| Time |
Session |
Room/Speaker |
Ticket* |
| Thursday, April 20, 2006 |
| 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm |
Geriatric Educators Workshop: |
Le Versailles Ballroom |
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Geriatric Educational Material Swap |
Dr. Janet Gordon
Dr. Janet Kushner-Kow |
|
| 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm |
Canadian Medical Association Journal – CGS 25th Anniversary Special Lecture: |
Le Versailles Ballroom |
|
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How To Write Up Your Paper So That It Gets Published |
Dr. John Hoey |
|
| 6:00 pm – 6:30 pm |
Official Opening Ceremony: |
Le Versailles Ballroom |
|
|
Presidential Welcoming Remarks |
Dr. Howard Bergman and Guests |
|
| 6:30 pm – 7:15 pm |
CGS Opening Address |
Le Versailles Ballroom |
|
| |
Geriatric Medicine and Research in Canada: How Do You Succeed? |
Dr. Alexandra Papaioannou |
|
| 7:15 pm – 8:15 pm |
CGS Presidential Reception |
Chateau Lafite and Mouton Rothschild |
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| Time |
Session |
Room/Speaker |
Ticket* |
| Friday, April 21, 2006 |
| 7:00 am – 8:05 am |
Breakfast Satellite Symposium: |
Le Versailles Ballroom |
T |
|
New and Emerging Concepts in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD): Treatment of Mixed & Vascular Dementia: Implications for Everyday Practice |
Dr. Christopher MacKnight
Dr. Dean Foti |
|
| 8:05 am – 8:15 am |
Opening Remarks: |
Le Versailles Ballroom |
|
|
Program Highlights |
Dr. Roger Wong |
|
| 8:15 am – 9:45 am |
Plenary Paper Session:
Embracing the Future of Geriatrics |
Le Versailles Ballroom |
|
8:15 am – 9:00 am
9:00 am – 9:45 am |
- The Future of Geriatric Medicine
- Training in Geriatric Medicine: Current Developments
|
Dr. Jane Potter, Speaker of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
Dr. Peter Crome |
|
| 9:45 am – 10:15 am |
Health Break |
Chateau Lafite and Mouton Rothschild |
|
| 10:15 am – 12:00 pm |
Plenary Symposium I:
Update in Acute Care Geriatrics |
Le Versailles Ballroom |
|
10:15 am – 11:00 am
11:00 am – 11:30 am
11:30 am – 12:00 pm |
- Improving Hospital Care for Older Adults
- Lessons Learned from a Canadian Acute Care for Elders (ACE) Unit
- Management of Delirium in the Ambulatory and Inpatient Settings
|
Dr. Seth Landefeld
Dr. Roger Wong
Dr. Leslie Sheldon |
|
| 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm |
Lunch Satellite Symposium: |
Le Versailles Ballroom |
T |
|
Herpes Zoster and Post Herpetic Neuralgia in Older Persons |
Dr. David Patrick
Dr. Michael Oxman |
|
| 1:30 pm – 2:45 pm |
Plenary Symposium II:
Physical Performance |
Le Versailles Ballroom |
|
1:30 pm – 2:15 pm
2:15 pm – 2:45 pm |
- Fall Prevention – Specific Strategies, Selected Populations
- Geriatric Rehabilitation: Things That You Don't Think About
|
Dr. John Campbell
Dr. Jennie Wells |
|
| 2:45 pm – 3:15 pm |
Health Break |
Chateau Lafite and Mouton Rothschild |
|
| 3:15 pm – 5:15 pm |
Core Curriculum I:
Patient Safety And Medical Error Reduction In Geriatrics |
Le Versailles Ballroom |
|
3:15 pm – 3:45 pm
3:45 pm – 4:15 pm
4:15 pm – 4:45 pm
4:45 pm – 5:15 pm |
- Geriatric Examination: Errors of Omission and Comission
- Medical Errors and Frailty
- Multiple Diseases, Multiple Drugs: Understanding Interactions and Outcomes
- Medical Safety and Error Reduction in Geriatric Psychiatry
|
Dr. Larry Dian
Dr. Christopher MacKnight
Dr. Kerry Wilbur
Dr. Caroline Gosselin |
|
| 5:15 pm – 6:45 pm |
CGS Poster Session and Reception: |
Chateau Lafite, Mouton Rothschild, Chateau Olivier |
|
|
Poster Discussions |
|
|
| 7:15 pm onwards |
CGS Dinner for Fellows, Residents and Students |
To be announced |
T |
| |
| Time |
Session |
Room/Speaker |
Ticket* |
| Saturday, April 22, 2006 |
| 7:00 am – 8:05 am |
Breakfast Satellite Symposium |
Le Versailles Ballroom |
T |
|
Challenges of Neuropathic Pain in the Elderly with Co-morbid Conditions |
Dr. David Lussier |
|
| 8:05 am – 8:15 am |
Opening Remarks: |
Le Versailles Ballroom |
|
|
Program Highlights |
Dr. Roger Wong |
|
| 8:15 am – 9:45 am |
Core Curriculum II:
Prevention In The Older Person |
Le Versailles Ballroom |
|
8:15 am – 8:45 am
8:45 am – 9:15 am
9:15 am – 9:45 am |
- Metabolic Syndrome: A Model for Multi-level Prevention
- New Developments in Vaccination for Older Persons
- Preventing Functional Decline, Disability, and Frailty: What’s Gender Got To Do With It?
|
Dr. Graydon Meneilly
Dr. Janet McElhaney
Dr. Nahid Azad
Dr. Arlene Bierman |
|
| 9:45 am – 10:15 am |
Health Break |
Chateau Lafite and Mouton Rothschild |
|
| 10:15 am – 11:30 am |
Meet the Experts Panel:
The Many Faces Of Geriatric Care In Canada: Contemporary Issues In Ethnogeriatrics |
Le Versailles Ballroom |
|
10:15 am – 10:30 am
10:30 am – 10:45 am
10:45 am – 11:00 am
11:00 am – 11:15 am
11:15 am – 11:30 am |
- Establishing Do Not Resuscitate Orders in the Culturally Sensitive Setting
- Ethnogeriatric Considerations in Long Term Care
- Special Aspects of Dementia Care in Ethnogeriatrics
- Responsiveness of the Geriatric Health System to Ethnogeriatric Needs
- Discussion Forum
|
Dr. Michael Gordon
Dr. Deviani Maher
Dr. Gabriel Chan
Dr. David Hogan
Panel |
|
| 11:30 am – 12:00 pm |
CGS 25th Anniversary Special Presentation |
Le Versailles Ballroom |
|
|
25 years of Canadian Geriatrics: A Personal Memory |
Dr. Barry Goldlist |
|
| 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm |
Canadian Institute of Health Research – Institute of Aging Lunch Symposium |
Le Versailles Ballroom |
T |
|
The Relevance and the Challenge of Studying Quality of Life in Alzheimer's Disease |
Dr. Gary Naglie |
|
| 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm |
Kaufman, CIHR-IA, Thompson Prize Paper Sessions |
Le Versailles Ballroom |
|
|
Podium Presentations by Fellows, Residents, and Medical Students |
|
|
| 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm |
Health Break |
Chateau Lafite and Mouton Rothschild |
|
| 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm |
Scientific Paper Session |
Le Versailles Ballroom |
|
|
Podium Presentations by Faculty Staff |
|
|
| 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm |
CGS Annual General Meeting |
Le Versailles Ballroom |
|
|
Society Business Meeting |
|
|
| 7:00 pm onwards |
CGS Annual Dinner |
To be announced |
F* |
| The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada has provided a National Specialty Society Annual Meeting Grant in support of our meeting. |
* T = ticket required (no fee), F = additional fee and ticket required.
