Jul 2025
Seasonal Preparedness Guide
Introduction
This resource is designed to help clinicians plan and prepare for respiratory season. It will offer guidance on chronic condition optimization, practice management, immunizations, seasonal illness testing and management and IPAC recommendations —rolled out gradually over the coming months.
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About the tool
This resource aims to help family physicians and primary care nurse practitioners in planning and managing seasonal preparedness, including guidance on how to leverage other members of their team. It is designed to guide discussions and decision-making between clinicians and individuals to help anticipate and respond to seasonal health needs in primary care.
The Seasonal Preparedness Guide was developed using the CEP’s integrated knowledge translation approach. This approach ensures that providers are engaged throughout the development processes through the application of user-centered design methodology.
This resource was created with information from and in collaboration with the Chief Medical Officer of Health. Leaders from the primary care sector, key organizations, persons with lived experience and end users were also engaged throughout the tool development process to provide feedback and support the tool’s refinement.
This resource is among several clinical tools developed as part of the Knowledge Translation in Primary Care Initiative. Funded by the Ministry of Health, this initiative supports primary care providers with the development of a series of clinical tools and health information resources. Learn more about the Knowledge Translation in Primary Care Initiative (KTinPC).