The Department of Family & Community Medicine at the University of Toronto sends its faculty members & subscribers a bi-weekly wrap-up of news; and alerts them to upcoming deadlines for submissions, conferences, awards or funding. 

Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Toronto

The DFCM News Digest
 

November 28, 2011

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

Recognition

Awards, Appointments and Honours

  • A Chatelaine Woman of the Year is our very own Dr. Alanna Fitzgerald-Husek, first-year resident at St Michael's Hospital
  • Dr. Janet Smylie from St. Michael`s Hospital received a 2012 National Aboriginal Achievement Award 


  • 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.

    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 1, 2011:    BRIDGES Letters of Intent due Dec 1
    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 6, 2011:        CCME visual art exhibition call for submissions 
    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.
     


    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.

    2011
    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.
    November 30:   Health For All Harambee
    December 1:     World AIDS Day. GLINT Tweet-up. It's a tweet-up! GLINT - the Give a Day Live International Not-so Trivial challenge
    December 2-3:  Canadian Bariatric Surgery Summit
    December 6:     Getting A Grip on Guidelines Workshop
    December 9:     Grand Rounds - Body and Soul: Narratives of Healing from Ars Medica
    December 14:  
    HPME Health Services Research Seminar Series in collaboration with DFCM
    December 21- 30: Christmas/New Year Holiday University Closure

    2012
    January 6:   
          CCME visual art exhibition call for submissions
    January 26:       Basics Program for New Faculty - Day 3 of 3
    April 27-28:       DFCM Academic Retreat & Walter Rosser Day
    May 10-12:        Primary Care Today

    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!
     

    Interview on Global News: Flu Vaccine. Dr. David Kaplan. Posted on his blog. What would you say if something worked about 60% of the time? In medicine, 60% is pretty good when it comes to prevention! Flu Shots 2011
     
    National Post letter. Dr. Allan Grill. Re: The Marketing Of Oxycontin, Nov. 12. Letter.
     
    The release of The Royal Society of Canada Expert Panel: End-of-Life Decision Making Report resulted in a significant amount of mainstream media coverage. The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) commissioned the report of an Expert Panel, including DFCM faculty member and full professor, Dr. Ross Upshur.


    Share your news, events, recognition or media coverage with your colleagues through the DFCM News Digest.

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

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