National Geriatrics Interest Group
STUDENT
DAY
MONTREAL
April 21st 2018
For more information or general inquiries please contact the NGIG Student Day conference team using the following form. You will receive a response in 2-3 business days.
Conference info
The NGIG Student Day is run in conjunction with our partners at the Canadian Geriatric Society Annual Scientific Meeting, and is open to all medical student registrants. For more information on how to register please see below.
The NGIG Student Day is produced by the National Geriatric Interest Group (NGIG), a centralized student-led group started by medical students with the goal of bringing together individual GIGs and creating Canada-wide education initiatives in the field of aging.
The NGIG Student Day is Canada's only conference designed specifically for future physicians interested in elder-friendly medicine. Learn directly from Canada's leaders in geriatric medicine, participate in interactive teaching sessions designed specifically for medical students, and meet fellow like-minded students from schools across Canada.
LOGISTICS
WHEN: Saturday April 21st, 2018
TIME: 10:00 AM to 3:30 PM
WHERE: Hotel Bonaventure, Montreal
COST: Free with CGS ASM registration
REGISTER
CONTACT
PHOTO GALLERY
Registration has opened for the Canadian Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meeting 2018!
Please click here to register and for more details about the meeting.
CGS Resident Dinner - free for all registered medical students!
On Thursday, April 19th at 7 PM following the opening ceremony for the CGS Annual Scientific Meeting, the CGS Resident Dinner will also take place in conjunction with the Resident Geriatrics Interest Group (RGIG), which is free for all medical students registered for the CGS conference. Spots are limited so please register here for the dinner if you are interested!
FUNDING
Attending medical conferences can be quite expensive.
Don't forget to visit our conference funding database to find out if you are eligible for funding from your medical school.
Schedule - Saturday April 21st, 2018
10:00 am – 10:20 am: Registration
10:20 am – 10:30 am: Welcome
10:30 am – 11:15 am: Keynote Address by Dr. Soham Rej
11:15 am – 11:30 am: Break with Coffee and Tea
11:30 am – 12:30 pm: Career in Geriatrics Panel
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Lunch
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm: Workshops
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm: Awards & Closing Remarks
Dr. Soham Rej
"Soham completed his medical school (2009) and psychiatry residency at McGill (2014), followed by a geriatric psychiatry clinical and research fellowship at University of Toronto (2014-2017). He works as a clinician-scientist in geriatric psychiatrist, seeing older adults with mental health problems. Soham's research has focused on the pharmacoepidemiology of late-life mood disorders and has been published in 67 peer-reviewed publications. Recently, Soham has developed a new focus examining mind-body intervention clinical trials in the treatment late-life mood disorders, with the Jewish General Hospital Geri-PARTy research group and the McGill Meditation and Mind-Body Medicine Research Clinic (MMMM-RC). This work has been kindly supported by Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Fonds de Recherche en Santé Quebec, and other agencies."
Keynote address subject: Why did this guy choose to become a geriatric psychiatrist? A dialogue about a career in geriatric mental health » by Dr Soham Rej, geriatric psychiatrist.
Panel:
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Dr. Talbot-Hamon, Geriatrician at the Montreal General Hospital
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Dr. Chris Frank, Family Doctor with training in care of the elderly, past president of the CGS
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Dr Soham Rej, Geriatric Psychiatrist at the Jewish General Hospital
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Dr. Haddad, 3rd year resident recently matched to geriatrics sub-specialty
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Dr. Ringer, 1st year resident, interested in Geriatric Emergency Medicine
Workshops:
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Pharmacy cascades: The average 81 years-old patient takes about 15 different medications, many of them being no longer needed or causing serious adverse effects. With the help of two pharmacists specialized in geriatrics, learn how to identify potential drug-related problems and get initiated to the art of deprescribing.
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Geriatrics emergency: get some tips and advice on how to assess the older patient in the emergency department context. Learn to recognize atypical presentations and red flags in the elderly patient, interpret clinical findings in light of normal age-related changes and detect potential elder abuse.
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Functional relay: Feel how it is like to have cataracts, hearing impairment or severe osteoarthritis the time of an obstacle course where your will feel totally depend of your fellow caregiver. The refreshment you will get after completion of the race might not be as rewarding as you think...
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Sponsors
A huge thank you to our sponsors for helping us create a successful event!
