Improving Consultation Notes for Endocrinology
April 15 2026, 19:00 – 20:30 ET
Online Section 1 Webinar
Section 1 Webinar
Wednesday, April 1 2026
CanMEDS roles: Communicator, Collaborator, Leader, Professional
Learning Objectives
- Improve the efficiency, clarity, relevance, and structure of endocrinology consultation notes to ensure they effectively support primary care providers and other stakeholders. (CanMEDS: Communicator)
- Enhance interprofessional collaboration by applying strategies that promote communication and continuity across the circle of care, including patients, primary care providers, and specialists. (CanMEDS: Collaborator)
- Optimize consultation notes, including identifying essential elements, supporting workflow efficiencies, ensuring responsible use of digital documentation tools and artificial intelligence (AI) to promote creation of high-quality consultation notes. (CanMEDS: Leader, Professional)
Faculty
Dr. Christopher Tran
Ottawa, Moderator
Dr. Brandon Galm
Toronto, Speaker
Dr. Geetha Mukerji
Toronto, Speaker
Dr. Pauline Pariser
Toronto, Speaker
Dr. Sarah Riedlinger
Kelowna, Speaker
The session is complimentary for CSEM members and $150 for non-members. If you would like to receive this education at the member rate, please login and renew.
This Group Learning activity (Section 1) was planned independently by CSEM to achieve scientific integrity, objectivity, and balance.
Accreditation
Improving Consultation Notes for Endocrinology will be an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, as approved by The Canadian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism.
Registration
Christopher Tran, MD, FRCPC, MMEd
Dr. Christopher Tran is the program director for the Endocrinology and Metabolism residency training program at the University of Ottawa. He is an assistant professor at the University of Ottawa and received Educator of the Year (Preclerkship) and the 2022 Canadian Association Medical Education Certificate of Merit awards for his contributions to medical education.
Conflicts of Interest
I do not have a relationship with a for-profit and/or not-for-profit organization to disclose.
Brandon Galm
Conflicts of Interest
Speaker honoraria: Abbott, Dexcom, Pfizer
Research funding: Abbott
Consulting honoraria: Abbott, Amgen, Boehringer Ingelheim, Novo Nordisk, Pendopharm, Pfizer
Geetha Mukerji, MD, MSc FRCPC
Dr. Mukerji is a Staff Endocrinologist and Clinician in Quality and Innovation and Associate Professor at the University of Toronto and Women’s College Hospital Institute of Health Systems and Virtual Care (WIHV). Her primary appointment is in the Division of Endocrinology at Women’s College Hospital with cross-appointment at Mount Sinai Hospital. Dr. Mukerji is the Corporate Medical Information officer at WCH.
Her clinical interests are in endocrine in pregnancy optimization and transitions of care for young patients living with diabetes.
Academically, Dr. Mukerji has: 1) promoted high-value care through stewardship initiatives that have been scaled across various institutions, 2) developed and evaluated multiple innovative ambulatory care models including novel care models that leverage digital pathways, and 3) improved the quality of delivery of care for patients with diabetes, particularly among vulnerable populations in pregnancy and young adults with type 1 diabetes.
For her commitment to advancing QI, she was awarded the DOM William Goldie Prize Award for Quality and Innovation in 2020 at the University of Toronto, Excellence in Resource Stewardship Teaching Award in 2024 at the Temerty School of Medicine and Clinical Innovator of the Year from Digital Health Canada in 2024.
Conflicts of Interest
I do not have a relationship with a for-profit and/or not-for-profit organization to disclose.
Sarah Riedlinger
Conflicts of Interest
I do not have a relationship with a for-profit and/or not-for-profit organization to disclose.
Pauline Pariser
Dr. Pauline Pariser MASc, MD CCFP FCFP CM
Dr. Pariser is currently Associate Medical Director and Provincial Primary Care Lead for the SCOPE program stewarded by University Health Network and Women’s College Hospital. She also serves as Strategic Medical Advisor, Akwesasne Project, Ganawishkadawe, the Center for Wise Practices in Indigenous Health, at Women’s College Hospital (WCH). She is past Chair of the Mid-West Toronto Ontario Health Team and co-chair of the Mid-West Toronto Family Practice Network
A Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, she has been recognized with teaching and leadership awards including Family Physician of the Year for the Toronto region in 2009 and Family Practice of the year in 2011 for the Taddle Creek Family Health Team that she developed and led for over a decade.
Conflicts of Interest
I do not have a relationship with a for-profit organization to disclose. I am on contract with Women’s College Hospital for my role with the SCOPE program.