Upcoming RCP Webinar – You’re invited to a RCP Webinar featuring a live demonstration of the Nova Scotia Perinatal Health Information Dashboard
Date: January 26, 2026
Time: 12:00–1:00 p.m.
Location: Microsoft Teams (link below)
Join us for a practical, high-level walkthrough of the NS Perinatal Health Information Dashboard. The session will highlight how the dashboard brings perinatal data together in one place to support clinical practice, planning, quality improvement, and decision-making across the health system.
During the session, we will:
- Provide a brief overview of the dashboard’s purpose and development
- Demonstrate key features and available data views
- Show how the dashboard can be used to support perinatal care and system insights
- Leave time for questions and discussion
Whether you are involved in clinical care, program planning, research, or leadership, this session will offer a useful introduction to a growing provincial resource. Bring your lunch, your curiosity, and your questions—we look forward to seeing you there.
To register for the event and access the Teams link click here.
Join via Microsoft Teams: Here
RCP 2026 FHS Workshops – RCP is hosting a virtual Fetal Health Surveillance (FHS) Workshop in February and March of 2026. The workshop is offered over 4 x 4.5-hour sessions. Please note that attendance at all four sessions is mandatory.
See details of the FHS Instructor workshop below:
- Tuesday, February 24th, 2026: 0830-1300h
- Wednesday, February 25th, 2026: 0830-1300h
- Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026: 0830-1300h
- Wednesday. March 4th, 2026: 0830-1300h
For more information and/or to register for the FHS Instructor Workshop, visit the RCP website.
Patient Education Resource – The Provincial Policy Working Group has updated the patient education resource - Options for Birth After Cesarean (WP85-1847). This patient resource can be used to support care provider discussions with pregnant persons who’ve had a previous cesarean birth and provides information related to a trial of labour after cesarean (TOLAC). It explains what makes a TOLAC safe and successful, and the benefits and risks of a TOLAC. The pamphlet is accessible online at this link in both English and French.
Pediatric Critical Care Webinar – Join the upcoming critical care webinar on the topic of seizures. The webinar is for in-hospital pediatric health care providers.
- Topic:Seizures
- Date:January 26th, 2026, via Microsoft Teams
- Time: 1200-1300hrs (ADT)
- Speaker: Dr. Gavin Morrison, Pediatric Critical Care Physician, IWK Health
Click here to join the Teams Event
SOGC Guideline Redefines Recurrent Pregnancy Loss in Canada – The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC) introduces new recommendations for addressing recurrent pregnancy loss with the aim to make pregnancy care more trauma-informed and ensure individuals receive the most appropriate medical care to meet their individual needs. Guideline No. 464: Recurrent Pregnancy Loss is accessible on the JOGC website here.
Smart Parent Pilot Extended - The SmartParent pilot program has been extended for an additional year. SmartParent is a free evidence-based text messaging program that sends information to support a healthy pregnancy and birth, timed and tailored to the specific stage of pregnancy. Please continue to support the pilot extension in sharing details of this valuable prenatal resource with colleagues, patients, and families. Additional information is available for parents on the IWK website and for care providers on the SmartParent website. SmartParent also provides posters which can be downloaded and posted in public spaces and online. Please encourage your perinatal patients and clients to sign up for SmartParent so they can benefit from the information shared throughout this transformational time in their lives. Enrollment can be completed by texting the keyword ‘Baby’ to 12323 or by going to www.smartparent.ca and clicking ‘Enroll Now’.
Professional/Health-related Upcoming Awareness Events/Days:
January:
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Jan. 20)
- Bell Let's Talk Day (Jan. 21)
- World Day for African and Afro-descendant Culture (Jan. 24)
- Family Literacy Day (Jan. 27)
- International Holocaust Remembrance Day (Jan. 27)
- National Kids & Vaccines Day (Jan. 27)
- Data Privacy Day (Jan. 28)
- National Day of Remembrance of The Québec City Mosque Attack and Action Against Islamophobia (Jan. 29)
- Data Privacy Week (Jan 26–30)
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