Dr. Brynlea Barbeau

Specialty:

Family Medicine

About The Speaker

Dr. Barbeau completed a B.A. at the University of Western Ontario, M.Sc.(A) at McGill University and her MD at McMaster.  She attended NOFM for her Family Medicine Residency.  She has worked in a number of primary care models including FHG, RNPGA, FHO and more recently a FHT (Family Health Team).  She currently is the Lead Physician for the Sault FHO and has a full-time family practice.  She has also worked in Addiction Medicine for the last 8 years and is one of four physicians at the local RAAM clinic.   She has serviced as head of Service for Addiction Medicine at the Sault Area Hospital (SAH), is currently a member of the Department of Mental Health and Addictions as well as the Medical Director for the SACC (Sexual Assault and Care Clinic).  She is currently Treasurer for the Medical Staff Executive.  Dr. Barbeau teaches medical students and residents and is an Assistant Professor at NOSM.  She is very passionate about her work in Addiction Medicine and Concurrent Disorders and is involved in presentations and research in the area.

Dr. Ted Jablonski

Specialty:

Transgender Health & Sexual Medicine

About The Speaker

Dr. Ted Jablonski is an award-winning teaching family physician based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. In addition to family medicine, he is the provincial lead for trans health specialist link/e-referral, lead medical consultant to Skipping Stone Foundation and cancer survivor OASIS sexual health program. He is medical director of Jablonski Health doing consultant work in sexual and transgender medicine for Southern Alberta for over two decades. Ted is a sought-after speaker, trainer, media spokesperson and educator with many conference, radio, television and video credits. He is consistently amongst the highest rated speakers at the annual CFP Family Medical Forum.

 

Ted successfully ran, cycled and spoke across Canada in 2010 to raise awareness of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and the stigma of mental illness. “Dr j” continues to moonlight as a multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter with 10 indie CD releases, is an award-winning medical blog writer for The Medical Post, published author and passionate emerging playwright.

CME Topics

Dr. Barbeau -

• Identify adult ADHD in a family practice setting and to develop treatment strategies for those patients.

• Screen for AUD in family practice and to review medications and strategies use to treat AUD

• Discuss the opioid epidemic, to identify OUD and discuss current treatment practices

• Review the incidence and prevalence of anxiety and depression in primary care and to review augmentation strategies when first line approaches do not cause remission

• Review the definition, treatment strategies and discuss the impact of legalization in Canada

• Provide an overview of physician health and wellness and to develop strategies to prevent physician burnout

Dr. Jablonski-

1. Transforming your practice: The Basics of Transgender Medicine

• Define “transgender”, the basics of transgender medicine and its challenges
• Select appropriate language and terminology in LGBTQ+ population
• Outline some of the political and legal aspects of gender / gender markers

2. It’s All About the Hormones: A Review of Medical Transition 

• Recall the basic science underpinning feminizing and masculinizing gender hormonal transition
• Recall the pharmacologic options including dosing and routes of administration
• Plan an approach to prescribing cross sex hormones in the context of various medial co-morbidities

3. Give & Take: The Evolving World of Transgender Surgery

• Recall the surgical options available for FTM (Female to Male) transition
• Recognize the surgical options available for MTF (Male to Female) transition
• Identify the basics re public funding / private funding in Canada

4. What’s UP and COMING - Men’s Sexual Health Update 

• Plan an approach to Sexual Medicine in primary care / specialty medicine
• Manage key topics in Male sexual health
• Recall a few unique “what’s in the news / hot button” sexual health issues

5. Masculine Medicine – Putting the T Back in Testosterone

• Recognize symptomatic hypogonadism and its frequency
• Explore the approach to the diagnosis of Testosterone Deficiency Syndrome (TDS)
• Recall all Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) options, safety and appropriate follow –up

6. Getting interested and aroused - Women’s Sexual Health Update 

• Plan an approach to female sexual response and dysfunctions
• Manage key topics in Female sexual health
• Recall a few unique “what’s in the news / hot button” sexual health issues