Dr. Lydia Hatcher

Specialty:

Pain Management/Psychotherapy

About The Speaker

Dr. Hatcher has practiced for over 40 years and is semi-retired with a focused consulting practice in chronic pain and psychotherapy. She is an Associate Clinical Professor of Family Medicine both at McMaster University and Memorial University of Newfoundland. She is President of the Canadian Academy of Pain Management. She has a diplomates in pain management, health care administration and medical leadership.

She received the Canadian Psychiatric Association’s annual Mental Health Awareness Award and a fellowship from the College of Family Physicians of Canada. Dr. Hatcher lectures both nationally and internationally in many areas of, pain management, mental health and communication skills. As well, Dr Hatcher sits on several national advisory panels for the management of chronic pain.

Her hobbies are gardening, travel, fine wines, her grandchildren and keeping her husband on the straight and narrow.

Dr. Mitchell Shulman

Specialty:

Emergency Medicine

About The Speaker

Dr. Mitch Shulman (or “Dr Mitch” as he’s known to those who follow him on radio, TV and in print) has always loved teaching. He’s an Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at McGill and an attending physician in the emergencies of the 2 campuses of the McGill University Health System teaching medical students and residents. He has presented at McGill’s Thursday Evening Lecture series and its Lunchtime Webinars, at the McGill Refresher Course for Family Physicians and at many other professional meetings. He’s an ACLS Master Instructor. He’s also actively engaged in educating the public. He appears daily on Bell Media Radio, weekly on Global TV’s, Montreal This Morning and is an award-winning columnist with a weekly column in the largest English language weekly in Quebec, The Suburban. He volunteers his time speaking at many charitable events.

After completing his undergraduate training at Harvard, he came back home to Montreal to attend McGill Medical School and then did a residency in Emergency Medicine (where he was Chief Resident). He was among the first Royal College certified Emergency Medicine specialists (1983) and served as an examiner for the Royal College. He was acting Director of the Emergency Department and served as its Research Director. He’s been a community doc and an occupational health physician. Currently, as well as his emergency department clinical responsibilities, he also serves as a medical scientist on an ethics review committee and works at the McGill Student Health Center. His commitment to his community runs deep. He was its Medical Director responsible for First Response and coached hockey to the Junior level. He still refs local ice hockey and plays. His philosophy on teaching has always been that we all have valuable knowledge to share and so he sincerely looks forward to hearing from you as we share the learning at this Sea Courses event.

CME Topics

Emergency Medicine, Concussions, Sleep and Mood Disorders and Pain Management

Dr. Hatcher-

• Improve Your Communication Skills & Avoid Lawsuits
  • Review the benefits of clear communication, as well as the risks of poor communication
  • Discover appropriate communication techniques including therapeutic listening and goal setting
  • Develop effective communication strategies that lead to improved satisfaction and better outcomes
  • Managing the “Malignant” personality
• Health Care Concerns in Older Adults and Frail Patients
  • Manage lifestyle concerns in older (65+) adults and frail patients
  • Develop techniques to keep them active
  • Utilize safer medication options in these cohorts
• Mood disorders – what to do!!
  • Integrate new knowledge in managing patients with these disorders by diagnosing earlier and treating more effectively
  • Review and discuss current pharmacological treatment options
  • Explore current non-pharmacological treatment options
• Managing Sleep Disorders: Insomnia to Narcolepsy
  • Define and explain common sleep problems
  • Apply sleep hygiene techniques
  • Use evidence based decisions when considering:
    • Non pharmaceutical management
    • Pharmaceutical management
• How to diminish the Ow! - Early and Safe Management of Pain
  • Recognize and explain the current perceptions and experience of pain
  • Apply and integrate safer, evidence-based treatment approaches to manage acute and chronic pain (non-palliative) and opioid use
  • Utilize newer non-pharmacological and pharmacological treatment options

• Central and Peripheral Sensitization Syndromes: How to Manage
  • Explain the known mechanisms of pain of C/PSS.
  • Describe current diagnostic criteria C/PSS and FM
  • Describe practical tips for helping your patients with C/PSS
  • Discuss medication options for C/PSS

Dr. Shulman-

• Concussion: It’s Not Just About Athletes
  • Cite the causes and pathophysiology of concussion
  • Examine situations where concussions can occur without direct trauma to the head
  • Review the logic behind the guidelines on management of concussion and how to apply them

• Office Emergencies: Do You Know What To Do? 
  • Illustrate how to deal with medical emergencies (such as syncope)
  • List how to stock / equip your office for emergencies
  • Examine how  to prepare for disruptions to your practice caused by natural and man-made disasters
  • Illustrate how to protect your patients and your staff in the era of Covid

• Dr Google Says…. A guide to how the Internet and social media can affect your practice of medicine
  • Identify how patients use the internet
  • Examine how you can use the Internet safely and ethically in your practice
  • Explore the laws relating to and learn how best to handle being recorded and recording your own patient interactions
  •  Illustrate some interesting medical stories from the Internet

• In-Flight Medical Emergencies: Is There A Doctor On Board?
  • Cite the special aspects of air travel that can create medical emergencies
  • Explore how to manage medical emergencies on board an airplane
  • Discuss the laws and liability issues

• Basic & Advanced Cardiac Life Support:  Latest Updates: What Do They Mean For Me and My Patients? 
  • Review the BCLS and ACLS algorhythms and the most recent updates
  • Cite the algorhythms
  • Review how to practically apply them
  • Illustrate how our experience with Covid-19 has modified our practice

• Emergency Procedures For Non-Emergency Docs: Tricks to Help You Manage The “Crashing” Patient
  • Illustrate how to do venous cut-downs and intra-osseous lines
  • Cite common problems using chest tubes
  • Examine how to use glue safely and effectively
  • Illustrate how to get extra doses of adrenalin from an Epipen.