Professional Development Week (PDW)
PDW by year
- Un But Commun, A Common Goal (2013)
- Oceans of Opportunity, Des oceans d’opportunites (2012)
- Wide Open Future, Un Avenir Sans Limite (2011)
- PDW 2010 – Meeting in the Middle (2010)
- A New Found Land of Responsibility (2009)
- Empowering our Patients (2008)
- Embracing Diversity: Putting the Pieces Together (2007)
- Pharmacy – an Olympic Challenge (2006)
- Beyond the Peaks of Possibility (2004)
- Time To Practice (2003)
- Navigating our Future (2002)
- A ‘Whole-istic’Approach (2001)
- Ad unum omnes / Everyone to one (2000)
- Pharmacie travers le monde / Pharmacy throughout (1999)
- Pharmacation – promoting life-long learning (1998)
Un But Commun, A Common Goal
Montreal, Quebec – 2013
Professional Development Week gathers many students from across Canada and we are proud to welcome close to 900 students in Montreal in 2013. Throughout the week, delegates have the chance to learn about various subjects. With students different backgrounds, PDW is an opportunity to share ideas, opinions, facts, experiences and views. This sharing is essential,as it helps determine ” A Common Goal ” and a way to reach it together. Despite the differences between one another, participants will gain knowledge allowing to become a better pharmacist, give better advice to future patients and, ultimately, improve the life of our patients as best as possible.
There will be a variety of interesting speakers for this years conference. The main speaker will be Sylvain Boudreau who is known to be one of the
best speakers in Quebec. He will introduce facts about customer service that will surely affect your everyday practice. There will also be Diane Lamarre, president of the Quebec order of pharmacists, Pharmacist without borders, Mathieu Giroux, an Olympic gold medalist in speed skating and a student in pharmacy in Montreal, Bernard Voyer, a motivational speaker who has travelled the North and South pole, as well as Jean-Yves Dionne an expert in natural health products among many others.
To conclude these jam-packed days and to encourage getting to know one another, some amazing evenings have been planned. The themes of the social nights will be ” Charleston ” , in reference to the well known Montreal Jazz Festival, ” Nightlife ” which will be in a nightclub in the center of downtown Montreal and finally ” Sugar Shack ” with a spectacular interactive performance by the Painchaud family that you would not want to miss. To conclude this conference in beauty and style, formal attire is required for the incredible “White Night” that you will never forget.
Finally “A Common Goal” is a theme that takes on a double meaning as our city is well known for its many sports fans, whether it be in hockey (Montreal
Canadians), football (Montreal Alouettes) or soccer (Montreal Impact). We are very proud to share our passion and love of sports with the delegates of
PDW 2013 by giving them the possibility to feel this enthusiasm in some of the sports bars nearby the hotel.
La Semaine de Developpement Professionnel reunit plusieurs etudiants du Canada et est fiere d’accueillir pour 2013 a Montreal jusqu’a 900 etudiants. Durant la semaine, les delegues auront la chance d’en apprendre beaucoup sur des sujets varies. Avec des etudiants possedant diverses experiences et provenant de milieux differents, la SDP est aussi une opportunite de partager des idees, des opinions, des faits, des mises a jour, etc. Ce partage est essentiel car il aide a determiner notre But et de l’atteindre ensemble. Malgre les differences, les participants veulent acquerir ces connaissances afin de devenir de meilleurs pharmaciens dans le futur, de donner de meilleurs conseils aux patients, et, finalement, d’ameliorer la vie de nos patients du mieux que nous pouvons.
Pour terminer ces journees chargees et continuer les echanges, nous avons planifie des soirees des plus agreables. Les themes de ces soirees sociales seront “Charleston”, en lien avec le prestigieux Festival de Jazz de Montreal, “Nightlife” dans une boite de nuit du centre ville et
Cabane a sucre avec une prestation interactive spectaculaire de la Famille
Painchaud que vous ne voulez pas manquer. De plus, pour finir le congres en beaute et en style, sortez vos plus beaux habits et preparez vous pour le grand “Bal en blanc” qui sera sans aucun doute memorable.
De plus, le theme “Un but commun” prend un double sens pour Montreal puisque cette metropole est aussi connue pour ses partisans sportifs que ce soit au hockey (Canadiens de Montreal), au football (Alouettes de Montreal) ou au soccer (l’Impact de Montreal). Nous sommes fiere de partager notre passion des sports avec les delegues de la SDP 2013 en offrant la possibilite de vivre l’ambiance dans certains bars sportifs pres de l’hotel.