BCCDC hosts public health rounds to encourage new ways of thinking, introduce new or updated ideas, generate discussion, and in some cases debate around important public health issues.
BCCDC Grand Rounds are a College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada CME accredited activity and are broadcast online.
These rounds must have educational value for the target audience, as identified by the Grand Rounds committee. Volunteers and suggestions from the BCCDC community are welcome, but need to be confirmed by the committee before scheduling.
Types of presentations that are relevant to Grand Rounds and eligible for CME credits include the following:
The Grand Rounds committee welcomes joint presentations between BCCDC and external speakers, research and service collaborations, and team presentations. All presentations need to provide learning objectives and include 10-15 minutes for questions from the audience.
10/31/2023
Doxycycline for bacterial STI prevention
Presenter: Dr. Troy Grennan, Physician Lead of the HIV/STI Program at the BC Centre for Disease Control, and a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of British Columbia.
10/26/2023
Annual respiratory season update: Observations from 2022/23 and early 2023/24 signals
Presenters: Dr. Aamir Bharmal, public health physician and the medical director of the Public Health Response Division at BCCDC & Dr. Marianne Boisvert Moreau, fellow at the
University of British Columbia.
10/24/2023
Preventing childhood asthma and allergy: the neglected impacts of antibiotic stewardship and human milk exposure in infants
Presenter: Dr. Hannah Lishman has spent the last eight years working in antimicrobial stewardship, completing her PhD at Imperial College London in 2019 and a UBC postdoctoral fellowship supervised by Dr. David Patrick at BCCDC in 2023.
The views of the presenters are not necessarily those of the BCCDC nor do they necessarily represent BCCDC policy. The official BCCDC policy on an issue can be found on the BCCDC website or by contacting
BCCDC (
admininfo@bccdc.ca).
Webcasting for Grand Rounds is generously supported by PHSA.
