Courses / Le cours
Wednesday 21 June / Mercredi, 21 juin
1300-1430
PowerPoint for Physicians - Introduction
Convenor: B. Hurley
Location: Harbour C
Participants must bring their own laptops (loaded with PowerPoint) to participate in this course.
This course is designed to introduce individuals to the use of MS PowerPoint to create multi-media oral presentations. Previous experience with PowerPoint is not required to participate in the course. Specific examples will be used to demonstrate how many of the basic features of PowerPoint may be used to produce effective oral presentations. Opportunity will be provided for all in attendance to gain hands-on experience using PowerPoint on their own computer. Time will be dedicated to addressing specific questions that arise during the workshop.
RESIDENTS' PROGRAM
1300-1500
Starting your Medical Practice
Convenor: B. Cummings Speaker profile
Location: Pier 4
This session provides specialty residents with all the basic principles involved in starting up a practice. Residents will learn:
- How to establish one's professional team
- How to evaluate practice options
- The essentials in setting up a medical practice
- Appointment schedule and communication systems
- Requirements for licensing and billing
- Staffing and human resources issues
- Guidelines for medical records
- The uses of computer systems in current medical practice
- Legal issues including association and partnership agreements
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How to market one's practice
1500-1630
PowerPoint for Physicians - Advanced Techniques
Convenor: B. Hurley
Location: Harbour C
Participants must bring their own laptops (loaded with PowerPoint) to participate in this course.
This course is designed to review advanced techniques for MS PowerPoint presentations that would be of interest individuals with previous experience using PowerPoint. A brief introduction will be given outlining recent improvements in PowerPoint. Specific examples will be provided to demonstrate how easy it is to use multi-media custom animation effects to make PowerPoint even more powerful, bringing oral presentations to life and improving their effect on the audience. Opportunity will be provided for all in attendance to gain hands-on experience using these techniques. Ample time will be dedicated to addressing specific questions that arise during the workshop.
1530-1615
Negotiating Your Way to Vocational Satisfaction
Location: Pier 4
This session will teach residents how to better prepare for a negotiation, how to identify opportunities for expanding the range of negotiation and how to initiate trade-offs that benefit both sides. Residents will become more confident with their negotiating skills and more comfortable with the negotiation process. The session will specifically:
- Examine some basic principles of negotiation
- Identify irrational tendencies that commonly arise in negotiations
- Discuss specific tactics and strategies for improving negotiation skills
- Examine the three stages of negotiation: preparation, bargaining, and settlement
1615-1700
Tax Implications for the Ophthalmology Resident
This session will provide an introduction to the implications and benefits for incorporation, tax implications of practice, employee versus self-proprietor, deductible and non-deductible expenses.
1700-1830
Residents and COS Board of Directors Reception
Convenor: Sherif El-Defrawy
Location: President's Suite
All resident attendees are invited to the President's Suite
The Canadian Orthoptic Society Workshops
Wednesday 21 June / Mercredi, 21 juin
1300-1400
1415-1515
1530-1630
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