IP Canada - Planning Committee - Pri-Med | Canada's Continuing Medical Education

MAY 6 – 8, 2026 | The International Centre – Hall 2, Toronto, ON

SCIENTIFIC PLANNING COMMITTEE

Pri-Med Canada Scientific Planning Committee

The Pri-Med Canada conference is developed by the Pri-Med Canada Scientific Planning Committee consisting of an interprofessional group of medical professionals. Sessions and speakers and selected based off needs assesments and are aimed to meet your needs. The Pri-Med Canada Scientific Planning Committee has sought out top physicians, nurse practitioners, pharmacists and specialists in their field of practice to deliver 20+ lectures, covering the latest updates and clinical challenges common to your practice.

Learning Objectives

Through the lens of equity, diversity, and inclusion:

Provide practical knowledge and tools to assist family physicians, nurse practitioners and pharmacists in their day-to-day practice.
Review current standards of care and provide new information that will allow participants to improve clinical skills in the prevention, assessment, diagnosis, and management of common acute and chronic disease states.
Present information in a format so it can be translated immediately into primary care practice.
Incorporate advanced educational perspectives of content reflective of the learning needs of primary care practitioners of multiple disciplines, the comprehensiveness of primary care, and the diversity of the populations to whom we provide care. (medical expert, professional, scholar)
Learn to utilize a process improvement perspective in applying what they have learned. (expert, scholar, leader)
Acquire knowledge of new investigations and therapeutic strategies. (expert, scholar, leader)
Develop practical office-based screening and disease prevention strategies. (expert, health advocate).
Provide opportunities to compare patient experiences with their peers and experts. (collaborator).

The Pri-Med Canada Scientific Planning Committee

Art Kushner MD, MCFP

Director, Community Primary Care CME, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Diversified Canada; Chair, Scientific Planning Committee, Pri-Med Canada Annual & Updates Conferences and A Day of Family Health Conference; Lead Physician, Humber River Family Health Organization; Lead Physician, Humber River Family Health Team; Lecturer, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Queen’s University.

Jeremy Rezmovitz MSc, MD, CCFP, FCFP

Family Physician, Lawrence Park Medical Group (LPMG); Assistant Professor, DFCM, University of Toronto.

John Axler MD, CCFP, FCFP

Assistant Professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Toronto.

Zahra Bardai BSc, MD, CCFP, MHSc, FCFP

Community Family Physician; Assistant Professor-Adjunct Department of Family Medicine, Queen’s University Lecturer, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto.

Anu Joneja BSc, MD, CCFP, FCFP

Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto; Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct), Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University; Assistant Clinical Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University.

Andrea Payne NP-PHC MN BScHons

Nurse Practitioner, Sunnybrook Academic Family Health Team, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Lecturer, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto.

Sharon Quan, RPh PharmD

Clinical Pharmacist, Humber River Family Health Team.

Jessica Bawden, NP(PHC), MSc

Nurse Practitioner Women’s College Hospital Family Health Team.

Scientific Planning Committee and CPD provider
This event is developed and overseen by the Pri-Med Canada Scientific Planning Committee. Diversified Canada is the CPD provider.

Declaration of Potential Conflict of Interest
As per CFPC Mainpro+ guidelines, speakers will be required to disclose to the audience, any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest that may have a direct bearing on the subject matter of this program.

Course Development & Independence
The educational program is developed by the Pri-Med Canada Scientific Planning Committee. All decisions about the Pri-Med Canada conference and tradeshow are made with oversight by the Scientific Planning Committee.