The DFCM News Digest
July 21, 2011

A bi-weekly wrap-up of academic & conference deadlines, news & events, recognition & media for DFCM faculty and subscribers.

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Announcing the new DFCM Director of Professional Development: Dr. Barbara Stubbs
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Preceptors needed for the Family Medicine Longitudinal Experience (FMLE)

Dr. Deana Midmer has been posthumously honoured with an Honorary Membership in the College of Family Physicians of Canada.

DFCM and conference abstract submission deadlines that fall within the next two months.

August 11, 2011: OCFP ASA exhibit description form is due
August 15, 2011: (midnight) Student/Resident/Fellow Works-In-Progress Call-For-Papers. You are invited to submit a poster at the 2011 NAPCRG Annual Meeting, which will be held November 12-16 in Banff, Alberta, Canada. Proposals on any topic relating to primary care research are welcome from researchers throughout North America and the world.
September 15: Application deadline for the Professional Development (PD) Fund

Meetings, conferences, rounds, celebrations, workshops from DFCM and others ...

May-August, 2011: Dalla Lana 2011 Summer Workshop Series
August 27-31, 2011: The International Association for Medical Education Annual Conference in Vienna, Austria. Learn more about the AMEE conference.
September 8-11, 2011: WONCA Europe in Warsaw, Poland. Visit the 2011 WONCA Europe website.
September 14-17, 2011: The American Academy of Family Physicians’ Scientific Assembly. Orlando, Florida. Visit the 2011 AAFP SA website.
September 16, 2011: The DFCM Research Program CIHR Community-Based Primary Health Care (CBPHC) Team Grant Marketplace. The purpose of this event is to help facilitate the development of teams for the upcoming CIHR call for applications.
September - November, 2011: See the variety of courses offered in this one page flyer from The Centre for Mindfulness Studies

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

July 14 In the Toronto Star, Dr. Philip Berger is quoted in the article AIDS drugs can protect uninfected, African studies show