Welcome and Land Acknowledgement
Dr. Kathleen Ross — President, Doctors of BC, Vancouver
Allan P. Seckel, QC — CEO, Doctors of BC, Vancouver
Regulation of the Medical and Legal Professions: Trends in Professional Regulation
- regulation of professionals
- registration, standards, investigation, and discipline
- recent challenges
- future outlook
Graeme Keirstead — Chief Legal Counsel, College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC, Vancouver
Natasha Dookie — Chief Legal Officer, Law Society of BC, Vancouver
Meta-Cognition and Better Decision-Making
- cognitive errors and failed diagnosis
- assumptions that lead to traps
- meeting the challenge of decision-making under adverse conditions
- fixing the problems
Dr. Pat Croskerry — Director, Critical Thinking Program, Dalhousie University Medical School, Halifax
Break
RoadSafetyBC Updates
- driver medical fitness in BC
- human rights and legal framework
- next steps with driver medical fitness
- drugs and driving
- an update on the drugs and driving initiative (new 90 day ADPs)
- alcohol versus drugs: challenges and opportunities for detecting impairment at roadside
Darrion Campbell — Director, Driver Fitness and Client Services, RoadSafetyBC, Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General, Victoria
Concussion and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Best Practices and Return to Work, School and Sport Environments
- return to work
- become aware of common symptoms following MTBI that may impact return to work
- become aware of long term consequences of MTBI that may affect employability
- be introduced to strategies for dealing with short and long term occupational issues
- return to learn/play
- become aware of some of the challenges surrounding youth concussions
- be introduced to strategies for supporting return to school and learning
- be introduced to strategies to promote safe return to sport participation
Dr. Shelina Babul — Director, CHIRPP, BC Children’s Hospital, Vancouver
Dr. David A. Brooks — Physician and Surgeon, Gabriola
Networking Lunch (provided)
Medico-Legal Reports: Bridging Medicine and Law
- what lawyers want doctors to know
- What doctors want lawyers to know
- best practices and making it work for everyone—especially the patient/client
Dr. Hugh Anton — Clinical Professor, UBC Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vancouver
Manjit K. Grewal — Alexander Holburn Beaudin & Lang LLP, Vancouver
Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID): The Patient's Journey
- patient experiences with health care decision-making
- patient experiences with legal decision-making
- overcoming common challenges
Dr. Melanie L. Brown — Medical Director, Fraser Health Renal Program, New Westminster
Melissa Perry — Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Vancouver
Break
Cannabis in Canada: A Medicine and Law Update
- the legal framework for medical cannabis—a short history
- the new legal landscape of edibles, topicals, and extracts
- the current state of medical cannabis
- the future outlook for medical cannabis
John W. Conroy, QC — Conroy & Company, Abbottsford
Dr. Pippa Hawley — Medical Director, Provincial Pain & Symptom Management/Palliative Care Program, BC Cancer, Vancouver
Closing Remarks
Dr. Kathleen Ross — President, Doctors of BC, Vancouver
Allan P. Seckel, QC — CEO, Doctors of BC, Vancouver