Poison and Drug Information Service (PADIS)

Conference Page Access

Saturday, November 4

The Poison and Drug Information Service (PADIS) has a conference page. An ECME profile is required to access the page.

Get started by selecting an option below:

Access Form for New ECME Users

"*" indicates required fields

Name*
Email*
Usernames cannot be changed
Password*

Additional Identifiers

Optional - University of Calgary ID Number. If you have a UCID, please enter it in this field. If you do not have a UCID, please keep this field empty
Optional - Please select a provider from the list if you have filled out the professional designation number field
Optional - Number from Professional Designation provider such as CFPC or RCPSC (Please specify below)

Location

Please select your province if you reside in Canada. If you live in the United States or Internationally, please select those options in the dropdown
Please enter your Canadian, United States, or international postal/ZIP code

Community Size*
Specify the community size in which you practice
Profession*
After clicking 'Submit', you will be automatically logged in and redirected to the '2023 PADIS' Page. Please refresh the page if you do not automatically have access to the content.
After submitting the form, if you get an error message that your email address has already been used, it means you already have an ECME profile. In this case, follow the steps for existing ECME users to re-submit the self-enrollment form.

Access Form for Returning ECME Users

Please Note: You will not see a link to the virtual conference page on your ‘My Courses’ page until you complete the steps below.

  1. Complete the Returning ECME Users form to get access to the virtual conference page.

If you’ve lost your password, use the “Lost your password?” link on the login page. You will receive an email with a link to reset it. Be sure to check your spam folder if it does not appear in your inbox.

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Personal Development

Examples of personal development include:

  • “Set personal goals with my leader when completing my annual review and teaching evaluations to improve my communication and teamwork”

  • “Set personal goals when debriefed following a 360 evaluation to improve my leadership ability”

  • “Reflect on and make changes to improve my work life balance after completion of a burn out assessment”

  • “Reflect and set SMART goals based on feedback from patient surveys to enhance my communication skills”

Quality improvement activity

Quality improvement activity examples:

  • CPSA Group Practice Review (GPR)

  • CPSA Patient Record Content Review – Physician Self-Review or Peer Review

  • CPSA Standard of Practice Review – Referral Consultation

Quality improvement methods

Quality improvement methods are processes used to assess data, identify gaps, develop an action plan for change and measure whether those changes produce the desired improvements. For example:

  • PDSA (Plan Do Study Act)
  • Lean
  • Six Sigma
  • Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Model for Improvement
  • Evidence-based Practice for Improving Quality (EPIQ)
  • Federation of Medical Regulatory Authorities of Canada (FMRAC) Physician Practice Improvement cycle
  • Alberta Health Services (AHS) Improvement Way

Data

  • Performance data

  • Screening data

  • Adherence to reporting standards

  • Feedback data from teaching

  • Patient outcomes data

  • Audit of processes of clinical care

  • Health Quality Council of Alberta (HQCA) data

  • Electronic Medical Record (EMR) data

  • MD Snapshot