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September 10, 2012
A bi-weekly wrap-up of academic & conference deadlines, news & events, recognition & media for DFCM faculty and subscribers.
News
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Markham teaching site introduces an award for the best PGY1 QI project
Markham’s QI culture is one of credit. This year Dr. John Maxted established an award to recognize the best PGY1 resident QI project at the Markham Family Medicine Teaching Unit (FMTU). On June 27, the inaugural Margaret Maxted Memorial Award for Excellence in Quality Improvement (QI) was awarded to Drs. Dana Abenstein, Sari Kraft and Kelly Mollon. Their QI project was called “Improving Resident Patient Flow” and was designed to reduce wait times for resident patients, capping the patients’ wait time at ten minutes past their scheduled appointment.
Dr. John Maxted, the Quality Program Committee representative for the Markham FMTU, established the Margaret Maxted Memorial Award, named for his mother. It is awarded based on the creativity that characterizes the best QI endeavours and encourages PGY1s, for their QI project, to apply QI models and methods to address opportunities for change in Family Medicine. And the award pays forward: recipients can receive $200 each to support a new QI project in their PGY2 year.
Along with Dr. Maxted, Dr. Jane Philpott, the Chief of Family Medicine at the Health for All FHT and Family Medicine Teaching unit, and Dr. Philip Ellison the Director of the DFCM Quality Improvement Program, were present to recognize and congratulate the award winners.
In 2011-12, all PGY1 residents in the Department of Family and Community Medicine (DFCM) participated in QI training sessions and then implemented a QI project within their Family Medicine Teaching Unit. Drs. Lydia Cheung, Jeanne Huo and Jonathan Rosenberg, who looked at “Improving Communications Regarding INR Results”, conducted another significant resident QI project in Markham.
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Recognition
Awards, Appointments and Honours
Junior Promotions
Dr. David Wong, St. Michael's Hospital
Dr. Milena Forte, Mount Sinai Hospital
Dr. Jean Hudson, Credit Valley Hospital
Dr. Gary Rubin, Women's College Hospital
Dr. Vivien Brown, Mount Sinai Hospital
Dr. Lisa Lefebvre, Centre for Addiction & Mental Health
Dr. Steve Kahane, North York General Hospital
Dr. Francis Sem, Toronto East General Hospital
Dr. Tamar Sudai, North York General Hospital
Dr. Ramona Joshi, Toronto East General Hospital
Dr. Allyson Merbaum, North York General Hospital
Dr. Allan Peterkin has received the 2012 Royal College/AMS Donald R. Wilson award, which annually honours and acknowledges a medical educator or an identified leader who has demonstrated excellence in integrating the CanMEDS roles into a Royal College or other health related training program.
Academic/ Conference Submission Deadlines
Active submission periods are bolded.
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Association for Medical Education in Europe AMEE 2012
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August 25 - 29, 2012
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Deadline passed Mar 12, 2012 for short communications, conference workshop and poster abstract submissions.
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Lyon, France
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International Conference on Residency Education
RCPSC ICRE 2012
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October 18-20, 2012
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Deadline passed Mar 9, 2012
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Quebec City
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Association of American Medical Colleges
AAMC 2012
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November 2-7, 2012
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Deadline passed Apr 2, 2012 for workshop proposals & small group
Deadline passed on June 1, 2012 for poster session abstracts
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San Francisco
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Family Medicine Forum
FMF 2012
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November 15-17, 2012
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Deadline passed on Feb 24, 2012 for sessions/ workshops, Apr 16 for the Pre-Conference Research Day.
Deadline passed on June 18 for posters and free-standing papers
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Toronto
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WONCA Africa 2012
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November 19 - 21, 2012
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Not available
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Elephant Hills Victoria Fall, Zimbabwe
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Ontario College of Family Physicians Annual Scientific Assembly
OCFP ASA 2012
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November 15-17, 2012
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Combined with FMF.
See above.
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Toronto
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The North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) Annual Meeting NAPCRG 2012
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December 1-5, 2012
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Deadline passed on April 23, 2012 for posters, papers, & workshops
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New Orleans, Louisiana
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American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting AERA 2013
Theme: Education and Poverty: Theory, Research, Policy and Praxis
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April 27-May 1, 2013
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Deadline passed on July 23, 2012
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San Francisco, California
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Canadian Conference on Medical Education
CCME 2013
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April 20-24, 2013
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Deadline passed: September 10, 2012
A separate Call for Fellows/Residents/Students Works-In-Progress Posters will take place beginning in early November. Check outwww.stfm.org/conferences/annual this Fall for more details.
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Québec City Convention Centre & The Hilton Québec City
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DFCM Faculty Retreat and Walter Rosser Day 2013
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April 2013
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Not yet available
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Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
STFM 2013
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May 1-5, 2013
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Deadline passed: September 10, 2012
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Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel, Baltimore, MD
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WONCA Asia 2013
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Not yet available
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Deadline passed in February 2012
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CACHE CME Congress 2013
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June 11, 2013
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Not yet available.
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Vancouver
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Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education STLHE 2013
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June 19-22, 2013
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Not yet available.
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Cape Breton
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WONCA Europe 2013
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June 25-29, 2013
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Deadline for abstracts: December 31, 2012
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Prague, Czech Republic
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Association for the Study of Medical Education ASME 2013
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July 10-12, 2013
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Not yet available.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
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Upcoming Events
Sep 20 Research Rounds
Presenter: Dr. Richard Birtwhistle, Director, Centre for Studies in Primary Care, Dept. of Family Medicine, Queen's University. Subject: "Practice Based Research: Methodological issues for using routinely collected EMR data"
Sep 26 Body-map storytelling as research: Documenting physical, emotional and social health as a journey.
CQ’s At the Centre Speaker Series: Denise Gastaldo, Associate Professor, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing; Associate Director, Centre for Critical Qualitative Health Research (CQ)
Oct 10 IBBME 50th Anniversary Symposium - Defining Tomorrow: Advancing the Integration of Engineering & Medicine
Nov 02 Mindful parents, resilient children
Nov 09 Undergraduate Education Faculty Development Workshop 2012. Connecting: Teaching the Millennial Generation DFCM faculty members are invited.
Nov 21 A spy in the house of healing: Challenges of doing critical qualitative research in clinical settings. CQ’s At the Centre Speaker Series: Dr. Fiona Webster, Education Scientist/Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto
Nov 22 Research Rounds
Presenter: Dr. Sheila Dunn, Associate Professor and Clinician Scientist, DFCM
Nov 24 Taking Toronto's Healthcare History
The Faculty of Medicine Medical Alumni Association, in partnership with Associated Medical Services (AMS) has created an interdisciplinary conference for those thinking about Toronto's healthcare communities and their history from diverse, unique perspectives.
Media
Dr. Tia Pham Toronto home-care program keeps patients out of hospital
RVH welcomes nine medical residents
Dr. Fiona Webster Research partners envision new horizons for people with osteoarthristis
Dr. Fiona Webster Developing Qualitative Interview Skills
Dr. Steven Friedman Cycling in Toronto: How I broke my teeth and how it could all be different
Dr. Julia Alleyne Women’s College Hospital at the Olympics
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