Covid-19 resource guide 

Canadian Medical Association

Physician resources including:

• How to set up virtual care
  
• Health and Wellness
  
• Managing your practice
  
• Volunteering and medical licensing for medical learners
  

Patient resources including:

• COVID-19 information video
• Social Distancing and use of masks

Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians

• Breaking news
• Guidelines/protocols
• Educational webinars

A helpful update regarding PPE in the ED can be found here.

College of Family Physicians of Canada

• Virtual care resources, toolkit and guidelines
• Live & Recorded Webinars
• Patient Resources

Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada

• Committee statements for pregnancy and women's health
• Practice Resources
• Educational resources & forums

Canadian Pediatric Society

• Clinical guidance for neonatal and acute paediatric care
• Positive parenting during a pandemic
• Resources for adolescents and their parents

Canadian Association of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

• Practice resources (e.g., pulmonary and physical rehabilitation post-COVID)
• Live & Recorded Webinars
  
• List of government assistance and insurance options

Includes webinar on Post-Acute COVID-19 Sequelae: Preparing for Recovery to Rehab

DynaMed

• Canadian-developed recommendations about many topics including epidemiology, management and prognosis.

UpToDate

• American-developed recommendations including management, ventilation and care of special populations. 

EMCrit

• Summarized evidence on pathology, investigations, treatment, PPE, etc. (updated daily).

EmergentC

• Focuses on the practical aspects of managing COVID patients and how to implement knowledge effectively.

EB Medicine

• Comprehensive updated overview for emergency physicians.

Centre for Effective Practice

• Comprehensive clinical and practical guidance for primary care providers. Includes curated list of valuable resources!

Centre for Excellence and Emergency Preparedness

• Practical resources to prepare and respond to the pandemic

Choosing Wisely

• Guidelines to stewardship of limited resources. 

GeriMedRisk

• Evidence-based, clinical resources relating to the treatment of COVID-19 in older adults 
• Monthly Geriatric Clinical Pharmacology rounds

Massachusetts General Hospital

• Inpatient and outpatient care guidance, including appraised literature and Grand Rounds Series.

Summarized Literature:

• Evidence Aid
• Public Health Ontario 

Original Journal Articles:

• BMJ
• Cambridge
• CMAJ
• Cochrane
• JAMA
• The Lancet
• New England Journal of Medicine
• Oxford 
• PLoS
• Science
• Springer Nature
• Wiley

Acknowledging the limited surge capacity in rural healthcare systems, and pleas from many municipalities, we put together this tip sheet regarding part-time travel to rural areas during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Numerous health authorities have created order sets specifically for the COVID-19 pandemic. Please note that these order sets were valid as of the date posted and therefore should be reviewed with current information in mind.

• Adult Admission order sets (Nova Scotia, BC Northern Health, Saskatchewan)
• Adult Treatment order set (Vancouver Island Health)
• ER Lab Investigations (BC Northern Health)
• ICU Admission order sets (Nova Scotia, BC Northern Health)
• Pediatric Admission order set (Nova Scotia)
• Palliative care order set (Vancouver Island Health)
• Rural order set (Manitoba)

A selection of useful COVID-19 resources about the following topics can be found on the RuralMed List Serv resources page. 

• Clinical assessment and decision-making tools
• Protected code blue 
• Protected intubation
• Personal protective equipment 
• Ventilators 
• Podcasts

If you are a SRPC member, we encourage you to join the RuralMed List Serv for access to ongoing updates and information.

Check out this CMAJ podcast that discusses how a rural ED prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic.

Telehealth and patient-doctor relationships in rural and remote communities (Toh et al. 2016, CFP).

During these challenging times, it is important to take care of our physical and mental health. 

• Joule is offering a free learning series about how to cope during the COVID-19 pandemic. 
• TimedRight is an online community created by the CFPC for family physicians to support each other. 
• The pandemic kindness movement also has many evidence-based wellness resources.  

• Faculty Development Resources Repository (CFPC)
• Tips for supervising Family Medicine residents providing virtual care (CFPC)
• Writing a virtual care field note (CFPC)

A crucial part of this pandemic is making sure that the general public is well-informed.

Our patient resources page features handouts, websites, videos, and other resources for the general public.  

The Canadian Medical Association (CMA), along with the provincial and territorial medical associations have provided individual updates and information regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.

Please note that some of these links require members to log-on to access content.

• Alberta Doctors
• Doctors of British Columbia
• Doctors Manitoba
• New Brunswick Medical Society 
• Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association
• Northwest Territories Medical Association
• Doctors Nova Scotia
• Ontario Medical Association
• Medical Society of Prince Edward Island
• Quebec (CMA)
• Saskatchewan Medical Society
• Yukon Doctors

Federal and International:

• PHAC 
• WHO 

Provincial and Territorial:

• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Manitoba
• New Brunswick
• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Northwest Territories
• Nova Scotia
• Nunavut
• Ontario
• Prince Edward Island
• Quebec
• Saskatchewan 
• Yukon

An important Health Canada statement about reprocessing N95 respirators can be found here.