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 30, 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

The DFCM Awards of Excellence & Program Awards were presented on Saturday.
See all the winners in our PDF booklet.

 


Academic/ Conference Submission Deadlines

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

Conference Name & Link

Conference Dates

Abstract / submission dates
Updated bi-monthly

Location

Primary Care Today 2012

May 10-12, 2012

Deadline passed.

Open for registration

Toronto

WONCA Asia 2012

May 24 - 27, 2012

Deadline passed.

February 29, 2012

Jeju, Korea

CME Congress 2012

 

CACHE

 

May 30-June 2, 2012

Deadline passed.

February 29, 2012

Works in Progress/Late Breaking Results

Toronto

Primary Health Care System (PHCS) Program

Trillium Primary Health Care Research Day

June 6, 2012

Abstracts due May 1, 2012

Toronto

Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

STLHE 2012

June 19-22, 2012

Deadline passed.

Montreal

Association for the Study of Medical Education

ASME 2012

July 18-20, 2012

Deadline passed.

Brighton, UK

WONCA Europe 2012

July 4 - 7, 2012

Deadline passed.

March 15, 2012: "Last week results" submission

Vienna, Austria

Association for Medical Education in Europe

AMEE 2012

August 25 - 29, 2012

Deadline passed.

March 12, 2012: Short Communications, Conference Workshop and Poster Abstract Submissions

Lyon, France

International Conference on Residency Education

RCPSC ICRE 2012

October 18-20, 2012

Deadline passed.

March 9, 2012

Quebec City

Association of American Medical Colleges

AAMC 2012

November 2-7, 2012

Deadline passed.

April 2, 2012: Workshop Proposals & Small Group

June 1, 2012: Poster Session Abstracts

San Francisco

Family Medicine Forum

FMF 2012

November 15-17, 2012

Deadline passed. February 24, 2012: Sessions/Workshops . April, 16, 2012: Pre-Conference Research Day .

June 18, 2012: FMF Posters

Toronto

WONCA Africa 2012

November 19 - 21, 2012

Not available as of March 20, 2012

Elephant Hills Victoria Fall, Zimbabwe

Ontario College of Family Physicians Annual Scientific Assembly

OCFP ASA 2012

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

Deadline passed.

April 23, 2012: Posters, papers, & workshops

New Orleans, Louisiana

American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. Theme: Education and Poverty: Theory, Research, Policy and Praxis

AERA 2013

April 27-May 1, 2013

Dates for open submission for the 2013 Annual Meeting are June 1-July 22, 2012

San Francisco, California

Canadian Conference on Medical Education

CCME 2013

April 20-24, 2013

Not yet available

Québec City Convention Centre & The Hilton Québec City

Society of Teachers of Family Medicine

STFM 2013

May 1-5, 2013

Not yet available

Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel, Baltimore, MD

DFCM Faculty Retreat and Walter Rosser Day 2013

April 2013

Not yet available

 

 

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.

May 08  Best Practice in Education Rounds (BPER)
  Topic: The Noise: Exploring Where we Look in Health Professions Education Research Speaker: Dr. Ryan Brydges
May 10 - 12   Primary Care Today
May 22  CFD Workshop: Managing Transitions
May 24  Family Medicine Research Rounds
  Topic: Developing Operations Research Capacity in Malawi Presenter: Dr. Sumeet Sodhi, DFCM Research Investigator
Jun 03  U of T Alumni Association AGM
  Keynote speaker: Dr. Samantha Nutt
Jun 05  Department Appointments Committee
Jun 06  Trillium Primary Health Care Research Day
Jun 13  Working With Families Institute
  Topic: I Feel Loved Therefore I Am Speaker: DANNY YEUNG M.D.

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. Mike Evans, Physicians turn to exercise prescriptions to prevent and treat chronic condition
Dr. Mike Evans, Dr. Google misdiagnoses patients, Canadian physician warns Internet users
Dr. Tara Kiran, MD bonus fees don't work: study
Dr. Joshua Wales, Migrants need protection from Bill C-31
Dr. Esme Fuller-Thomson, Physical Abuse May Raise Risk of Suicidal Thoughts
Dr.Samantha Nutt, Doctor captivates ApplebyCollegestudents
Dr. Kerry Bowman, Female feticide: is it happening in Ontario?
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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