Dr. Mel Borins

Specialty:

Family Medicine

About The Speaker

Dr. Mel Borins is a Family Physician in private practice. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto and on courtesy staff at St. Joseph’s Health Centre. He is a Fellow of the CFPC and has been the Course Director of  “Counselling and Psychotherapy-a Five Weekend Program” at the University of Toronto for the past 18 years.

He is author of the books “Go Away Just for the Health of It”, “An Apple a Day- a Holistic Health Primer”, “A Doctor’s Guide to Alternative Medicine-What Works, What Doesn’t and Why”, “Photos and Songs of a Pronoic Physician” and “I Hate to Wash” . Dr. Borins has lectured in Canada, U.S.A., India, Japan, Indonesia, China, Taiwan, Korea, Sri Lanka and New Zealand on health and healing.

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CME Topics

Dr. Borins-

• GRIEF COUNSELLING
  • Identify patients who are grieving and become aware of their own grief
  • Able to identify which patients do so poorly.
  • Explore specific strategies to help patients work through the grieving process.

• LAUGHTER IS THE JEST MEDICINE
  • Examine the physiology of laughter
  • Explore how to apply laughter in a clinical setting and in their personal lives

• RELAXATION TECHNIQUES
  • Examine a relaxation technique that they can apply in their personal lives and teach patients in the office
  • Discuss the importance of applying relaxation techniques for anxiety and sleep disorders

• SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT FOR COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE
  • Cite which alternative medicine practices are safe and supported by science
  • Be better able to talk to their patients when they inquire about alternative practices and how to document the discussion and recommendations
  • Examine  which randomly assigned double blind controlled trials show that many complementary treatments are supported by science.

• DEALING WITH THE DIFFICULT DOCTOR PATIENT RELATIONSHIP
  • Identify patient encounters that cause frustration in your practice
  • Explore  an approach to managing difficult patient encounters
  • Cite  two skills that you will try out in your practice over the next five weeks

• GO AWAY JUST FOR THE HEALTH OF IT
  • Cite  the importance of vacations and leisure time for your own health as well as the health of your patients
  • Review how vacations can be an important tool in avoiding burnout and in reducing stress
  • Discover how vacations and time off allow more opportunity for education, self-growth and improving relationships

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