The DFCM News Digest

August 6, 2013

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News

• A Tool to Facilitate Effective Communication about IMG Residents in Difficulty. Alan Monavvari MD MHSc CCFP CHE CPHQ, Colette Peters PhD, Perle Feldman MD MHPE CCFP FCFP. A comprehensive checklist tool to facilitate communication about IMG residents in difficulty that was developed and implemented by a family medicine residency program.
• Dyspnea One-Page Primer. David Esho MD CCFP, Lise Huynh MD
• Preventive services processes for the Nightingale EMR. Michelle Greiver MD MSc CCFP FCFP. This manual outlines the processes used to audit and improve data and to generate reminder letters for pap smears, mammograms and colorectal cancer screening processes, for the Nightingale EMR.
• Be recognized in the 2011-2013 DFCM Report for your 2011, 2012 or 2013 award from an international, national, provincial or hospital organization or body, or the Faculty of Medicine or the University of Toronto. Fill in this quick online form.
• Boundless Integration: The Dean’s Report Click here to read in your browser. To download a PDF version click here (11MB file size).
• Invitation to the Public Health Summer Rounds on Aug. 9, 2013
• Early bird registration notice for INTAPT
• Buy Microsoft Office Professional for $11. Details are available at the official program website. Access to this website is available from the U of T network only with UTORid credentials.
• Act fast to get your spot for the Sep. 27 start of Dr. Julia Alleyne’s award-winning five-weekend course in MSK.
• Retiring staff or faculty – want to keep up with U of T? Request the continued delivery of The Bulletin by contacting the editor at bulletin@utoronto.ca.
• U Of T Library System Ranked Among Top Three In North America. The University of Toronto has once again been ranked as one of the top three library systems in North America – after Harvard and Yale – according to the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) rankings ...

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Opportunities

Jobs

• Applications due Aug. 30 for the role of DFCM Associate Program Director- Curriculum and Remediation in the Postgraduate Education Program
• Applications due Aug 30. for the role of Associate Program Director- Assessment and Evaluation in the Postgraduate Education Program
• Family Physician/Researcher Position Available at The Sunnybrook Family Practice Unit

Calls for submissions and applications

• Call for workshops for the DFCM’s 2013 Undergraduate Education Faculty Development Workshop Day. Deadline Aug. 16 for Nov. 15 conference.

Award nominations, academic activities and other

• Get published on DFCM Open. One-page primer faculty authors can click here to submit online at DFCM Open. Email dfcm.open@utoronto.ca if you need help.
• The Faculty of Medicine announces its First Annual Alumni Awards. All graduates who hold a degree or certificate from the Faculty (including former residents and fellows) are eligible for consideration. Read the description of eligibility and criteria, please submit your nomination form by the Aug. 16 deadline.
• Join the growing ranks of DFCM Open peer reviewers! Sign up to be a DFCM Open peer reviewer.

Share your opinion and experience

• Participate in a "Discharge Summary QI Initiative" study

Learn

• Application period for the TEACH Smoking Cessation Course is Aug. 19 – Sep. 6 for online core course from Oct. 9 -  Dec. 11, 2013 (A Comprehensive Course on Smoking Cessation: Essential Skills and Strategies).
• Seminar series with Dr. Edward Shorter: The History of Diagnosis and Therapeutics in Psychiatry The seminar, envisioned as a combination lecture-discussion format, will be open to all residents, medical students and faculty who enroll. There is no cost for participation in the seminar.
• Counselling and Psychotherapy in Family Medicine A five-weekend learning program
• Ontario College of Physicians’ Annual Scientific Assembly registration opens on Tue., Aug 6

Grant editing support available

• The Vice Dean Research Office provides a grant editing and writing service to Faculty of Medicine investigators to help increase grant success rates. Applications for the CIHR Fall competition must be received at least 2-4 weeks before the agency deadline. Click here for more information.

Deadlines

Awards Nomination Deadlines

Aug 16 Deadline for workshops for the DFCM’s 2013 Undergraduate Education Faculty Development Workshop Day on Nov. 15.
Aug 16 The Faculty of Medicine announces its First Annual Alumni Awards. All graduates who hold a degree or certificate from the Faculty (including former residents and fellows) are eligible for consideration. Read the description of eligibility and criteria, then submit your nomination form.
Aug 23 Abstracts due for The Central West Palliative Care Network Annual Conference on Nov. 13.
Aug 23 Deadline for abstract submissions for the conference Social Innovation in Health Care: Ethical Foundations of Caregiving hosted by The Culture of Cities Centre, in conjunction with the Rhetoric & Ethics Research Lab of Carleton University and the Centre for Social Innovation. Conference to take place in Toronto at the Centre for Social Innovation from Oct. 25-27, 2013.
Aug 30 Deadline for applications for DFCM Job Posting in the Postgraduate Education Program - Associate Program Director- Assessment and Evaluation
Aug 30 Deadline for applications for DFCM Job Posting in the Postgraduate Education Program - Associate Program Director - Curriculum and Remediation

Sep 14 Deadline for calls for educational activities for the 2014 Canadian Conference on Medical Education (CCME) from Apr. 26-29, 2014.
Sep 16 Deadline for submissions to the University of Toronto 8^th Annual Teaching and Learning Symposium on Oct. 28.

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Upcoming events, including professional development

Aug 24 Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE)

Sep 2 Labour Day. University closed.
Sep 5 MBCT basics A two day program accredited for 13.5 Mainpro-C. At The Centre for Mindfulness Studies
Sep 5 MBCT: coping with anxiety & depression orientation
Sep 11 MBCT: coping with anxiety & depression. Afternoon sessions on Wed. from Sep. 11 – Oct. 23
Sep 19    DFCM Research Rounds. 4:30-6:30 p.m. AT 500 University Ave., 3rd floor. Attend in person or online. Socialize, network & earn 2.0 Mainpro-1 credits.
Sep 27 Counselling and Psychotherapy in Family Medicine Five weekend program starting Sep. 27. 
Sep. 27 – May 30 Dr. Julia Alleyne’s award-winning 5-weekend course in MSK.

Oct  1 Basics for New Faculty Day 1
Oct  6 MBCT 5-day workshop on depressive relapse prevention.  This workshop will lead you through an innovative five -day intensive training program designed to prevent depressive relapse among people with a history of depression.
Oct 17 The art of mindful inquiry . This two day workshop will examine the principles and practices of mindful inquiry as they pertain to therapeutic mindfulness.

Nov  1 First Annual Pediatric Wound Care Symposium
Nov  4 HealthAchieve
Nov 7-9 FMF Family Medicine Forum in Vancouver
Nov 10-12 NAPCRG 41st Annual Meeting in Ottawa
Nov 13 Central West Palliative Care Network Annual Conference
Nov 14 Basics for New Faculty Day 2
Nov 15 Undergraduate Education Faculty Development Workshop 
Nov 21 DFCM Research Rounds. 4:30-6:30 p.m. AT 500 University Ave., 3rd floor. Attend in person or online. Socialize, network & earn 2.0 Mainpro-1 credits.
Nov 28-30 OCFP ASA in Toronto
Dec 23 - Jan 4 inclusive. University of Toronto closed for winter break.

2014
Jan 16 DFCM Research Rounds. 4:30-6:30 p.m. AT 500 University Ave., 3rd floor. Attend in person or online. Socialize, network & earn 2.0 Mainpro-1 credits.
Jan 23 Basics for New Faculty Day 3
Jan 30 Conference on Medical Student Education
Jan 31 Emerging Leaders Program Application Deadline
Mar 20  DFCM Research Rounds. 4:30-6:30 p.m. AT 500 University Ave., 3rd floor. Attend in person or online. Socialize, network & earn 2.0 Mainpro-1 credits.
Apr 26-29  CCME and Ottawa Conference (AMEE) held conjointly in Ottawa
May 15  DFCM Research Rounds. 4:30-6:30 p.m. AT 500 University Ave., 3rd floor. Attend in person or online. Socialize, network & earn 2.0 Mainpro-1 credits.

Media

Department of Family and Community Medicine faculty mentions in the media. We don't promise to find all of them, so please share yours!

Discusses the Physician Assistant Degree Program. Physician's assistant lets doc take more patients in Barrie
David Esho Self-diagnosis on Google, other websites the first line of medical care for more than half of Canadians: poll

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