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Mini Med School at the University of Toronto Mississauga

Mini-Med School is a series of evening lectures organized for general audiences to learn about current issues in health science. The five presentations feature dynamic speakers on topics of interest to us all.

Mini-Med School is designed to help participants become:

• More informed patients
• Better caregivers
• More aware of important resources, and
• More skilled at critically appraising media headlines.

Mini-Med School 2010 features four of Trillium Health Centre’s own physicians: Dr. Krystyna Ostrowska, Dr. Chris Cobourn, Dr. Dennis Dipasquale and Dr. Stephen Mckenzie.

Dates and Times:

Thursdays from May 27 to June 24, 2010 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Location:

University of Toronto Mississauga Campus

Topics:

Thursday, May 27: Dr. Chris Cobourn, general and bariatric surgeon, Trillium Health Centre: “The Obesity Epidemic”

Thursday, June 3: Dr. Krystyna Ostrowska, medical microbiologist and infections diseases consultant, Trillium Health Centre: “H1N1: Hype or Health Threat”

Thursday, June 10: Dr. Dennis Dipasquale, orthopaedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist, Trillium Health Centre: “Common Sporting Injuries and How to Prevent Them”

Thursday, June 17: Dr. Stephen Mckenzie, consultant neurologist, Trillium Health Centre: “Headaches – ‘It’s Not a Tumour’”

Thursday, June 24: Dr. Peter Kujtan, Peel Region Coroner: “The Life of a Coroner”

Share Mini-Med school with your family, friends and patients. Help them develop the ability to navigate the sea of health-related information that has flooded the media.

For more information visit the University of Toronto website at www.learn.utoronto.ca or call 416-978-2400.

Course: SCS 2000 Mini Med School
Cost: $175 plus applicable taxes