As part of the international expansion of the Family Medicine Innovations in Learning initiative (FMIL), the Department has signed a partnership with Wuhan University on April 17th. Five medical students will be participating in a 12-week online blended-learning program, focused on primary care practices. FMIL鈥檚 online programs features interactive and active learning principles that allow a much wider dissemination of material, and provide greater support to students, clinical teachers and supervisors in Quebec and now abroad.
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The Department of Family聽Medicine of 看片视频 University wishes to thank each and every member Who contributed to the聽看片视频24 fundraising campaign. We would like to announce that our efforts were met With tremendous results; 48 donations were made, bringing in a total of 7,915 dollars! Last year, the Department donated upwards of 3,600$. The funds were used to help support the expansion of our Faculty Development curriculum.
看片视频鈥檚聽Family Medicine Graduate Student Society聽(FMGSS) was recently聽recognized by the Post Graduate Student Society (PGSS) of 看片视频聽University awarded聽both the聽Post Graduate Student聽Association聽of the Year Award聽and the Best Academic Event Award. The awards were presented during the 2018聽PGSS Awards Night on April 12, an event that聽aims to recognize students, student groups聽and student-run events that have proven themselves to be聽outstanding within PGSS. The awards were presented by Dean聽Josephine聽Nalbantoglu of Graduate and聽Postdoctoral Studies.
In an聽ongoing of聽articles聽published in聽American Family Physician,聽Dr. Roland Grad (看片视频 University), in collaboration with聽Dr. Mark Ebell聽(University of Georgia) have summarized聽research studies published in 2017聽that were ranked highly for clinical relevance by members of the Canadian Medical Association who received daily summaries of studies that met POEMs (patient-oriented evidence that matters) criteria.
Initiative aims to expose high school students to opportunities in health professions fields
By Jason Clement
Dr. Labib Girgis,聽who recently completed a Masters degree in the Department of Family Medicine at 看片视频 University, is a PhD student in our department. We are pleased to announce that the聽Master's thesis of Dr. Girgis was awarded a prize from the聽Quebec Population Health Research Network which will be conferred at their annual meeting in September 2018.
We would like to congratulate Dr. Girgis on this well-deserved award!
With election season not far down the road, a conversation with Dr. Howard Bergman, Chair of the Department of Family Medicine, inspired Le Devoir to invite three giants of Quebec Health Care, Claude Castonguay, Jean Rochon and Michel Clair to debate what the best course of action would be to spur non-partisan and open public debate on the future of the Quebec health care system.
Canadian Academy for Health Sciences Breaking News: CAHS Panel for the Assessment of Evidence and Best Practices for the development of a Canadian Dementia Strategy formed
Canada鈥檚 aging population and the increasing prevalence of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease and other dementias pose a significant challenge for Canadian families and their caregivers, and more broadly, for the health care system.
Dr. Douglass Dalton has been named Assistant Dean, Accreditation, Undergraduate Medical Education (UGME), Faculty of Medicine, 看片视频 Dr. Dalton has been serving as Director of Accreditation, Undergraduate Medical Education since December 2015. This change in title reflects the changing nature of the position and the evolution of responsibilities since he first began serving in the role of Director of Accreditation.聽 The expectations of the accrediting bodies are becoming more stringent and the scope of work is much broader, requiring a continuous quality improvement role.
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By Philip Fine
Third-year 看片视频 MDCM student Jessica Drury researched an important challenge facing health practitioners. It鈥檚 not one talked about during training, but it certainly affects a professional鈥檚 ability to best do her or his job: interruptions.
Drury documented her findings in a paper called Do Not Disturb: Managing interruptions during patient visits, written for a second-year MDCM class called Observing Healthcare in Action (OHA).
The IAM mobile App provides the most relevant recommendations for the follow-up care of breast cancer survivors (cancer survivorship). Through the App, you will receive a weekly alert to a key survivorship recommendation, for a total of 21 recommendations.
We wish to congratulate Dr. Barry Slapcoff, Assistant Professor in the聽Department of Family Medicine, on receiving the Canadian Association for Medical Education Certificate of Merit Award!
The aim of this award is to promote medical education in Canadian medical schools and to recognize and reward faculty鈥檚 commitment to medical education.