The DFCM News Digest
 

October 27, 2011

News

• U of T DFCM Tax Info: You may need to submit HST for your non-clinical services Memo to DFCM Clinical Faculty from Lynn Wilson, Chair of Department of Family and Community Medicine, Oct 24, 2011. Re: Academic Physicians Charging GST/HST for Non-Clinical Services to the University
• Faculty members going to FMF: RSVP by Fri, Oct 28 for the Faculty of Medicine FMF Reception
• BRIDGES Letters of Intent due Dec 1
• Primary Care LHIN Lead application deadline is Friday, November 11, 2011
• Registration is OPEN for the Undergraduate Education Faculty Development Workshop on Nov. 11 Closes Nov. 4.
• Applications for Director, DFCM Division of Palliative Care invited until Nov 11
• Only one more preceptor needed for a Nov. 26 clinic at the medical student-run IMAGINE Clinic.
• North York General Hospital (NYGH) is recruiting for the position of Chief, Department of Family and Community Medicine
• Have you completed your Faculty Work & Leadership survey yet? Provide feedback on worklife, leadership, mentorship, infrastructure and more! Your response counts.
• Join us at the DFCM Open House on Nov. 9, 4-6
• Employee Flu Immunization Clinic on St. George Campus
• Two minutes for diversity-complete the Faculty of Medicine survey
• Spanish speaking faculty: teaching opportunity
• Walk for Docs at FMF - Sponsor a medical student team member from the U of T Interest Group in Family Medicine (IgFM)
• Pair with a U of T med student in a student-organized mentorship program

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Academic/ Conference Submission Deadlines

DFCM and conference abstract submission deadlines that fall within the next few months. 
New! DFCM web page listing 2012 conference and submission dates.

November 12, 2011:  Application deadline for graduate studies programs (MPH in FCM and MScSCH in FCM) for the Spring 2012 start.
December 1, 2011:    Provisional Programme and Call for Papers for AMEE (Association for Medical Education in Europe) in Lyon, France, August 25 - 29, 2012.
December 15, 2011:  Regular abstract submission for WONCA Europe in Vienna, Austria, July 4 - 7, 2012.
December 30, 2011:  For WONCA Asia in Jeju, Korea, May 24 - 27, 2012.
January 12, 2012:      Research Papers and PhD Reports; Abstract Submissions for AMEE in Lyon, France, August 25 - 29, 2012.
March 12, 2012:         Short Communications, Conference Workshop and Poster Abstract Submissions for AMEE in Lyon, France, August 25 - 29, 2012.
March 15, 2012:         "Last week results" for WONCA Europe in Vienna, Austria July 4 - 7, 2012.
 

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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.

November 3:       Faculty of Medicine Alumni & Friends Reception at FMF. Please RSVP by October 28.
November 3:       Nutrition: Dragged Kicking and Screaming into the Evidence-based Century
November 3-5:   FMF, Montreal, Quebec
November 9:      Join us at the DFCM Open House on Nov. 9, 4-6
November 10:   Basics for New Faculty - Day 2 of 3
November 11:   Undergraduate Education Committee Workshop for Faculty
November 12-16:  2011 North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) Annual Meeting
November 22:   Give a Day to World Aids: Hot Talks 2011 with Stephen Lewis
November 23:   TEACH Project lunchtime webinar session.Tobacco Interventions for Patients with Mental Health Issues
November 23:   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 24:   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 24:  Working with Families Grand Rounds: A general approach to psychotherapy in the suicidal patient
November 28:  Faculty Celebration(by invitation only)
November 30:  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:  HPME Health Services Research Seminar Series in collaboration with DFCM

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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!

October 17, 2011      Canada NewsWire: Managing Your Menopause, Know the Options, Dr. Vivien Brown
October 21, 2011      Ryerson University:  Ryerson University, Princess Margaret Hospital Partnership Brings Sweet Dreams to Post-Mastectomy and Lumpectomy Patients , Dr. Joyce Nyhof-Young
October 22, 2011      Medical Net News: New sleepwear now available for post-surgery breast cancer patients, Dr. Joyce Nyhof-Young
October 24, 2011      York Region Parks: A prescription for better health, Dr. Robert Dougherty and Dr. Mel Borins 
 

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Email Danielle Simpson at danielle.simpson@utoronto.ca.