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The DFCM News Digest
October 13, 2011
We warmly welcome a new set of readers to the DFCM News Digest – our Family Medicine residents. This is the first issue they will receive and we hope that like our faculty members, residents will also find this bi-weekly wrap-up to be a useful source of information. We include academic and conference deadlines, news, events and recognition about and for our DFCM faculty, residents and staff.
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Let us know (and share) your news and events. Or visit the calendar to see - and add - meetings, conferences, deadlines, workshops, courses, rounds and celebrations.
News
Includes listserv messages sent, news posted at our website and more. Waiting to hear about something in particular? Check the website daily.
Recognition
Awards, Appointments and Honours
Assistant Professor Dr. Jane Philpott from the Department of Family and Community Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine was awarded the Community Service Award from the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Western Ontario. The award recognizes the tremendous accomplishments of the school's graduates in service.
Professor Emeritus Dr. Philip Herbert was awarded the Reg L. Perkin Family Physician of the Year Award from the Ontario College of Family Physicians. The award recognizes an outstanding College of Family Physicians of Canada members who exemplify the best of what being a family doctor is all about, including exceptional care of patients combined with a significant contribution to the health and well-being of communities and/or society in general.
Academic/ Conference Submission Deadlines
DFCM and conference abstract submission deadlines that fall within the next few months.
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 14:The United Nations Summit on Non-communicable Diseases: What Happened, Why and What's Next? Moderated by Dr. James Orbinski.
October 19: HPME Health Services Research Seminar Series in collaboration with DFCM
October 20: Celebration of Mentorship
October 21: 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: Alumni & Friends Reception in Montreal. Faculty of Medicine Reception at FMF. Learn more and RSVP.
November 3: Nutrition: Dragged Kicking and Screaming into the Evidence-based Century
November 3-5: FMF, Montreal, Quebec
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 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
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!
September 24: In the Barrie Examiner Co-operation found in spades at RVH
October 4: On Simcoe.com RVH “growing” its own doctors
Share your news, event, recongition or media coverage with your colleagues.
Let us know (and share) your news and events.
Or visit the calendar to see - and add - meetings, conferences, deadlines, workshops, courses, rounds and celebrations.
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