Message from the Division Director
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Dear Colleagues,
I know we are all deeply concerned about the events unfolding in Ukraine, and my thoughts and moral support go out to all who are affected.
Just a few local updates:
- Congratulations to our many divisional members who received MD Program Teaching Excellence Awards this month.
- Resident Doctors Appreciation Week occurred earlier this month, and today is “Thank a Resident Day” in the US, but of course we are grateful to the residents every day. A special thanks to all of the residents for their compassionate patient care, clinical expertise, teaching of junior learners, and professionalism. And our thoughts are with all of the residents writing their Royal College exams in the near future. Good luck!
- GIM Citywide Rounds were cancelled due to COVID-19 in January and February, but will resume in March with an overview of the management of congestive heart failure. Also please mark your calendars for GIM Research Day in June; details below.
Sincerely,
Moira
Dr. Moira Kapral
Director, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Toronto
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MD Program Teaching Excellence Award
Dr. Tarek Abdelhalim received the MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence for the 2020-2021 academic year.
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MD Program Teaching Excellence Award
Dr. Pearl Behl received the MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence for the 2020-2021 academic year.
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MD Program Teaching Excellence Award
Dr. Savannah Cardew received the MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence for the 2020-2021 academic year.
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MD Program Teaching Excellence Award
Dr. Vincent Chien received the MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence for the 2020-2021 academic year.
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MD Program Teaching Excellence Award
Dr. William Coke received the MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence for the 2020-2021 academic year.
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MD Program Teaching Excellence Award
Dr. Yayi Huang received the MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence for the 2020-2021 academic year.
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MD Program Teaching Excellence Award
Dr. Alison Lai received the MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence for the 2020-2021 academic year.
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MD Program Teaching Excellence Award
Dr. Ariel Lefkowitz received the MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence for the 2020-2021 academic year.
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MD Program Teaching Excellence Award
Dr. Dhanjit Litt received the MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence for the 2020-2021 academic year.
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MD Program Teaching Excellence Award
Dr. Jessica Liu received the MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence for the 2020-2021 academic year.
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MD Program Teaching Excellence Award
Dr. Reena Pattani received the MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence for the 2020-2021 academic year.
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MD Program Teaching Excellence Award
Dr. Matthew Robinson received the MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence for the 2020-2021 academic year.
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MD Program Teaching Excellence Award
Dr. Terence Tang received the MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence for the 2020-2021 academic year.
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MD Program Teaching Excellence Award
Dr. Jeremy Cygler (GIM Trainee) received the MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence for the 2020-2021 academic year.
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MD Program Teaching Excellence Award
Dr. William (Billy) Silverstein (GIM Trainee) received the MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence for the 2020-2021 academic year.
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Edgar J. Kenton III Lecture Award
Dr. Moira Kapral has received the 2022 Edgar J. Kenton III Lecture Award from the American Stroke Association. The award recognizes lifetime contributions to investigation, management, mentorship and community service in the field of stroke disparities research.
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Dr. Ray Joel (PI) has been awarded a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant for his study entitled Hemoglobin A1c and adverse perinatal, child and maternal outcomes.
Dr. Ray Joel, as Co-PI, has also been awarded two CIHR Project Grants for studies titled Severe Neonatal Morbidity of Infants Born to Mothers with Severe Maternal Morbidity: a Canadian population-based observational study AND Cardiometabolic Health of Mothers with a Sick Child.
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Drs. Fahad Razak (Nominated PI) and Amol Verma (co-PI) along with Co-PIs Drs. Baker A, Chan T, Cheung A, Gibson J, Herridge M, Kapral M, Lee NLS, Mamdani M, Rosella L,Sarhangian V, Verma AA have been awarded a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Operating Grant for their project titled, Understanding the effects of hospital capacity strain on quality of hospital care for patients admitted to medical and ICU wards during the pandemic and evaluating interventions to mitigate hospital capacity strain
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Co-Investigators are Drs. Azzam K, Bell C, Carpenter T, Castellani L Chignell M, Chin S, Daniel I, Dhalla I, Edelstein B, Fralick M, Gill S, Hillmer M, Jensen L, Kandel C, Kwan J, Lapointe-Shaw L, MacFadden D, Ng V, Roberts S, Safavi N, Siddiqi A, Simpson C, Slutsky A, Smith C, Srivastava S, Weinerman A, Wodchis W, Myers K, Tang T.
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It's a Boy!
Dr. Laura Walker and her husband are delighted to announce the birth of their son, Jackson, who came into this world with a full head of hair on February 18th at 3:55am, weighing 7lbs 4oz. Congratulations Laura and Ryan!
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It's a Girl!
Dr. Mark Bonta and his wife Jessica welcomed Josie June Bonta on February 1st. Big brothers Finn (7) and Clark (3), and big sister Ruby (5) are being such welcoming and caring siblings. Congratulations to the beautiful family!
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Call for Abstracts - U of T GIM Research Day
The 2022 GIM Research Day will be held virtually on Friday, June 24, 2022 from 12:00 to 1:30pm. We are delighted that the keynote speaker will be Dr. Vinny Arora (@FutureDocs) from the University of Chicago; details to follow.
We invite and encourage all trainees who are eligible (please see Abstract Submission Guidelines) to submit abstracts and participate at this annual GIM Research Day. Abstract submission deadline is March 31, 2022.
Abstract Form
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Clinician Teacher / Clinician Educator
The Department of Medicine of McGill University invites applications for a full-time Clinician-Teacher or Clinician-Educator at the rank of Assistant Professor or Associate Professor, at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). Detailed job posting is available in both English and French.
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University of Toronto GIM Citywide Rounds
Date: Friday, March 25, 2022
Time: 12-1 PM
Speaker: Dr. Michael McDonald
Topic: Quadruple Therapy for Heart Failure.
These rounds are accredited by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. If you would like to attend but have not received a calendar invitation with the Zoom link, please email tina.teng@uhn.ca. Previous rounds are recorded and available on U of T GIM Website.
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Acute Care Update - Virtual Program 2022
Dates: March 31, and June 2, 2022
Time: 6:30 - 8 PM
Program Overview
The 2021/22 Acute Care Update will be offered free of charge. To receive the ZOOM videoconference link, users must register for the program in advance. Acute Care Update is open to all acute care providers including Hospitalists, Internists, Family Physicians, Emergency Physicians. Specialists, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, Nurses, Fellows, and Medical Residents.
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2022 SGIM Annual Meeting
Dates: April 6-9, 2022
Location: Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin in Orlando, FL
This year's meeting theme is Dimensions of a Generalist Career: Discovery, Equity, and Impact.
Preliminary Session Guide
Register Now (Early registration rate ends March 1)
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Journal Articles
Divisional members published the following journal articles in January 2022:
- Time Costs and Out-of-Pocket Costs in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C in a Publicly Funded Health System.
Wong WWL, Wong J, Bremner KE, Saeed Y, Mason K, Phoon A, Feng Z, Feld JJ, Mitsakakis N, Powis J, Krahn M.
Value Health. 2022 Feb;25(2):247-256. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2021.08.006. Epub 2021 Sep 22.
PMID: 35094798
- Beyond the ratings: gender effects in written comments from clinical teaching assessments.
Ginsburg S, Stroud L, Lynch M, Melvin L, Kulasegaram K.
Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract. 2022 Jan 28. doi: 10.1007/s10459-021-10088-1.
PMID: 35088152
- Serious Adverse Events of Oral and Topical Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors.
Popovic MM, Schlenker MB, Thiruchelvam D, Redelmeier DA.
JAMA Ophthalmol. 2022 Jan 27. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2021.5977.
PMID: 35084437
- Association of material deprivation with discharge location and length of stay after inpatient stroke rehabilitation in Ontario: a retrospective, population-based cohort study.
MacDonald SL, Hall RE, Bell CM, Cronin S, Jaglal SB.
CMAJ Open. 2022 Jan 25;10(1):E50-E55. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20200300. Print 2022 Jan-Mar.
PMID: 35078823
- Pandemic health consequences: Grasping the long COVID tail.
Quinn KL, Bell CM.
PLoS Med. 2022 Jan 25;19(1):e1003891. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003891.
PMID: 35077442
- Aspirin Use for Preeclampsia Prevention Among Women With Prepregnancy Diabetes, Obesity, and Hypertension.
Ray JG, Abdulaziz KE, Berger H; DOH-NET (Diabetes, Obesity, and Hypertension in Pregnancy Research Network).
JAMA. 2022 Jan 25;327(4):388-390. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.22749.
PMID: 35076678
- Complex chronic conditions among children born to women with schizophrenia.
Toufeili A, Cohen E, Ray JG, Wilton AS, Brown HK, Saunders NR, Dennis CL, Holloway AC, Morrison KM, Hanley GE, Oberlander TF, Bérard A, Tu K, Barker LC, Vigod SN.
Schizophr Res. 2022 Jan 21;241:24-35. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2021.12.018.
PMID: 35074529
- Advances in Stroke: Stroke in Women.
Bushnell CD, Kapral MK.
Stroke. 2022 Feb;53(2):605-607. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.036975.
PMID: 35073191
- Phenobarbital for the management of severe acute alcohol withdrawal (the PHENOMANAL trial): a pilot randomized controlled trial.
Filewod N, Hwang S, Turner CJ, Rizvi L, Gray S, Klaiman M, Buell D, Ailon J, Caudarella A, Ginocchio GF, Santos M, Sandhu G, Dewhurst N, Sequeira K, Burns KEA.
Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2022 Jan 22;8(1):14. doi: 10.1186/s40814-021-00963-4.
PMID: 35065662
- Associations of light physical activity, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and sedentary behavior with quality of life in men on androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer: a quantile regression analysis.
Trinh L, Alibhai SMH, Culos-Reed N, Sabiston CM, Jones JM, Rosenberg DE, Whitehorn A, Bastas D, Faulkner GE.
J Behav Med. 2022 Jan 21. doi: 10.1007/s10865-022-00285-7.
PMID: 35061159
- Getting to 100%: Research Priorities and Unanswered Questions to Inform the US Debate on Universal Health Insurance Coverage.
Cram P, Selker H, Carnahan J, Romero-Brufau S, Fischer MA; SGIM Health Policy Research Committee.
J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Jan 21. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-07234-1.
PMID: 35060003
- Effect of race, gender identity, and their intersection on career satisfaction: A cross-sectional survey of academic physicians.
Pattani R, Burns KEA, Lorens E, Straus SE, Hawker GA.
Med Teach. 2022 Jan 20:1-8. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2021.2014799.
PMID: 35048748
- Fluvoxamine for symptomatic outpatients with COVID-19.
Wu PE, Austin E, Leong D.
CMAJ. 2022 Jan 19:cmaj.220011. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.220011.
PMID: 35045990
- Remdesivir for the treatment of patients in hospital with COVID-19 in Canada: a randomized controlled trial.
Ali K, Azher T, Baqi M, Binnie A, Borgia S, Carrier FM, Cavayas YA, Chagnon N, Cheng MP, Conly J, Costiniuk C, Daley P, Daneman N, Douglas J, Downey C, Duan E, Duceppe E, Durand M, English S, Farjou G, Fera E, Fontela P, Fowler R, Fralick M, Geagea A, Grant J, Harrison LB, Havey T, Hoang H, Kelly LE, Keynan Y, Khwaja K, Klein G, Klein M, Kolan C, Kronfli N, Lamontagne F, Lau R, Fralick M, Lee TC, Lee N, Lim R, Longo S, Lostun A, MacIntyre E, Malhamé I, Mangof K, McGuinty M, Mergler S, Munan MP, Murthy S, O'Neil C, Ovakim D, Papenburg J, Parhar K, Parvathy SN, Patel C, Perez-Patrigeon S, Pinto R, Rajakumaran S, Rishu A, Roba-Oshin M, Rushton M, Saleem M, Salvadori M, Scherr K, Schwartz K, Semret M, Silverman M, Singh A, Sligl W, Smith S, Somayaji R, Tan DHS, Tobin S, Todd M, Tran TV, Tremblay A, Tsang J, Turgeon A, Vakil E, Weatherald J, Yansouni C, Zarychanski R; Canadian Treatments for COVID-19 (CATCO); Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada (AMMI) Clinical Research Network and the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group.
CMAJ. 2022 Jan 19:cmaj.211698. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.211698.
PMID: 35045989
- Obstetrical and Perinatal Outcomes in Female Survivors of Childhood and Adolescent Cancer: A Population-Based Cohort Study.
Zgardau A, Ray JG, Baxter NN, Nagamuthu C, Park AL, Gupta S, Nathan PC.
J Natl Cancer Inst. 2022 Jan 19:djac005. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djac005.
PMID: 35043954
- The MedSafer Study-Electronic Decision Support for Deprescribing in Hospitalized Older Adults: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.
McDonald EG, Wu PE, Rashidi B, Wilson MG, Bortolussi-Courval É, Atique A, Battu K, Bonnici A, Elsayed S, Wilson AG, Papillon-Ferland L, Pilote L, Porter S, Murphy J, Ross SB, Shiu J, Tamblyn R, Whitty R, Xu J, Fabreau G, Haddad T, Palepu A, Khan N, McAlister FA, Downar J, Huang AR, MacMillan TE, Cavalcanti RB, Lee TC.
JAMA Intern Med. 2022 Jan 18. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.7429.
PMID: 35040926
- Outdated criteria for drug plan reimbursement obstruct evidence-based care.
Bayoumi A, Laupacis A.
CMAJ. 2021 Oct 12;193(40):E1573-E1574. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.211617. Epub 2021 Oct 11.
PMID: 35040803
- Global accessibility of therapeutics for diabetes mellitus.
Fralick M, Jenkins AJ, Khunti K, Mbanya JC, Mohan V, Schmidt MI.
Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2022 Jan 17:1-6. doi: 10.1038/s41574-021-00621-y.
PMID: 35039662
- Considerations for assessing frail older adults requesting medical assistance in dying.
Engelhart S, Stall NM, Quinn KL.
CMAJ. 2022 Jan 17;194(2):E51-E53. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.210729.
PMID: 35039389
- Impaired awareness of hypoglycaemia in women with type 1 diabetes in pregnancy: Hypoglycaemia fear, glycaemic and pregnancy outcomes.
Bahrami J, Tomlinson G, Murphy HR, Feig DS; CONCEPTT Collaborative Group.
Diabet Med. 2022 Jan 14:e14789. doi: 10.1111/dme.14789.
PMID: 35030277
- Care provided by older adults in active cancer treatment to a spouse: A scoping review.
Donison V, Yang H, Ayala AP, Wills A, Alibhai SMH, Puts M.
J Geriatr Oncol. 2022 Jan 10:S1879-4068(22)00003-0. doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2022.01.003.
PMID: 35027323
- Comment on: Measuring the impacts of the Using Antibiotics Wisely campaign on Canadian community utilization of oral antibiotics for respiratory tract infections: a time-series analysis from 2015 to 2019.
Born KB, Leis JA, Levinson W.
J Antimicrob Chemother. 2022 Jan 11:dkab493. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkab493.
PMID: 35022722
- Comparison of Self-harm or Overdose Among Adolescents and Young Adults Before vs During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario.
Ray JG, Austin PC, Aflaki K, Guttmann A, Park AL.
JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Jan 4;5(1):e2143144. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.43144.
PMID: 35019981
- Comparison of longitudinal trends in self-reported symptoms and COVID-19 case activity in Ontario, Canada.
Maharaj AS, Parker J, Hopkins JP, Gournis E, Bogoch II, Rader B, Astley CM, Ivers NM, Hawkins JB, Lee L, Tuite AR, Fisman DN, Brownstein JS, Lapointe-Shaw L.
PLoS One. 2022 Jan 11;17(1):e0262447. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262447. eCollection 2022.
PMID: 35015778
- Reliability and validity of using EQ-5D-5L among healthy and adolescents with major mental health disorders in Ethiopia.
Welie AG, Stolk E, Mukuria C, Belay YB, Krahn MD, Sander B, Gebretekle GB.
Eur J Health Econ. 2022 Jan 10. doi: 10.1007/s10198-021-01412-y.
PMID: 35013918
- Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis in a patient with delirium secondary to COVID-19.
Stephen M, Alshafai L, Detsky A, Fralick M.
CMAJ. 2022 Jan 10;194(1):E15-E16. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.211745.
PMID: 35012949
- Chronic Pain among Individuals Experiencing Homelessness and Its Interdependence with Opioid and Other Substance Use and Mental Illness.
Vogel M, Choi F, Westenberg JN, Cabanis M, Nikoo N, Nikoo M, Hwang SW, Somers J, Schütz CG, Krausz M.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Dec 21;19(1):5. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010005.
PMID: 35010263
- Comparative Fracture Risk During Osteoporosis Drug Holidays After Long-Term Risedronate Versus Alendronate Therapy : A Propensity Score-Matched Cohort Study.
Hayes KN, Brown KA, Cheung AM, Kim SA, Juurlink DN, Cadarette SM.
Ann Intern Med. 2022 Jan 11. doi: 10.7326/M21-2512.
PMID: 35007149
- Types of clinical reasoning in a summative clerkship oral examination.
Rajeswaran V, Devine L, Lorens E, Robertson S, Huszti E, Panisko DM.
Med Teach. 2022 Jan 10:1-7. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2021.2020230.
PMID: 35000527
- Exercise Recommendation for People With Bone Metastases: Expert Consensus for Health Care Providers and Exercise Professionals.
Campbell KL, Cormie P, Weller S, Alibhai SMH, Bolam KA, Campbell A, Cheville AL, Dalzell MA, Hart NH, Higano CS, Lane K, Mansfield S, McNeely ML, Newton RU, Quist M, Rauw J, Rosenberger F, Santa Mina D, Schmitz KH, Winters-Stone KM, Wiskemann J, Goulart J.
JCO Oncol Pract. 2022 Jan 6:OP2100454. doi: 10.1200/OP.21.00454.
PMID: 34990293
- Patterns of Antimicrobial Use in an Outpatient Hemodialysis Unit.
Sivarajahkumar S, So M, Morris AM, Lok C, Bell CM, Battistella M.
Can J Hosp Pharm. 2022 Winter;75(1):15-20. doi: 10.4212/cjhp.v75i1.3250.
PMID: 34987258
- Reducing Sedative-Hypnotics Among Hospitalized Patients: a Multi-centered Study.
Soong C, Ethier C, Lee Y, Othman D, Burry L, Wu PE, Ng KA, Matelski J, Liu B.
J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Jan 3. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-07292-5.
PMID: 34981347
- ICD-10 Diagnostic Coding for Identifying Hospitalizations Related to a Diabetic Foot Ulcer.
Syed MH, Al-Omran M, Jacob-Brassard J, Ray JG, Hussain MA, Mamdani M, Mestral C.
Clin Invest Med. 2021 Dec 31;44(4):E11-16. doi: 10.25011/cim.v44i4.37592.
PMID: 34978770
- Randomized trials of therapeutic heparin for COVID-19: A meta-analysis.
Sholzberg M, da Costa BR, Tang GH, Rahhal H, AlHamzah M, Baumann Kreuziger L, Ní Áinle F, Almarshoodi MO, James PD, Lillicrap D, Carrier M, Beckett A, Fralick M, Middeldorp S, Lee AYY, Thorpe KE, Negri EM, Cushman M, Jüni P; RAPID Trial Investigators.
Res Pract Thromb Haemost. 2021 Dec 17;5(8):e12638. doi: 10.1002/rth2.12638.
PMID: 34977448
- Maternal-Newborn Health System Changes and Outcomes in Ontario Canada during Wave 1 of the COVID-19 Pandemic - A Retrospective Study.
Roberts NF, Sprague AE, Taljaard M, Fell DB, Ray JG.
J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2021 Dec 29:S1701-2163(21)00938-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jogc.2021.12.006.
PMID: 34973435
- The Landscape of COVID-19 Research in the United States: a Cross-sectional Study of Randomized Trials Registered on ClinicalTrials.Gov.
Sacks CA, North CM, Wolf M, Dougan M, Campbell KR, Moggridge J, Fralick M.
J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Jan;37(1):154-161. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-07167-9. Epub 2021 Nov 9.
PMID: 34755268
- Closing the Osteoporosis Care Gap: A Teachable Moment.
Silverstein WK, Zipursky JS, Shadowitz S.
JAMA Intern Med. 2021 Dec 1;181(12):1635-1636. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.5972.
PMID: 34661618
- Theory in quality improvement and patient safety education: A scoping review.
Goldman J, Smeraglio A, Lo L, Kuper A, Wong BM.
Perspect Med Educ. 2021 Dec;10(6):319-326. doi: 10.1007/s40037-021-00686-5.
PMID: 34609733
- Circumcision and Risk of HIV among Males from Ontario, Canada.
Nayan M, Hamilton RJ, Juurlink DN, Austin PC, Jarvi KA.
J Urol. 2022 Feb;207(2):424-430. doi: 10.1097/JU.0000000000002234.
PMID: 34551593
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Publications and Other Contributions by Trainees
Please email tina.teng@uhn.ca if you have items for inclusion in future newsletters
- Considerations for assessing frail older adults requesting medical assistance in dying.
Engelhart S, Stall NM, Quinn KL.
CMAJ. 2022 Jan 17;194(2):E51-E53. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.210729.
PMID: 35039389
- Closing the Osteoporosis Care Gap: A Teachable Moment.
Silverstein WK, Zipursky JS, Shadowitz S.
JAMA Intern Med. 2021 Dec 1;181(12):1635-1636. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.5972.
PMID: 34661618
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