We are looking forward to the 2023 review course, and appreciate your involvement and hard work in order to make this a successful event! To assist you with preparation, please review the details below.

Please also review the Objectives of Training provided by the Royal College for Adult Critical Care and Pediatric Critical Care, as well as the CanMEDS Special Addendum.

Our Planning Committee wants to ensure that future intensivists have the lens of equity, diversity, & inclusion in mind as they progress through whichever career paths they choose. As the presenter & teacher of future colleagues, incorporating equity, diversity and inclusion principles into your presentation is an important way to empower our critical care community. We are including a valuable resource on How Clinicians and Educators Can Mitigate Implicit Bias in Patient Care and Candidate Selection in Medical Education for your reference – click here.

Please complete/submit all of the below requirements by the stated due dates.

Click to go to each section	*Due Date*
1. Speaker Agreement and Registration Form	February 28
2. Your Presentation and MCQs	4 weeks prior to your talk for REVIEW
3. Day of your Presentation	Final PPT and Handouts due June 5 (2 days prior)

1. Speaker Agreement/Registration

Your speaker agreement/registration provides us with important details that are pertinent to a quick and smooth set up of a successful review program. We ask that you please complete your registration as soon as possible. To do so click the agreement and registration form button.

Complete your COI form beforehand and attach it to your speaker registration. You can retrieve the COI form by clicking here.
Review the Speaker Release for Video and Audio Recording and provide consent when completing the agreement/registration form.

2. YOUR PRESENTATION & MCQs Back to top

Presentations and MCQs must be received no later than 4 weeks prior to your scheduled talk, as they will be reviewed by the committee and returned to the speaker for final edits, if necessary. Presentations & MCQs are to be sent to events@secretariatcentral.com.

Presentation Guidelines

1. Disclosure slide

A disclosure slide must be submitted with your presentation. This slide is to be inserted at the beginning of your presentation and any disclosures or lack thereof must be verbally stated.

2. Learning Objectives Slide

You must include 2-3 learning objectives at the beginning of your presentation. Key information about expectations for learning objectives can be found here.

* Please avoid verbs that are often used but are open to many interpretations: appreciate, have faith in, know, learn, understand, believe. Click here for a link to suggested verbs.

3. EDI Slide

Include this equity, diversity and inclusion slide following your learning objectives. Consider how you will incorporate EDI throughout your presentation.

4. MCQs

A minimum of 5 multiple choice questions are to be asked throughout your presentation. Please review the MCQ instructions on how to submit, found here.

Please Note:

A minimum of 25% of your presentation time must be interactive.
Attendees have requested that slides are on a light background, with clear graphics and legible font so that they can be easily read when printing.
Generic, rather than trade names, must be used in presentations.
Branding or sponsor logos are not allowed in presentation slides.
It is important to write references on slides and incorporate evidence if possible.
Include discussion of commonly encountered barriers to practice change.
Speakers must comply with the Rx&D Code of Ethical Practices
Speakers must comply with the The Canadian Medical Association’s (CMA’s) policy guidelines on physicians’ interactions with industry
Do not forget to include the required disclosure slides at the beginning of your session. Declarations must be verbalized at the start of your presentation.

3. DAY OF YOUR PRESENTATION Back to top

CONTENT DUE DATE: Monday, June 5, 2023.

Please send a copy of your FINAL presentation as a pdf, along with any handouts, to events@secretariatcentral.com. All presentations and handouts must be received by by Monday, June 5, 2023. This material will be made available to delegates in a password protected area of the CCCR website prior to the conference.

You are responsible for bringing your final presentation on a USB (PowerPoint format) to your session. There will be a technician in the room where you are scheduled to speak that will assist in loading your presentation. Please be sure to visit the technician during the break prior to your presentation. Do not forget to include the required disclosure slides at the beginning of your session. Declarations must be verbalized at the start of your presentation.

Handouts

The CCCR does not print handouts for speakers. If you have handouts please send to events@secretariatcentral.com by Monday, June 5, 2023. They will be made available on the course portal and delegates will be notified to print in advance.

Audio Visual

Your session room will be equipped with the following:

Screen
Projector
Laptop (PC)
Podium + mic
Slide aspect ratio is 16:9 for PowerPoint presentations

Please contact events@secretariatcentral.com if you will be using your own computer for your presentation, or if you require video and/or sound.

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About the Association

The Canadian Critical Care Society (CCCS) is the National Specialty Society, representing Adult and Paediatric Critical Care Medicine physicians in Canada. The practice of Critical Care Medicine in Canada is multidisciplinary and CCCS members hold base specialty certification in anaesthesia, medicine, paediatrics, emergency medicine or surgery and some surgical subspecialties such as cardiac surgery and neurosurgery.

Contact Us

Email: cccs@secretariatcentral.com

Phone: 1-905-604-0166 Ext. 233 & 235

Address: 20 Crown Steel Dr. Unit #6, Markham, ON L3R 9X9

For media inquiries, please contact Kathryn Hendrick at (416) 277-6281.

The Canadian Critical Care Society thanks our organizational sponsors, MD Financial Management and Scotiabank for their generous support!