Full department meeting: virtual awards celebration
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Please join our next Full Department Meeting for our Virtual Awards Celebration. We will be celebrating staff, faculty members, including PG and UG award winners as well as special recognition and more!
Date: Thursday, May 25
Time: 8 to 9 a.m.
Location: Zoom
Join the Zoom meeting or click below to add to calendar. Looking forward to having you join us!
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Kontirennanoron - Women Singing Precious Songs and Kahsenniyo Kick: Celebrating Indigenous History and Pride Month
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Date: Thursday, June 22
Time: 8:30 to 10 a.m. (Gathering and Nourishment 8:30 to 9 a.m.; Program 9 to 10 a.m.)
Location: David Braley Health Sciences Centre Auditorium (2nd Floor)
In honour and celebration of both Indigenous History Month and Pride Month, the Indigenous Health Learning Lodge (IHLL) and the Department of Family Medicine (DFM) welcome you to join us for a morning of cultural sharing through song, storytelling and poetry. We will be graced by the voices of vocal group ‘Kontirennanoron’ (meaning Women singing precious songs) as they share Rotinonhsonni cultural teachings and songs of creation, water and sustenance. This will be followed by a performance by spoken word artist ‘Kahsenniyo Kick,’ who is deeply embedded in advocacy work across the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.
The IHLL and DFM are also looking forward to announcing the DFM Indigenous Health Committee and the Covenant to which we’ve committed, as well as a newly endowed Indigenous Health Fund to support our work together to strengthen Indigenous health in family medicine education, research and practice.
As part of our commitment to community giving, we will be collecting non-perishable food items that will be collectively donated to the Niwasa Kendaaswin Teg Food Bank in Hamilton. Other donation items are welcomed, such as hygiene items (toothpaste, toothbrush, soap, shampoo, feminine hygiene items, deodorant), pet food (cats and dogs), cleaning items, diapers and wipes, baking items (flour, sugar, oil, etc.) and canned and dry goods.
This will be a free, hybrid event, open to all staff, faculty, learners and community members. We encourage that where possible, attendees prioritize an in-person, embodied experience for this event and invite those that may not be able to join us in-person, to join us virtually. We are committed to removing any barriers to attending and we look forward to sharing in this experience together! Please register by June 15.
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Site Director Announcements: Hamilton and Niagara
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It is with great pleasure that we announce the appointment of two new Site Directors in our program: Dr. Anjali Kundi for Niagara and Dr. Judy MacKinnon for Hamilton.
Anjali has been involved in leadership and teaching in McMaster’s Niagara Regional Campus for 10 years. Recent leadership and education roles include Director of Faculty Development (Niagara Regional Campus), Assistant Pre-Clerkship Director, Student Advisor, and family medicine preceptor to medical students and residents.
Anjali takes pride in making connections and building relationships that foster community and shares a deep commitment to McMaster’s mission to serve traditionally marginalized populations. A listener, supporter, and leader, she values sharing her experiences and skills with learners. Anjali is committed to supporting residency training and healthcare in the Niagara region in which she works and lives.
Judy brings five years of leadership experience as Education Coordinator at Stonechurch Family Health Centre where she has successfully supported the academic teaching unit’s training program, while also precepting residents and medical students in family medicine. Her expertise in postgraduate education will be highly valued across the broader Hamilton site.
Judy is committed to high standards in teaching, including promotion of a positive learning environment. A strong collaborator and respectful communicator, Judy has been an advocate for promoting robust residency education that contributes to excellence in patient care. We are confident that she will continue to make significant enhancements to our residency program.
Please join us in congratulating and welcoming both Judy and Anjali to the Site Director role, effective July 1. We are excited to benefit from their leadership expertise and look forward to the positive impact they will make!
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Anti-Oppression Workshop Series Recordings
We are half-way through a four-part anti-oppression series facilitated by Tejal Patel, an associate clinical professor in the Department of Family Medicine. These sessions are intended to introduce and build upon foundational concepts in the field of equity, diversity and inclusion to allow participants to gain a better understanding of how positions of power, marginalization, privilege and oppression interact and contribute to structural inequalities.
Recordings of the first two sessions are available on the faculty portal and staff portal.
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Spring Conference Recap
This spring has been a busy conference season! Members of the McMaster DFM community have presented at a few conferences, including the International Congress on Academic Medicine, the Rural and Remote Medicine Course, and the Academic Consortium on Criminal Justice Health. Check out the full list of presentations from DFM faculty and staff.
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Dee Mangin is quoted in a Toronto Star article on the rise of awareness of antidepressant withdrawal symptoms with doctors and individuals, an important step in de-prescribing for those ready to quit.
Ishan Aditya and Puneet Seth are co-authors on a Canadian Healthcare Technology article on efficiently incorporating Choosing Wisely Canada guidelines into electronic medical records to improve resource utilization, reduce patient harm, and decrease the carbon footprint.
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Butler A, Croxford R, Bodkin C, Akbari H, Bayoumi AM, Bondy SJ, Guenter D, McLeod KE, Gomes T, Kanagalingam T, Kiefer LA, Orkin AM, Owusu-Bempah A, Regenstreif L, Kouyoumdjian F. Burden of opioid toxicity death in the fentanyl-dominant era for people who experience incarceration in Ontario, Canada, 2015–2020: a whole population retrospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 2023;13:e071867. [Epub ahead of print].
- This article finds that between 2015 and 2020, 8460 people died from opioid toxicity in Ontario. Of those, 2207 (26%) were exposed to incarceration during the study period.
Dash D, Siu H, Kirkwood D, Correia RH, Katz P, Moser A, von Schlegell A, Collins R, Costa AP. Did the long-term care physician workforce change during the pandemic? Describing MRP trends in Ontario, Canada. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2023. [Epub ahead of print].
- This article examines practice trends of long-term care (LTC) physicians in Ontario, finding that over 25% of pre-pandemic most responsible physicians (MRPs) of LTC residents were no longer MRPs by the end of 2021.
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Interested in keeping up to date on the Residency Program? Check out the latest issue of the monthly Lifeline Newsletter.
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Harm Reduction in Primary Care
Join to learn:
- What a harm reduction approach looks like, and how you can integrate these approaches into your primary care practice
- The evidence for existing and emerging harm reduction interventions
- Available local resources for you and your patients
Date: May 24
Time: 8 to 9 a.m.
Location: Virtual
Speakers: Dr. Robin Lennox, Family Physician and Addictions Specialist; Marcie McIlveen, Keeping Six Program Co-Ordinator; Dr. Claire Bodkin, Family and HAMSMaRT Physician; Nadine Favics, Manager, Consumption and Treatment Service
Who Should Attend?
- Anyone working in primary care!
- Including but not limited to: family physicians, nurses, physician assistants, pharmacists, mental health counsellors, dietitians, and more!
Register for the event by the Greater Hamilton Health Network.
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Teaching and Learning Month
May is Teaching and Learning Month at McMaster. The MacPherson Institute hosts a month-long schedule of workshops. Educators, faculty members, instructors and staff from across campus will have the opportunity to participate in professional development and celebrating teaching and learning as a professional practice.
Check out the offerings and register.
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UGME leadership opportunity: Chair, Student Affairs
The MD program is seeking a faculty educator and leader to serve as Chair of Student Affairs. The Chair is responsible for overseeing a program to support students’ well-being and success throughout the medical program across the distributed medical education network of McMaster’s MD Program. Demonstrated excellence as a clinician and educator is desirable. The ideal candidate will be committed to the program’s mission of educating and inspiring future physicians to improve health and well-being for all, advance and orient towards the priorities and principles of the MD Program, including the use of student-engaged learning methods, evidence-informed curriculum practices, and orient towards quality improvement. The ideal candidate will also be committed to student wellness, and principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Interested applicants for this position should submit a cover letter and CV to Dr. Matt Sibbald, Associate Dean, UGME (matthew.sibbald@medportal.ca) prior to May 23.
Check out the full job description.
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UGME leadership opportunity: Director, Career Development
The MD program is seeking a faculty educator and leader to serve as Director Career Development. The Director of Career Development will be responsible for coordinating, developing, and overseeing formal and informal educational programming related to career exploration and development within the distributed medical education network of McMaster’s MD Program. The Director will work with MD program Career Counselors, Chair of Student Affairs, and Chair of Electives to ensure an integrated, programmatic, and cohesive approach.
Interested applicants for this position should submit a cover letter and CV to Dr. Matt Sibbald, Associate Dean, UGME (matthew.sibbald@medportal.ca) prior to May 23.
Check out the full job description.
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Curriculum Coordinator, PBL (Problem Based Learning)
The UGME Program is seeking a faculty member who will provide support to the Hamilton campus while working with the regional campus pre-clerkship. The UGME Program Tutors are the backbone of the Pre-Clerkship medical program, and as such it is critical that our tutors represent the diversity and generalism required to facilitate and meet the objectives of this core foundational learning. Students, regardless of campus and tutor, need to have the same experience of PBL as described and modeled in our MacEssentials asynchronous and synchronous tutor training program.
Interested persons should email their curriculum vitae and cover letter to the attention of Dr. Keyna Bracken, Pre-Clerkship Chair, Undergraduate Medical Education, by June 9.
Check out the full job description.
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Mental Health & Behavioural Sciences Curriculum Coordinator
We are now accepting applications for the Mental Health & Behavioural Science (MHBS) Curriculum Coordinator role, effective July 1. Full role description can be found visiting the DFM website.
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An interactive version of the calendar is available on the staff portal and faculty portal. Click to learn more about each date.
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