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Alberta Psychiatric Association
Mental Health and Resilience
Scientific Conference and Annual General Meeting
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Conference Program
March 19 – 22, 2015
The Rimrock Resort Hotel, Banff, Alberta
Hawthorn C
Psychiatry at the Movies:
"Happiness, Meaning and
Work" - Dr. Janet de Groot and
Dr. Elizabeth Wallace
Registration/Information Desk Open (Wildrose Prefunction)
Hot Breakfast Buffet (Salon A/B)
Breakfast Symposium (Salon A/B)
"PharmacoKinetics for Physicians and Klinicians" - Dr. Ric Procyshyn, University of British Columbia
Keynote Speaker (Salon C)
"Stories, Reflection and the Development of the Empathic Self: The Family Centered Experience Program" - Dr. Arno Kumagai, University of Michigan
Refreshment Break (Wildrose Prefunction)
Keynote Speaker (Salon C)
"Hearing Voices: Recovery and Discovery" - Dr. Eleanor Longden, University of Liverpool
CPA CPD Institute Lunch Symposium (Salon A/B)
Topic and Speaker TBC
Greetings and Welcoming Remarks from His Honour, Col. (Ret'd) the Honourable Donald S. Ethell, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
Keynote Speaker (Salon C)
"Mental Health Commission of Canada: Stigma and Research, How the Truth Shall Set us Free" - Dr. Rivian Weinerman and Dr. Scott Patten
Keynote Speaker
"Case Formulation in
Keynote Speaker (Salon C)
Children and Youth:
"Truth and Reconciliation: What Role can Psychiatry Play in
Attending to Strength as
Improving the Mental Wellness of the Indigenous Peoples
well as Difficulty"
of Canada" - Dr. Caroline Tait, University of Saskatchewan
- Dr. Katherina Manassis,
University of Toronto
20:00 - 22:00
07:00 - 17:00
07:30 - 08:00
08:00 - 09:00
09:00 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:30
10:30 - 11:30
11:30 - 12:35
12:45 - 13:00
13:00 - 14:00
14:00 - 15:00
"Billing for Alberta Health Care Services - How to Bill
Effectively" - Marilyn Kroon and Dr. Roger Rampling
Family Fun Night
Resident's Reception (Yarrow Room)
Registration/Information Desk Open (Wildrose Prefunction)
Hot Buffet Breakfast (Salon A/B)
16:30 - 18:00
18:30 - 22:00
21:30 - 24:00
07:00 - 16:00
07:30 -08:00
Yarrow
Laurel
"Creating Connections:
Alberta's Addiction and
Mental Health Strategy"
- Dr. Laura Calhoun,
Alberta Health Services
Saturday, March 21, 2015
"'D' is for Defence
Mitigating Medicolegal
Risk in Psychiatry" - Dr.
Tim Zmijowskyj, CMPA
Keynote Speaker (Salon C)
"The Role of Metabolomics in the Diagnosis and the Mechanistic Understanding of Psychiatric Disease Symptoms and Pathology" - Dr. Dayan Goodenowe, Phenomenome
Discoveries
SCAP Annual General Meeting
15:30 - 16:30
Refreshment Break (Wildrose Prefunction)
SCAP Meet 'n' Greet
15:00 - 15:30
CPA CPD Institute
Topic and Speaker TBC
Friday, March 20, 2015
President's Welcome Reception
19:00 - 20:00
"The Mindful Physician:
Mindfulness in Practice
and at Home" - Jaleh
Shahin 20:00 - 21:00
Dinner Symposium (Salon A/B)
Antipsychotics: What’s New? What's Different? What's Next? - Dr. Leslie Citrome, New York Medical College
APA Executive Meeting
18:00 - 19:00, 20:00 - 22:00
Bluebell
18:00 - 19:30
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Hawthorn B
Registration/Information Desk Open (Wildrose Prefunction)
Hawthorn A
17:00 - 19:00
Salon C
CPA CPD Institute Lunch Symposium (Salon A/B)
Topic and Speaker TBC
10:30 - 12:00
12:00 - 13:30
"Temperamental Tides:
Suicidality in Borderline
Personality Disorder" - Dr.
Olivia Duffy
"Vitamin B12 Deficiency:
A Case Report and Review
of Neuropsychiatric
Consequences" - Dr. Rita
Watterson
"Psychobiotics: Probiotics as
an Adjunctive Treatment to
Depression" - Dr. Andrea Yu
Refreshment Break (Wildrose Prefunction)
15:10 - 15:30
15:30 - 15:50
15:30 - 16:10
"ADHD in Post-Secondary
Students" - Dr. Wallace
Smart
"Psychiatric Consultations in
the Pediatric Emergency
Department: A Retrospective
Analysis of Consultation
Characteristics Over a 12Month Period at the Stollery
Emergency Department in
Edmonton, Alberta"
- Dr. Gloria Lee
"Placebos, Reassurance
and Self-Compassion"
- Dr. Richard Hibbard
"Increased Bone Stability in
an Aripiprazole Add-On or
Switching Study" - Dr. Rohit
Lodhi
14:50 - 15:10
"Feedback NOT Friendly
Fire: Developing an
Approach in Medical
Education" - Dr. Jordan
Cohen
"Clinical Complexities of
FTD: Overlapping
Neurological Disease and
the Role of the C9ORF72
Gene Mutation"
- Dr. Sarah Tymchuk
"A Retrospective Study on
Absconding Patients from a
Psychiatric Hospital in Alberta,
Canada" - Dr. Dharini
Maheswaran
"How Metaphor Creates
an Environment
Supporting Complex
Adaptive Change in
Psychotherapy" - Dr. J.
Rowan Scott
"A Variant in COMT is
Associated with SubstanceInduced Psychosis" - Dr.
Katherine Aitchison
"Current Knowledge of
Children's Understanding
of Death and Dying" - Dr.
Katherine Fleming
"Parity and Parenting in
Methadone Maintenance:
Who Looks After the
Children" - Dr. Kim Wolff
"Medical Students Love
Psychiatry 'Zebras' - Are
They a Distraction or a Good
Bait?" - Dr. Ron Oswald
"Genetics of Suicide" - Dr.
Salim Hamid
14:30 - 14:50
"The ASCP Model
Psychopharmacology
Curriculum - a
Psychopharmacology
Teaching Tool" - Dr.
Thomas Raedler
"Who Wants to Get Sued? An
In-Depth Analysis of
Complaints Against
Psychiatrists in Alberta from
1990 - 2013"
- Dr. Raheel Syed
"The Modern Bully: Bullying
in the 21st Century" - Dr.
Sudhakar Sivapalan
14:10 - 14:30
"Complex Adaptive
Systems: Nonlinear
Dynamics in Psychiatry
and Psychotherapy" - Dr.
Yakov Shapiro
"The Role of Pharmacological
Agents with Anti-Inflammatory
Properties in the Treatment of
Major Depressive Disorder"
- Dr. Catherine Cheng
"Women Who Kill Their
Children and the Role of
Mental Illness as a
Contributing Factor" - Dr.
Jan Banasch
"Glycine Reuptake Inhibitors
in the Treatment of Negative
Symptoms of Schizophrenia"
- Dr. Reji Thomas
13:50 - 14:10
"Combination of
Clozapine with LongActing Injectable
Antipsychotics in
Treatment Resistant
Schizophrenia:
Preliminary Evidence from
Health Care Utilization
Indices" - Dr. Rachel
Grimminck
"Depression as a
Predictor of Survival, PostOperative Treatment
Adherence and PostOperative Functional
Performance in Head and
Neck Cancer" - Dr. Jace
Dergousoff
13:30 - 13:50
"Using Literature to Teach
the Past, Present and Future
Phenomenology of
Schizophrenia in the Cultural
Context" - Dr. Ron Oswald
"Fatigue Risk Management
Amongst University of Calgary
Resident Physicians" - Dr.
Kimberly Williams
"Violent Video Games:
Fostering Aggressive,
Antisocial and Destructive
Behaviour?" - Dr. Marko
Tymchak
Resident Presentations
"Stories of Strength and
Flexibility: Narrating
Resilience in Medicine" - Dr.
Lara Hazelton, Dalhousie
University
Workshops
Refreshment Break (Wildrose Prefunction)
10:00 - 10:30
"Teaching for Social Justice
in Medical Education: A
Hedgehog's View"
- Dr. Arno Kumagai
Keynote Speaker (Salon C)
"Teaching and Learning Resilience: Models, Metaphors, and Mountain Climbing" - Dr. Lara Hazelton, Dalhousie University
09:00 - 10:00
"Resilience Across the
Career Span: A Panel
Discussion" - Dr. Vincent
Hanlon, Dr. Vera Krejcik,
Dr. Gord Kelly and Dr.
Paul Stenerson
Breakfast Symopsium (Salon A/B)
"Optimizing Outcomes in Early Phase Psychosis" - Dr. Philip Tibbo, Dalhousie University
08:00 - 09:00
2015 Conference Program Continued...
16:10 - 17:10
Section of General Psychiatry and APA Annual General Meeting (Salon C)
18:30 - 24:00
President's Gala (Salon A/B)
Sunday, March 22, 2015
07:00 -12:00
Information Desk Open (Wildrose Prefunction)
08:00 - 08:30
Continental Breakfast (Salon A/B)
08:30 - 10:30
APA Annual General Meeting (Salon C)
10:30 - 11:00
Refreshment Break (Wildrose Prefunction)
11:00 - 12:00
APA Annual General Meeting Continued (Salon C)
2015 APA Conference Sponsors
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Sponsor
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2015 APA
Conference
Exhibitors
Exhibitor
Booth #
Alberta Psychiatric Association Foundation
5
Apotex Incorporated
3
Janssen-Ortho Inc.
14
Lundbeck Canada Inc.
17
MD Physician Services Inc.
10
Mylan12
Otsuka15
Otsuka and Lundbeck Alliance 16
Physician and Family Support Program
9
Physician Learning Program
2
Shire Canada Inc.
7
2015 APA Conference Committee:
Dr. Thomas Raedler - APA President
Dr. Dianne Maier - Conference Chair
Dr. Katherine Aitchison - Scientific Co-Chair, University of Alberta
Dr. Janet de Groot - Scientific Co-Chair, University of Calgary
Dr. Wallace Smart - SCAP Representative
Dr. Sarah Tymchuk - Resident Representative, University of Alberta
Dr. Mike Szymczakowski - Resident Rep, University of Calgary
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ROOM REQUEST FORM
Alberta Psychiatric Association Conference & AGM
March 19-23, 2015
NAME OF PERSON REQUESTING ROOMS: (please print)
LAST NAME
FIRST NAME
STREET ADDRESS/BOX NUMBER
CITY
PROVINCE
POSTAL CODE
PHONE NUMBER
FAX NUMBER
EMAIL
Date of Arrival __________________
Date of Departure ____________________
Total # of Rooms Required ________
CONFERENCE RATES (Room portion only)
Standard 2 Queens (Obstructed View):
Premium 2 Queens (Valley View):
Single ($190.00) CAD ___
Single ($240.00) CAD ___
Double ($190.00) CAD ___
Double (240.00) CAD ___
Triple and quadruple accommodation is available at an additional cost of $25.00 per person, per day. The Rimrock Resort Hotel allows a
maximum of four (4) adults per guest room. Children under the age of 18 years, sharing a room with their parent/guardian(s) stay at no charge.
All room rates are subject to a 4% Provincial Tourism Levy, 5% Goods and Service Tax (GST), and 2% Tourism Improvement Fee.
We are pleased to extend the above conference rates three days prior and three days after the convention dates of March 19-23, 2015, subject to
availability.
Overnight self-parking is subject to a daily charge of $15.00 per vehicle. Valet parking is subject to a daily charge of $25.00 per vehicle.
Suites are available upon request. Please contact our Reservations Department directly for availability and rates. We offer two toll free numbers:
Alberta 1-800-372-9270, and, Canada and the U.S.A. 1-800-661-1587.
Special requests ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Reservations must be received by February 17, 2015 and are based on availability. After this time, reservations will be subject to general
availability. Please send this completed form to Reservations by mail or fax (403) 762-1853 or (403) 762-1850.
Check out time is 12:00 noon. Check in time is 4:00 p.m.
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___ Guaranteed by first night’s deposit (cheque enclosed). Mail to Box 1110, Banff AB, T1L 1J2
Credit Card Number _______________________________________Expiry ___________________
I understand I am liable for one night’s room and tax, which will be deducted from my deposit or billed through my credit card in the event that I
cancel within 72 hours of arrival.
***An Early Departure fee of $75.00 plus 5% GST will be the responsibility of the individual guest.
Signature ________________________________________________
Date _____________________
Please send directly to The Rimrock Resort Hotel Reservations Department
Fax: (403) 762-1853 or Mail: Box 1110 Banff AB T1L 1J2
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Conference
Registration
Conference Learning Objectives
1. To examine, consider and appraise current leading clinical practices to enhance patient care.
2. To explore and consider the importance of developing resilience and addressing stigma in mental health.
3. To discuss and reflect upon resilience in our personal and professional lives as well as the systems and society within
which we work.
Pricing:
Early bird rates (available until
February 20/15):
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$415.00 APA Member
$415.00 CPA Member
$490.00 Nonmember
Regular rates:
Other rates:
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$475.00 APA Member
$475.00 CPA Member
$550.00 Nonmember
$26.00 Resident
$52.00 Family Fun Night Tickets
$130.00 President’s Gala Tickets
Registration Options:
Online: https://securegs.com/apa
Email: [email protected]
Fax: (403) 244-2340
Courier:
400, 1040 – 7 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3G9
Mail:
PO Box 6173, Station D
Calgary, Alberta T2P 2C8
Note: Full conference registration fee includes one ticket to Family Fun Night and one ticket to the President’s Gala.
President’s Gala
Bring the Family!
Join us in toasting the outgoing APA President and
welcoming in the incoming President at the annual
President’s Gala.
Embrace your inner child at our Family Fun Night on
Friday, March 20th – great food, good company and
myriads of activity options to keep children and adults
alike entertained for hours!
Canada’s premier improv comedy duo, Atomic Improv, will
take centre stage for the evening’s entertainment.Music and
dancing to follow.
Residents’ Night
Calling all Residents!!
Join your fellow residents for a night of beverages, hors
d’oeuvres, music and mingling. The party will get underway
at 9:30 pm on Friday night in the Yarrow Room - with no
need to shut down early!
Banff has much to offer as a vacation destination
location, including:
• Skiing and snowboarding
(Mount Norquay, Lake Louise and Sunshine)
• Hiking and snowshoeing
• Ice skating
• Sledding and tobaganning
• Shopping
• Fine dining
• Hot Springs
• The Banff Centre
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….and much more!
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Registration Form
2015 APA Scientific Conference & Annual General Meeting
March 19 – 22, 2015
The Rimrock Resort Hotel, Banff, Alberta
Please register online by visiting https://securegs.com/apa or by completing and submitting this form.
(payment can be made by Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or cheque)
First Name: ___________________________________ Last Name: _________________________________________
Company:_______________________________________________________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________________________________________________________
City:_________________________________________ Province: ________________ Postal Code: _______________
Telephone:_______________________ Fax:__________________________ Email: _____________________________
Conference Registration
Payment Method
Early bird rates (available until February 20/15):
o $415.00 APA Member = ____________
o $415.00 CPA Member
= ____________
o $490.00 Nonmember
= ____________
Regular rates:
o I have enclosed a cheque made payable to APA
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o Visa
o MasterCard
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Card#:________________________________________
Expiry Date:____________________________________
o $475.00 APA Member
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Cardholder’s Name:_____________________________
o $475.00 CPA Member = ___________
Cardholder’s Signature___________________________
o $550.00 Nonmember
= ___________
Cancellation and Refund Policy
Other rates:
o $26.00 Resident = ___________
o $52.00 Additional Family
Fun Night Ticket(s) X ______
= ___________
(indicate number of tickets needed)
o $130.00 Additional President’s
Gala Ticket(s)
X ______
= ___________ Deadline for a full refund less $25.00 administration fee: February 20, 2015
Deadline for a 50% registration refund: March 5, 2015
Deadline for social event refunds: March 5, 2015
Please note, after March 5, 2015 no refunds will be allowed; however
delegate substitution is permitted.
This conference is managed by Associations Plus Inc.
Please note that this is what will appear on your credit card statement.
(indicate number of tickets needed)
Add 5% GST (#893482570 RC0001)
= ___________
Subtotal
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o APA Foundation Donation* = ___________
(Registered Charity #893482570 RC0001)
Total amount enclosed
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*The APA Foundation was created in 2008 to raise funds for
education and research in the field of Mental Health. Your donations
will help the APA Foundation bring noted speakers to present at
future APA Conferences while still keeping registration fees low and
maximizing quality psychiatric education. Thank you in advance for
your support of the APA Foundation, and please note a charitable
receipt will be provided for all donations over $20.00.