12-Night Morocco CME AWAY® Land Tour

Land Tour

Pain Management

From November 22nd, 2021 - December 5th, 2021

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Faculty & CME Details
Venue Information
Itinerary & Schedule
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Faculty & CME Details

Dr. Roman Jovey

Specialty:

Chronic Pain Management

About The Speaker

Dr. Jovey, a family physician and emergency physician for 20 years, closed his practice in 1999, to focus on his twin interests of chronic pain management and addiction medicine. From 1991 – 2014 he was the Physician Director of the Credit Valley Hospital, Addictions and Concurrent Disorders Centre. Since 2005 he has been the Medical Director at CPM Centres for Pain Management, the largest, outpatient chronic pain management organization in Canada. He is also a staff physician at the Michael G. DeGroote Pain Clinic at Hamilton Health Sciences Centre in Hamilton. He is a Past-President of the Canadian Pain Society, a medico-legal expert for the Canadian Medical Protective Association and a provincial Coroner. For over 30 years, Dr. Jovey has been treating patients with chronic non-cancer pain in an outpatient practice setting. He has presented educational workshops and seminars on pain to health care professionals in Canada and internationally.

CME Topics

Rheumatology & Pain Management

Dr. Jovey

Practical Pain Assessment
Pain Assessment – Physical Examination
Screening for Psychosocial Risk Factors in Patients with Pain
Non-Pharmacological Treatment of Pain - Physical and Psychological Approaches
Optimizing Non-Opioid Pharmacotherapy for Pain
The Controversial Role of Cannabinoids in Pain Treatment
Safe Opioid Prescribing – The 2017 Canadian Opioid Guidelines
An Exit Strategy for Opioids – When, Why, How
Putting Learning into Practice - Managing Challenging Cases of Persistent Pain

This course is designed for family physicians, specialists, and allied health care professionals. The aim is to provide evidence-based material, as well as practical and relevant clinical pearls that will be easy to implement into one’s own medical practice. Conference attendees will be invited to complete a pre-course Needs Assessment to assist the faculty with the development of their presentations.

Conference Tuition	Price
FP	$1295
Specialist	$1295
Resident, Retired, NP, RN, PA, Other	$1095

Conference Tuition	Book Before January 1st, 1970	Book After January 1st, 1970
FP	$1145	$1295
Specialist	$1145	$1295
Resident, Retired, NP, RN, PA, Other	$945	$1095

Venue Information

Morocco, known as the land of the distant sunset, is bound to charm the most demanding of travellers. From storytellers to snake charmers, from Berber artists to contemporary fashion designers, the Kingdom of Morocco opens its heart to anyone who will listen, wander through its streets and grab one of the outstretched hands.

Nonstop roundtrip airfare options available from Montreal to Casablanca on Air Canada.

Additional Noteworthy Features

What's Included?

12 nights of accommodations, with breakfast daily
8 dinners and 3 lunches, as per itinerary
12 days of touring in a private, air-conditioned bus with a licensed, English-speaking guide
Entrance fees, as per itinerary
Sunrise camel trek in the Sahara Desert
Private group transfers, as per the itinerary
Unlimited bottled water on the bus
Baggage handling at airports and hotels
Service fees and local taxes
Tips for driver, guide, restaurants and hotels. Any additional tips are at your own discretion.

What's Not Included?

Meals except where indicated
Drinks of any kind at lunches and dinners, unless otherwise noted
Personal expenses
Travel Insurance, highly recommended

Click here to watch an exciting video about Morocco! The UNESCO World Heritage site of Ait Ben Haddou is an exceptionally well-preserved example of the ksars (fortified villages) of southern Morocco. Ait Ben Haddou is located in Ouarzazate province, which is also known as the center of the Moroccan film industry. Click here to read about Ait Ben Haddou. The "Blue Village" of Chefchaouen is tucked into an idyllic valley in the Rif Mountains of northwestern Morocco. It's known as the Blue City because, well, because it's blue. Walls, doors, shutters, even some of the cobbled streets are washed in shades of blue. Click here to read about Chefchaouen. Gnawa musicians play three-string lutes known as a guembri. Gnawa is the mystical form of Islam practiced by the descendants of enslaved, black Africans brought to Morocco in the 16th century. Music is integral to Gnawa ritual. Click here to read about Gnawa music. The Sahara Desert! This is the Erg Chebi, a sea of sand dunes where we set up traditional desert camps for our travelers. Two of our published tours include an overnight in the desert, as well as a short camel trek in the dunes. Click here to read about camel riding in the Sahara Desert. / Click here to read about a night in the Sahara Desert. The leather tanneries of the Fez medina are an interesting, if smelly, diversion. Much of the processing of the hides is done in the open air and can be viewed from the balconies of the surrounding leather shops. Click here to read about the Fez tannery experience.

Itinerary & Schedule

Date	Location	Notes / CME Details
November 22nd	Casablanca
November 23rd	Casablanca	8:30 am—12:00 pm
November 24th	Casablanca	7:30 am—8:30 am; 2:30 pm—6:30 pm
November 25th	Fes
November 26th	Fes	3:00 pm—6:00 pm
November 27th	Fes	3:00 pm—6:00 pm
November 28th	Merzouga / Berber Camp
November 29th	Ouarzazate
November 30th	Marrakech
December 1st	Marrakech	8:00 am—12:15 pm
December 2nd	Marrakech
December 3rd	Marrakech
December 4th	Marrakech
December 5th	Marrakech/Casablanca

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Pre-And-Post Trip Information

There are no Sea Courses pre or post tours for this CME AWAY. Please click here to design your own!