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’s 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 Medicine of 㽶Ƶ wishes to thank each and every member Who contributed to the McGill24 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.
McGill’s Family Medicine Graduate Student Society (FMGSS) was recently recognized by the Post Graduate Student Society (PGSS) of McGill University awarded both the Post Graduate Student Association of the Year Award and the Best Academic Event Award. The awards were presented during the 2018 PGSS Awards Night on April 12, an event that aims to recognize students, student groups and student-run events that have proven themselves to be outstanding within PGSS. The awards were presented by Dean Josephine Nalbantoglu of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.
In an ongoing of articles published in American Family Physician, Dr. Roland Grad (㽶Ƶ), in collaboration with Dr. Mark Ebell (University of Georgia) have summarized research studies published in 2017 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, who recently completed a Masters degree in the Department of Family Medicine at 㽶Ƶ, is a PhD student in our department. We are pleased to announce that the Master's thesis of Dr. Girgis was awarded a prize from the 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’s aging population and the increasing prevalence of Alzheimer’s 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, 㽶Ƶ. 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. 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 McGill MDCM student Jessica Drury researched an important challenge facing health practitioners. It’s not one talked about during training, but it certainly affects a professional’s 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 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’s commitment to medical education.