Symposium

MGM Calgary Symposium 2026 will be held on Sunday, July 12 from 12:30pm-4:30pm at Health Sciences Centre (3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB) for local attendees, with a virtual option for out-of-province guests.

Come meet, network, learn, and optimize clinical and teamwork skills with other mass gathering medicine enthusiasts!

This is a free event supported by volunteerism!

Sign-up here: https://forms.gle/7wkAY4TybWSm12Qr9

Tentative Agenda

12:00-12:30 Check-in / meet and greet

12:30-12:40 MGM Calgary Overview/Updates

12:40-12:55 Ten Clinical Pearls from the School of Event Medicine

12:55-13:00 Break

13:00-13:35 Workshop Block 1 [Movie Theatre Code Blue]

13:35-14:10 Workshop Block 1 Flip [Marathon Code Blue]

14:10-14:15 Break

14:15-14:50 Workshop Block 2 [Foundations of SIM Facilitation]

14:50-15:25 Workshop Block 2 Flip [Code White with Clinical Debriefing]

15:25-15:30 Break

15:30-1630 Marketplace Stations (Choose your own adventure! Stay at each station however long you want!)

• Suture like a Surgeon

• Navigating the EMS Call

• Hack the LifePak

• Picking Out the Sus Pill

• Airway Artistry

• Examining Injuries: Scan or Skip?

Large Group Learning Objectives

MGM Calgary Overview/Updates

Presenter: Anthony Seto

Virtual Audience Support: _____, _____

1. List the mission, objectives, and values of MGM Calgary

2. Describe the use of MGM Calgary forms (email list, medical post-event survey, academic post-event survey, general feedback, event intake, nametag nomination)

3. Describe MGM Calgary website resources including: Policies and Procedures, Calendar, Media, Merch, MGM Education, Research/Projects, MGM Elective, and Contact

Ten Clinical Pearls from the School of Event Medicine

Presenter: Anthony Seto

Virtual Audience Support: _____, _____

1. Describe ten practical clinical pearls from event medicine

2. Discuss the evidence supporting the clinical pearls

3. Identify ways to apply the clinical pearls to event medicine and other practice contexts

Workshop Learning Objectives

Movie Theatre Code Blue

Presenters: Micah Epp, Graeme Sgrazzutti, Anthony Seto

Virtual Audience Support: _____, _____

1. Demonstrate cardiac arrest management in a movie theatre context, adapting to environmental challenges (e.g., darkness, loud audio, tight seating, large audience).

2. Apply effective teamwork and communication skills in resuscitation of a patient in a movie theatre setting

3. Coordinate and demonstrate safe and effective patient lifts

Marathon Code Blue

Virtual Audience Support: _____, _____

Presenters: Chris Beavington, Carter Johnson, Ryan Chaffee

1. Demonstrate cardiac arrest management in a marathon race context, adapting to environmental challenges (e.g., runners, hot weather, public audience).

2. Apply effective teamwork and communication skills in resuscitation of a patient in a marathon race setting

3. Formulate a differential diagnosis of a collapsed runner

Foundations of SIM Facilitation

Presenters: Anthony Seto, Brendan Bardos, William Betzner, Joshua Perka

Virtual Audience Support: _____, _____

1. Describe the components of a simulation session (prebrief, simulation delivery, debrief)

2. Propose strategies to optimize the design and delivery of a simulation

3. Practice simulation prebriefing and debriefing

Code White with Clinical Debriefing

Presenters: David Lai, Graeme Sgrazzutti, Jian Choo

Virtual Audience Support: _____, _____

1. Demonstrate the approach to a severely agitated patient, including verbal de-escalation and chemical sedation

2. Describe chemical sedation options and outline their advantages and disadvantages

3. Practice clinical debriefing using "hot debrief" templates

Marketplace Learning Objectives

Virtual Audience Support: _____, _____, ______

Suture like a Surgeon

Presenter: David Lam, ____

1. Discuss various suturing techniques

2. Practice suturing techniques

3. Identify tips and tricks to optimize suturing

Navigating the EMS Call

Presenter: Alia Arafat, ____

1. Describe the transcript that an Emergency Medical Dispatcher follows

2. Identify tips and tricks to optimize communication with EMS

3. Describe what to communicate with EMS when time is limited due to circumstance

Hack the LifePak

Presenter: Joshua Huvenaars, ____

1. Describe what each button of the manual defibrillator does

2. Identify tips and tricks to optimize workflow

3. Discuss how to troubleshoot possible issues

Picking Out the Sus Pill

Presenter: David Lai, ____

1. Describe the appearance of common over-the-counter medications

2. Describe features of pills that may indicate illicit drugs

3. Practice sorting out which pills favour over-the-counter medications versus illicit drugs

Airway Artistry

Presenters: Connor Hass, Craig Bertagnolli

1. Describe basic and advanced airway management tools

2. Identify tips and tricks to optimize intubation

3. Describe pharmacology as it pertains to airway management

Examining Injuries: Scan or Skip?

Presenter: Chris Beavington, ____

1. Describe clinical calculators to inform imaging decisions for injuries (e.g., ankle, knee, neck, head)

2. Demonstrate a focused exam for common injuries (e.g., ankle, knee, neck, head)

3. Discuss nuances to clinical decision-making tools for injuries (e.g., inclusion criteria, exclusion criteria)

Tech Support Crew: Alia Arafat, Ryan Chaffee

MGM Calgary Symposium 2025 Media