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
 

April 16, 2012

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

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

Dr. Pauline Pariser takes a leading role in UHN's integration with Community Family Practice
 


Academic/ Conference Submission Deadlines

DFCM and conference abstract submission deadlines that fall within the next few months. 

Conference Link Conference Dates Abstract/ submission dates,
updated twice monthly
Location
American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting AERA April 13-17, 2012 Deadline passed. Vancouver
Canadian Conference on Medical Education CCME April 14 - 18, 2012 Deadline passed. The Fairmont Banff Springs, Banff, Canada
Society of Teachers of Family Medicine STFM April 25-29, 2012 Deadline passed. Seattle, Washington
DFCM Faculty Retreat and Walter Rosser Day  DFCM April 27-28, 2012 Deadline passed. Toronto
Primary Care Today Primary Care Today May 10-12, 2012 Open for registration Toronto
WONCA WONCA Asia May 24 - 27, 2012 Deadline passed. Jeju, Korea
CME Congress 2012 CACHE May 30-June 2, 2012 Deadline passed. Toronto
Trillium Primary Health Care Research Day Primary Health Care System (PHCS) Program June 6, 2012
Abstracts due May 1, 2012
Toronto
Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education STLHE June 19-22, 2012 Deadline passed. Montreal
Association for the Study of Medical Education ASME July 18-20, 2012 Deadline passed. Brighton, UK
WONCA WONCA Europe July 4-7, 2012 Deadline passed. Vienna, Austria
Association for Medical Education in Europe AMEE 2012 August 25-29, 2012 Deadline passed. Lyon, France
International Conference on Residency Education RCPSC October 17-18, 2012 Deadline passed. Quebec City
Association of American Medical Colleges AAMC November 2-7, 2012 June 1, 2012: Poster Session Abstracts San Francisco
Family Medicine Forum FMF 2012 November 15-17, 2012 April, 16, 2012:Pre-Conference Research Day Posters and free-standing papers
June 18, 2012: FMF Posters
Toronto
WONCA WONCA Africa November 19- 21, 2012 Not available as of April 16, 2012 Elephant Hills Victoria Fall, Zimbabwe
Ontario College of Family Physicians Annual Scientific Assembly OCFP ASA November 15-17, 2012 Combined with FMF. See above. Toronto
The North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) Annual Meeting NAPCRG 2012 December 1-5, 2012 April 23, 2012: Posters, papers, & workshops New Orleans, Louisiana 

 


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.

Apr 18    Drugs and Therapeutics Update
Apr 23    Core Foundations in Education Research (CoFER) Program application deadline
Apr 23    Medical Education Scholarship Rounds- SickKids
Apr 24    CFD Workshop: Enhancing Performance and Well-Being
Apr 24    The Centre for Critical Qualitative Research in Health "At the Centre Speaker Series"
Apr 26    Mini-Med School at the University of Toronto, Mississauga Campus
Apr 26    CACE Rounds Scoping Review of Undergraduate Ambulatory Care Education with an Eye on Canada’s Future Vision for Medical Education
Apr 27-28    DFCM Academic Retreat & Walter Rosser Day
Apr 30    Education Achievement Celebration The annual Education Achievement Celebration is a Faculty-wide forum to celebrate, showcase and reward excellence in teaching.

May 10-12   Primary Care Today
May 22        CFD Workshop: Managing Transitions

Jun 06        Trillium Primary Health Care Research Day

Site Seeing: Web picks and tips from our DFCM librarians (a new feature!)

Many faculty members will remember this informative resource from its paper version (2001-2005), introduced and compiled by DFCM librarian Rita Shaughnessy. The DFCM Librarians are reviving Site Seeing  to bring you tips on new and worthy information resources in the upcoming issues of the DFCM News Digest.

What smartphones are the medical audience choosing and why?

Can smartphones save lives? Can they help physicians to diagnose the problem faster?


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!

Dr. Tara Kiran         Canadian study finds doctor incentives aren't helping patients
Dr. Geordie Fallis    Doctor shares his comical medical tales for TEGH benefit gala


Share your news, event, recognition or media coverage with your colleagues.

Email Danielle Wintrip (Simpson) at danielle.simpson@utoronto.ca.

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