The College of Family Physicians of Canada will be hosting five medical CBT workshops at the 2018 Family Medicine Forum in Toronto.

Thu, Nov 15 | 1:30PM to 5:00PM | 9.0 Mainpro+ | $495 tuition

Anxiety may now be more common than depression according to recent surveys. Anxiety rates are increasing so rapidly that it’s making some physicians anxious themselves. Many anxiety patients appear to ruminate almost constantly, and anxiety is a leading cause of insomnia. Sadly, it’s not just the grownups who are suffering: according to the most recent Ontario statistics, an astounding 23% of boys & 46% of girls are now experiencing “high levels of distress” (OSDUHS).

Besides drugs, what tools do you have to help your anxious patients?  

This highly-practical "triple accredited" CME works through family practice case studies of excessive worry, generalized anxiety disorder and common contemporary fears. The focus is on ten-minute cognitive & behavioral techniques that can be effortlessly integrated into normal primary care appointments. Participants are encouraged to discuss real-life cases, and are shown how to weave effective CBT techniques into their standard family practice routines. 

Note: Many of the non-pharmacological tools taught are very important to the resilience of physicians, and can be passed along to children and other family members. 

Fri, Nov 16 | 8:30AM to 12:00PM | 9.0 Mainpro+ | $495 tuition

Today’s cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is a treasure-trove of scientifically‐tested tools to help physicians increase their resiliency and reduce their risk of burnout. Physician wellness is important for countless reasons, one of which is this unsurprising recent finding:  The burned-out doctor is usually a rather crappy doctor. Put more nicely, many administrators now consider physician well-being among the most important of the quality-of-care variables.

Happily, state‐of‐the‐art CBT includes a collection of powerful techniques for decreasing rumination, overcoming procrastination, optimizing time management, letting go of the past, silencing self‐criticism, increasing self-compassion, and improving decision‐making. This module will equip you with versatile CBT tools to boost the functioning and improve the mental health of your patients, your family, your friends—and the ongoing project called “you”.

Note: This is a serious workshop that even orthopods can relate to, with nary a mention of energetic centers or herbal colonics, and there are absolutely no group hugs.

Fri, Nov 16 | 1:30PM to 5:00PM | 9.0 Mainpro+ | $495 tuition

“Empathy addiction” (Dubord, 2010) is a condition wherein the patient demands counterproductive levels of empathy. The underdiagnosis and mismanagement of empathy addiction is a leading cause of patient stagnation and physician dissatisfaction & burnout. 

Empathy addicts are earnest but misguided. Although most sincerely want to improve their lives, they put too much faith in “the drug called empathy” as a solution to their problems. Their pathogenic beliefs (cognogens) drive their empathy-seeking behaviors, compelling them to regularly elaborate (& re-elaborate) upon their multitudinous complaints. The result for physicians is a treadmill of emotionally-exhausting clinical encounters that never seem to progress. As a rule of thumb, if the sight of a given patient’s name on your schedule makes your heart sink, odds are high that patient suffers from an empathy addiction.

This workshop—vital to both patient care and physician well-being—begins with a review of the causes & consequences of empathy addiction. Iatrogenesis is a key discussion, because many well-meaning physicians have been inadvertently contributing to today's empathy addiction epidemic. Finally & most importantly, we review & practice concrete but sensitive medical CBT tools to motivate empathy-addicted patients to cut back on their complaining, and to take greater responsibility for their own health. 

NOTE:  This popular workshop has recently been revised & updated, and is now accredited for three-credits-per-hour.

Sat, Nov 17 | 8:30AM to 12:00PM | 9.0 Mainpro+ | $495 tuition

YES, "good enough" CBT can be integrated into ten-minute primary care appointments. In this three-credit-per-hour workshop, Dr. Greg Dubord and senior CBT Canada faculty teach you the essentials of a skill that may fundamentally change your management of many vexing behavioral problems.

You’ll learn flexible medical CBT tools to enhance your existing approaches to common psychiatric disorders (e.g., addictions, anxiety, depression), chronic medical conditions (e.g., asthma, diabetes, chronic pain), and disease risk factors (e.g., obesity, lack of exercise, poor stress management).

We examine how to pinpoint the pathogenic beliefs (cognogens) at the root of common emotional and behavioral problems. We continue on to explore the missing piece in most practices: the core clinical skill of persuasion.

Although every physician will reply that s/he knows persuasion is a core clinical skill, few can name and describe which specific tool(s) of persuasion they’re using at any given moment. The common consequences are patient stagnation and unnecessary physician frustration.

FMF began in 2000, and it has hosted this workshop every year since. Thanks to the kind and constructive feedback of physician attendees, it is now a mature offering.

Sat, Nov 17 | 1:30PM to 5:00PM | 9.0 Mainpro+ | $495 tuition

Most physicians have a sense of despair regarding the topic of suicidality. There is a widespread lack of confidence in screening, a deep uncertainty about how to manage the risk, and often a feeling of shame (accompanied by nasty self-criticism) when something Bad happens.

In this highly anxiolytic workshop, we begin with a review of the science and the clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) regarding suicide risk factors, suicide screening, and suicide-prevention interventions.

We then focus on what really matters: precisely what to say (and how to say it) in the here & now with the suicidal patient to reduce their motivation to act. Several dozen strategies are reviewed and practiced within the workshop.

After completing this module, many physicians report they wish they’d taken it at the start of their careers, asserting that they could have spared themselves a significant amount of stress & heartache.

NOTE:  This popular workshop has recently been revised & updated, and is now accredited for three-credits-per-hour.

Greg Dubord, MD is the head instructor for all workshops. Dr. Dubord has given over 500 CBT workshops—including over 50 for Family Medicine Forum—and is a recipient of the CME Teacher of the Year Award from the University of Toronto.

Cara Ferreira

FMF Registration Coordinator
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800.387.6197 x 800
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