The DFCM News Digest
May 13, 2013
A bi-weekly wrap-up of academic & conference deadlines, news & events, recognition & media for DFCM faculty and subscribers.
Featured News
Walter Rosser Faculty Retreat 2013
Dr. Jeff Bloom, Academic Family Physician of the Year
News
Opportunities
Site seeing
May 2013: An opportunity for leaders, mentors, chiefs, knowledge and information managers, innovators and human resources specialists on how to
Build Smarter Organizations in Toronto on May 14th, 2013.
Awards, Appointments and Honours
The DFCM is proud of the exceptional contributions these individuals have made to the Department, and thank them for all of their hard work in promoting education and scholarship within the University as well as nationally and internationally.
Congratulations are being extended to the following faculty members on their promotions:
To Associate Professor
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Dr Arun Sayal, NYGH
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Dr Dori Seccareccia, SBHC
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Dr Jeffrey Kwong, TWH
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Dr Michelle Naimer, MSH
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Dr Onil Bhattacharyya, SMH
To Full Professor
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Dr Bernard Le Foll, CAMH
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Dr. Lynn Wilson, WCH
Faculty member Dr. Kiran Virdy (CVH) worked on an Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC) and Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) winning submission with Ayesha Malik. Malik won third place.
Case authors
Ayesha Malik, MSc, MD Candidate
Kiran Virdy, MD
About the case: http://pie.med.utoronto.ca/vic/demo/malik.htm
Deadlines
Academic and conference submission deadlines
Upcoming events, including professional development
Selected meetings, conferences, rounds, celebrations, workshops from DFCM and others ...visit the calendar on our website to view and add your own events.
May 16
Embedding Research Into Primary Care Remodeling: The Tale of one Healthcare System. DFCM Research Rounds with Dr. Robert Reid, Senior Investigator, Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA.
May 28
The 10th annual Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research (CAHSPR) conference from May 28 to 30, 2013. The themes this year: What will More...
May 31 The Storytelling Workshops with Barbara Sibbald Palliative Care for the Non-Specialist
Jun 19 Trillium Primary Health Care Research Day and Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research
Jun 19 Rita Shaughnessy’s Retirement Party
June 25 DFCM Central Office Team Building Day
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!
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