The Department of Family & Community Medicine at the University of Toronto sends this bi-weekly wrap-up of news, events, calls, recognition, media mentions and family medicine-focused resources to its faculty members, residents, staff, alumni and subscribers.
The Department of Family & Community Medicine at U of T

The DFCM News Digest

Calls

Calls for Applications
The date is the submission deadlines.
Feb 14 DFCM Endowed Chair in Nutrition Interventions in Primary Care

Apr 22 Early bird application deadline for NEAL New and Emerging Academic Leaders Certificate Program

North York General Hospital (NYGH) is recruiting for the position of Chief, Department of Family and Community Medicine

Applications are invited for the position of Chief, Department of Family Medicine at Markham Stouffville Hospital (MSH)

Applications are invited for Chief, Department of Family Medicine, Women's College Hospital
 
Calls for Nominations
The date is the submission deadlines.
Feb 7 U of T St. George Green Ribbon Awards

Feb 13 CHEC-CESC Virtual Patient Challenge 2013-2014

Feb 15 The DFCM Awards of Excellence and the Department's Program Awards 
 
Calls for Abstracts 
The date is the submission deadlines.

The 2014 FMF Call for Abstracts “sessions and workshops” is now open.

Australia and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators

Feb 7  CCME White Coat Warm Art - Art Exhibit 

Feb 14  Call for Posters for the 2014 DFCM Conference (formerly the DFCM Academic Retreat and Walter Rosser Day)

Feb 26  AMEE Deadline for short communication and poster submission

March 7  Deadline for abstracts ICRE (International Conference on Residency Education)

March 17  Call for Abstracts for "Collaborating in Complexity - Evolving Partnerships Between Gerontological Evidence and Practice"

Ongoing  Share your educational, clinical or research-oriented family medicine-focused resource with over 1,000 subscribers through the Department’s dedicated resource website, DFCM Open. All items are peer reviewed before being posted.
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Missing Library Book

A book has gone missing from the DFCM Library and we'd live to have it back, please. The book is Harvey Bart J., Lang Eddy S., Frank Jason R.. The research guide: a primer for residents, other health care trainees, and practitioners. Ottawa: Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, 2011. [Class: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY]

Recognition

The Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network has received an award in the small organization category from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).
 
At the start of January, Dr. Warren McIsaac assumed the role of Research Director at the Granovsky Gluskin Family Medicine Centre.
 
U of T has made this year’s list as one of Canada's Top Family-Friendly Employers

DFCM Calendar

Feb 25   Senior Promotion Workshop Series  Session 1
Mar 20  DFCM Research Rounds with Dr. Michael Coons
Mar 22  Global Health Speaker Series with Dr. Andrew Pinto
Mar 25   Senior Promotion Workshop Series  Session 2
May 2-3  The DFCM Conference, formerly the Faculty Retreat
May 13  Faculty of Medicine’s Education Achievement Celebration 
May 25   Senior Promotion Workshop Series  Session 3

Other Events

Conferences, rounds, seminars, CME ...
Feb 4  BPER Best Practice in Education Rounds
 
Mar 1 The Toronto ACS Summit
Mar 4 BPER Best Practice in Education Rounds
 
Apr 1  BPER Best Practice in Education Rounds
Apr 7-8  AAFP Family Medicine Congressional Conference
Apr 26-29   CCME and Ottawa Conference (AMEE)
April 29  Scottish School of Primary Care (SSPC) Conference

May 3–7  STFM Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Annual Spring Conferences
May 7-9  CAST Grounding Trauma

July 16-18  ASME Association for the Study of Medical Education

Aug 30-3  AMEE Association for Medical Education in Europe
           
Nov 13-15  FMF Family Medicine Forum
Nov 27-29  ASA Annual Scientific Assembly
 
Visit the Health Arts and Humanities Program at U of T to learn about their frequent events.
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Go Team Canada! 
Take a physician's look at the Games through the eyes of a Team Canada doctor, our very own Dr. Mike Evans. Visit his Facebook page or Twitter feed to read his updates. (You don't need to belong to Facebook or Twitter to see these webpages.)
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FM Resources

New items on the Department's resource website DFCM Open. All items are peer reviewed. 




AFib in One Page recommendations from the March 2012, the Canandian Cardiovascular Society  newest guideline as well as some direction about when to use the new oral anticoagulants.


Can an iPad help me? Practical pointers and tools of the trade, how the iPad’s ease of use and versatility can help with organization, efficiency, learning, and patient care

The Clinically Organized Relevant Exam (CORE) Back Tool guides the clinician to recognize common mechanical back pain syndromes and screen for other conditions where management may include investigations, referral and specific medications. This is  a focused examination for clinical decision-making in primary care.

Genograms: Seeing Patients and Families Through Another Window, a Working With Families Institute module. The genogram is a practical, patient-centred tool that permits family physicians (FPs) to gather and record basic family information. It offers the physician a quick visual reference for understanding the patient’s context, the family’s influence, and the family’s role in the patient’s illness experience.  

Information Mastery Resources List for Useful Medication Information, a list of resources that residents and staff physicians can use to access useful medication information.
Parkinson’s Disease One-Page Primer, a DFCM faculty-resident developed clinical primer. Provided is a clinical overview of Parkinson’s disease, it’s presentation, management and prognosis.

Opiod Use Disorder One Page Primer, a DFCM faculty-resident developed clinical primer. The incidence of opioid misuse in primary care is increasing. In 2003, there were up to 914,000 non-medical prescription opioid users in Canada. Consequences of an active opioid use disorder include loss of productivity, interpersonal disruption, depression, overdose and suicide. It is within the scope of family medicine to identify and manage opioid use disorders.

Postpartum Mood Disorders: What Family Physicians Should Know, a Working With Families Institute module. Family physicians are uniquely positioned in the health care system to help mothers and their families through this critical life transition. This educational module emphasizes preventive, diagnostic, treatment, and communication techniques that can assist FPs in assessing the health of mothers and their families during the postpartum period.
 

Pharmacologic management of pain, breathlessness and nausea in the palliative care setting. This one page “pocket guide” is intended for practicing clinicians and addresses the pharmacologic management of pain, breathlessness and nausea. It includes the basic principles of opioid use and targeting the etiology and management of nausea.
Responding to Patients’ Unanticipated Emotional Concerns, a Working With Families Institute module. Frequently in family practice, patients present with unanticipated emotions or affect. Patients may mention these issues directly, or reveal them indirectly during a visit for a physical symptom, when the physician asks about a life situation (e.g., a crisis). Patients frequently present with physical symptoms (e.g., tiredness or pain) to legitimize their visit, or are unaware that they have physical symptoms related to emotional issues (e.g., shortness of breath and poor sleep related to anxiety). Because of time constraints or uncertainty about how to respond, patients’ unanticipated emotions can be a challenge for the family physician (FP) in a busy office practice. However, these emotions offer a doorway to information that can have an impact on patients’ immediate and long-term health.
 
Faculty members may submit material for anyone to download. Visit DFCM Open to learn more. As of February 5, 2014, DFCM Open has over 1,000 subscribers.
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