two more sleeps until Bug Day 2025, so don't miss out on your chance to attend the biggest CPD event of the year!

Register now: www.cpd-umanitoba.com/events/29th-...

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October 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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“I believe [my research] can provide valuable information for leaders moving forward, should another pandemic hit in the coming years,” Charlene Braun tells UM Today.
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Health care restructuring, COVID redeployment inspire thesis for nursing master’s student
Not long after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in nursing in 2017, Charlene Braun started her first leadership role, as a nurse educator at Grace Hospital. At that time the Manitoba health syste
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October 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Great turn out for the 62nd Annual Orthopaedic Symposium! Huge thanks to all the organizers, participants, and speakers for making this event a smash hit year after year!

#CPD #LearningForLife #UM #Orthopaedics
September 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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This hands-on workshop is designed to help healthcare professionals confidently assess and manage ingrown toenails. You’ll gain practical skills in identifying severity, understanding nail anatomy, and choosing appropriate treatment options.

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Managing Ingrown Toenails. Skills Sessions. October 10, 2025.
September 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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How can we make critical care units more environmentally sustainable? Join @choosingwiselyca.bsky.social and @cmadocs.bsky.social on Oct. 1 for a Climate Rounds discussion on how to integrate climate-conscious recommendations in critical care settings.

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September 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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First-year UM respiratory therapy student Taylor Davidson spent her summer working with Dr. Mayson Sousa on research that uses a radiation-free technology to provide real-time visualization of lung function.
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Respiratory therapy student uses new technology in summer research
Taylor Davidson is a first-year UM respiratory therapy student who spent her summer working on a series of projects in respiratory physiology.  The projects, led by Dr. Mayson Sousa, assistant pr
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September 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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As the new federal Implementation Science Chair in Human Development, Child and Youth Health, Dr. Leslie E. Roos, of the Faculty of Arts, is leading a national effort to get mental health solutions into the hands of families faster. Read more about her work: news.umanitoba.ca/closing-the-...
Closing the gap: Helping families access high-quality mental health services sooner
Solutions for long waitlists, remote access and culturally specific care in mental health services often take many years to go from research discoveries to clinical best practice. These gaps in health
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September 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Fridays at the University are back!

With eight amazing sessions that tackle a wide variety of topics, you'll keep up to date on the information that's important to your field or medical practice.

Save big on registration costs if you sign up for all eight courses at once.

Register: bit.ly/4fYSf9c
August 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Congratulations to the winners of the first-ever Max Rady College of Medicine education awards! These six annual awards recognize the college’s most outstanding teachers, educational researchers and leaders for their exceptional skill, dedication and impact. news.umanitoba.ca/celebrating-...
Celebrating excellence: UM educators honoured with the inaugural Max Rady College of Medicine education awards
The first-ever Max Rady College of Medicine education awards were introduced this year to recognize excellence and commitment to medical education.  The six annual awards honour the college’s m
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August 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Our Year at a Glance is finally here! It will give you a quick overview of all the CPD Medicine and Life Saving Courses we will offer throughout our 2025 – 2026 programming year.

See what we have to offer: www.cpd-umanitoba.com/year-at-a-gl...
August 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Join us for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with Mindfulness (CBTm): New Facilitator Training!

Mental health professionals designed this transformative program to equip you with the knowledge and skills to lead CBTm classes at your organization or clinic.

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Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with Mindfulness. New Facilitator Training. September 10, 2025.
August 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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“Sports environments are often highly gendered, rife with strong beliefs about ‘appropriate’ activities for girls and boys,” says UM researcher Joanne Parsons.
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UM study explores ‘gendering’ of girls’ sports injuries
A new four-year study led by a University of Manitoba researcher in partnership with Sport Manitoba has received over $384,000 in funding from the Government of Canada’s Social Sciences and Humaniti
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July 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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“Like shift workers, astronauts on the international space station also experience disruptions to the body’s clock, due to the frequent sun rises and sun set every 90 minutes while orbiting the earth,” says Dr. Kirshenbaum. “That kind of stress can increase their risk of heart disease.”
The Free Press: From Manitoba to NASA: How disrupted sleep patterns could hold the key to heart disease
The Problem Heart disease is the second leading cause of death in Canada. In particular, people who work shifts may face a greater risk than most, according to Dr. Lorrie Kirshenbaum, a profess
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June 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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GOOSE aims to address the shortage of rehabilitation health-care professionals in Manitoba’s north, as well as the overall underrepresentation of Indigenous people in the profession.
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First Nations partner with UM to “grow our own” rehabilitation specialists starting in junior high
Nearly 200 people turned out to Oscar Lathlin Collegiate in Opaskwayak Cree Nation (OCN) on May 26 for the launch of a new initiative between the College of Rehabilitation Sciences and nine First Nati
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June 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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A special graduation celebration was held for Indigenous grads of UM's health professional programs. Congratulations to all the new doctors, dentists, nurses and other health grads on their achievements! #umanitoba
Ongomiizwin – Education celebrates Indigenous grads as ‘leaders, healers and advocates’
Naomi Peters was proud to cross the UM Convocation platform on May 15 to receive her degree in medicine. But for Peters, who is Métis, it was also deeply meaningful to attend an earlier celebration o
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May 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Meet Kaydence Morgado Thomas, proud Indigenous nursing student whose cultural identity shapes her path in health care.
Happy International #NursingWeek!
Celebrating Indigenous nurses
In recognition of Nurses Week (May 12-18, 2025) we spoke with Kaydence Morgado Thomas, fourth-year Indigenous nursing student at the College of Nursing in UM’s Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, about
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May 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Mindfulness in Medicine is open for registration!

Join Dr. Jillian Horton for a CPD-accredited, evidence-based workshop designed for physicians to deepen self-awareness, improve well-being, and reconnect with purpose.

Register: www.cpd-umanitoba.com/events/mindf...

#PhysicianWellness #Manitoba
May 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Dr. Mandy Buss speaks about the critical need for increased Indigenous representation in the medical field on the Primary focus podcast, hosted by Dr. Tara Kiran. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
May 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Research from graduate students in the College of Nursing was the inspiration for the theme of this year’s Helen Glass Research Symposium. Held April 22 – 24 on Fort Garry Campus, the event focused on gender and sexual minority health.
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Student research inspires symposium on gender and sexual minority health
Research from graduate students in the College of Nursing was the inspiration for the theme of this year’s Helen Glass Research Symposium.     The symposium, which is held annual
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April 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Fridays at the University is back with Primary Care Day / Wellness.

Join us May 9, 2025, for an informative session with presentations on topics including difficult patient interactions, patient safety, and physician wellness programs.

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April 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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A team of researchers at UM have developed an innovative new tool that could transform how kidney disease is detected – especially in under-served and remote communities.
New diagnostic tool could help individuals take greater control of their health
A team of researchers at UM have developed an innovative new tool that could transform how kidney disease is detected – especially in under-served and remote communities. The device, called the uCR
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April 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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We're exhibiting at The 32nd Annual Rural and Remote Medicine Conference. Hosted at the RBC Convention Centre on April 24 - 26, 2025.

Come visit our booth (#27) and learn all about how we can help you earn your credits, and you can even sign up for events right there!
April 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Do you have a family member with Rheumatoid arthritis?

If yes, you may be eligible to participate in a Rheumatoid Arthritis study.

You will be compensated for your time!

Email RA.Research@umanitoba.ca for more info.
Poster with details about Rheumatoid Arthritis study. to sign up or ask questions email ra.research@umanitoba.ca
April 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM