The DFCM News Digest

September 29, 2011

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

We also publish a quarterly newsletter called Family Ties and now a monthly Global Health Bulletin. Read the newsletter or subscribe.

News

Includes listserv messages sent, news posted at our website and more. Waiting to hear about something in particular? Check the website daily.

Position posting - Residency Recruitment Coordinator- applications due Oct 11
Attending FMF? You are invited to your colleagues at the Faculty of Medicine's reception on November 3.
Have you completed your Faculty Work & Leadership survey yet? Provide feedback on worklife, leadership, mentorship, infrastructure and more! Your response counts.
A one weekend clinic commitment as a preceptor will help medical students run their community health IMAGINE Clinic
Considering advanced level PD? Join us on Oct 5, 10:30 am for an info session at DFCM.
You are invited to a Celebration of Mentorship reception and keynote on Oct 20
Participate as an examiner on October 22 and / 23 for The Medical Council of Canada QE2 OSCE exams
The final edition of the newsprint tabloid Bulletin rolled off the presses this week. New online new site launches at www.news.utoronto.ca.
The University offers regular Workshops for New Faculty Members
New mobile contact number for Brian Da Silva who can provide asssistance with DFCM-supported classroom technology. 416-200-9864 from 8:00 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday to Friday.

Recognition

Awards, Appointments and Honours

Dr. Jamie Meuser, CFPC Director, CPD/CME

Dr. Jean Hudson(CVH), Deputy Course Director, ASCM 1, UME, FOM

Dr. Marcus Law, Academic Lead, Educational Technology, FOM

Dr. Fok Han Leung, Associate Course Director, Determinants of Community Health 1, UME, FOM

Dr. Laura Hans, Emergency Medicine Undergraduate Director, FOM

Dr. David Wong, Course Director ASCM 2, UME, FOM

Academic/ Conference Submission Deadlines

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

October 7, 2011: Call for abstracts for the 2012 Canadian Conference on Medical Education (CCME), theme Global Health in Medical Education: Beyond Boundaries

November 3: Nutrition: Dragged Kicking and Screaming into the Evidence-based Century. The Professor Edna Park Lecture. 5 p.m. at the Health Sciences Building.

November 12, 2011:Application deadline for graduate studies programs (MPH in FCM and MScSCH in FCM) for the Spring 2012 start. Attend an information session about these programs on October 5, 2011.

December 1, 2011: Submission deadline for provisional programme and call for papers for Symposia for the AMEE 2012 Conference taking place August 25 - 29, 2012 in Lyon, France. Visit the conference link for submission information.

December 15, 2011: Regular abstract submission deadline for the 2012 WONCA Europe conference taking place July 4 - 7, 2012 in Vienna, Austria. WONCA Europe submission link.

December 30, 2011: Abstract submission deadline for the WONCA Asia conference taking place May 24 – 27, 2012 in Jeju, Korea. WONCA Asia submission link.

January 16, 2012: Application deadline for graduate studies programs (MPH in FCM and MScSCH in FCM) for the Fall 2012 start.Attend an information session about these programs on October 5, 2011.

Upcoming Events

Selected meetings, conferences, rounds, celebrations, workshops from DFCM and others ... you may also wish to visit the DFCM Calendar on our website where you can view and add events.

October 19, 2011:   HPME Health Services Research Seminar Series in collaboration with DFCM

October 2 - 4, 2011: A ccelerating Primary Care Conference in Edmonton, Alberta.

October 20, 2011: Celebration of Mentorship

October 21, 2011: TEACH Project lunchtime webinar session. Pharmacotherapies (3): Prescription Medications.

October 25: Open meeting for those interested in research on international clinical education

October 27: Visualizing the Body: A History of Looking in the Medical Sciences

November 3, 2011: Alumni & Friends Reception in Montreal. Faculty of Medicine Reception at FMF. Learn more and RSVP.

November 3, 2011: Nutrition: Dragged Kicking and Screaming into the Evidence-based Century

November 3-5, 2011:   FMF, Montreal, Quebec

November 10, 2011: Basics for New Faculty - Day 2 of 3

November 11, 2011: Undergraduate Education Committee Workshop for Faculty

November 12-16:   2011 North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) Annual Meeting

November 23, 2011:   TEACH Project lunchtime webinar session.Tobacco Interventions for Patients with Mental Health Issues

November 23, 2011: HPME Health Services Research Seminar Series in collaboration with DFCM.

November 24-26: The Ontario College of Family Physician’s (OCFP) Annual Scientific Assembly (ASA)

November 26: DFCM Research Rounds.Presenter: Dr. Lyle Palmer, Executive Scientific Director, Ontario Health Study. Research in Progress Presenter:Dr. Rikke
Sand Anderson, Senior Research, Danish Research Centre for Cancer Diagnosis in Primary

November 28: Faculty Celebration(by invitation only)

November 30, 2011: Family Practice Obstetrical Education Session from Women's College & Sunnybrook about their services and care in preconception and in the first few weeks of pregnancy.

December 14, 2011: HPME Health Services Research Seminar Series in collaboration with DFCM