TIBDN Education Day 2012

This year's TIBDN Education Day will be held on Friday, November 16, 2012 at the Central Public Health Laboratory Auditorium (81 Resources Road) and Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute Research Auditorium (St. Michael’s Hospital). The education days are open to all Microbiology, Infection Control, Public Health and Infectious Disease staff - everyone is welcome. TIBDN Education Day is our way of saying thank you for helping us with our surveillance research. Both days will include series of talks on infectious diseases and TIBDN updates and plans.

Please see attached files for information and details:

• Registration Form (Please RSVP by Nov. 23rd, Friday) via fax 416-586-3140 or email @ tibdn@mtsinai.on.ca
• Agenda for Nov. 16th - Central Public Health Laboratory Auditorium
• Agenda for Nov. 28th - Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute Research Auditorium (St. Michael’s Hospital)

Some Handouts

• MALDI ToF Implementation – Why? (9:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Nov. 28th)
  Mr. Simon Rattenbury
  Head-Microbiology, The Royal Free NHS Trust, London
• MRSA pneumonia in Canadian Hospitals (10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Nov. 28th)
  Dr. Manal Tadros
  Microbiology Resident, University of Toronto, Toronto
• Illness in returned Canadian travelers (11:25 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Nov. 28th)
  Dr. Andrea Boggild
  Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
  Division of Infectious Diseases, University Health Network
• Map and direction for Nov. 16th Central Public Health
• Map and direction for Nov. 28th Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute Research Auditorium
• Evaluation Forms: Nov. 16th, 2012 (for remote participants)
• Evaluation Forms: Nov. 28th, 2012 (for remote participants)
Please post these in your work area.

1. OTN (Ontario Telemedicine Network) VIDEO CONFERENCE participation for Nov. 28th, 2012:

   If you would like to participate in this event via videoconference, please contact your Site Coordinator to reserve a room and equipment that is videoconference enabled.

   If you are videoconference-enabled, please self-register for the event on NCompass https://schedule.otn.ca/tsm/logon/get.do (your Telemedicine Coordinator can help you). The event ID# is 24226139.

2. OTN (Ontario Telemedicine Network) WEB CAST LIVE participation for Nov. 28th, 2012:

   If you are unable to watch this event by videoconference, you can still view it on the Internet. Go to http://webcast.otn.ca; select "Public" and "Live" and then enter the event ID# 24226139 or look for TIBDN Education Day.
   
   The event will also be archived on http://webcast.otn.ca about ten days afterward.

   Archived webcast now available  

   • Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
   • Friday, November 18th, 2011

Thank you!

If you missed 2011's talks, we have some of the talks online. Please visit our Education Section to listen to our talks or click on the links below.

TIBDN Annual Updates

• 2011 Update by Dr. Allison McGeer
• 2010 Update by Dr. Allison McGeer
• 2009 Update by Dr. Allison McGeer
• 2008 Update by Dr. Allison McGeer
• 2006 Update by Dr. Allison McGeer
• 2005 Update by Dr. Allison McGeer

TIBDN Education Day talks now available online

If you have been unable to attend the TIBDN Education Day lectures in previous years, we have made these talks available online. Most talks are multimedia presentations using Flash and MP3 encoded audio. Click here to download the latest free version of Adobe Flash Player®.

• Video Presentations from Fall 2011 TIBDN Education Days
• Video Presentations from Fall 2010 TIBDN Education Days
• Video Presentations from Fall 2009 TIBDN Education Days
• Video Presentations from Fall 2008 TIBDN Education Days
• Video Presentations from Fall 2007
• Presentations with audio from Fall 2006
• Presentations with audio from Fall 2005
• Presentations with audio from November 2004
• Presentations with audio from December 2003
• Presentations with audio from March 2003

TIBDN Newsletters 

• Volume 4, Issue 2: January 2010: - English | Français
  - Appendix / FAQs - English | Français
• Volume 4, Issue 1: November 2009: - English | Français
• Volume 3, Issue 1: December 2002
• Volume 2, Issue 1: December 2001
• Volume 1, Issue 3: February 2001
• Flu and U Newsletter: December 1999