LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By attending this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Develop practical approach to medical problems in various disciplines of medicine encountered by hospital-based practitioners.
2. Develop practical approach to medical problems from various disciplines of medicine encountered in ambulatory settings.
3. Appreciate the breadth of internal medicine problems faced by clinicians.
4. Update knowledge in common problems encountered in internal medicine.

CHAIR AND DIRECTOR

Dr. Akbar Panju 

CO-CHAIRS

Paul O’Byrne 

Dean and Vice-President
Faculty of Health Sciences
McMaster University

Khalid Azzam
Professor
Department of Medicine
McMaster University

Mark Crowther 
Professor and Chair
Department of Medicine
McMaster University

Ally P. H. Prebtani 
Professor
Department of Medicine
McMaster University

Nishma Singhal
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
McMaster University

ACCREDITATION STATEMENTS

McMaster University, Continuing Professional Development Office (CPD) is fully accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Continuing Medical Education (CACME) to provide CFPC Mainpro+ and RCPSC Maintenance of Certification (MOC) study credits for Continuing Medical Education.

This one-credit-per-hour Group Learning program meets the certification criteria of The College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by McMaster University, Continuing Professional Development Office (CPD) for up to 16.0 Mainpro+ credits.

This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and approved by McMaster University, Continuing Professional Development Office (CPD). You may claim a maximum of 16.0 hours (credits are automatically calculated).

Through an agreement between The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and The American Medical Association, physicians may convert Royal College MOC credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Information on the process to convert Royal College MOC credit to AMA credit can be found at: ama-assn.org/go/internationalcme

Each healthcare provider should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

PLANNING COMMITTEE

John Neary
Associate Professor
McMaster University

Marianne Talman 
Associate Professor
McMaster University

Mohamed Panju 
Associate Professor
McMaster University

Zara Khalid 
Associate Professor
McMaster University

Anne Holbrook 
Professor
McMaster University

Sharon Marr 
Associate Professor
McMaster University

Rick Tytus 
Associate Clinical Professor
McMaster University

Samir Raza 
Assistant Professor
McMaster University

Sonia Anand
Professor
McMaster University

Jason Cheung
Associate Professor
McMaster University

Leslie Martin
Assistant Professor
McMaster University

Timothy A. Karachi 
Associate Professor, Medicine
McMaster University

Madeleine Verhovsek
Associate Professor
McMaster University

Danielle Stayzer
Manager
Continuing Professional Development Office (CPD)
McMaster University

Carol Stewart
Event Coordinator
Continuing Professional Development Office (CPD)
McMaster University