Domhnall MacAuley is a CMAJ Associate Editor and a professor of primary care in Northern Ireland, UK. He attended the North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) annual meeting in Colorado Springs, CO this past week and spoke to a number of people about their research projects. Notably, he spoke to Claire Godard-Sebillotte, of the McGill Department of Family Medicine and a Vanier Scholar.
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Published on: 22 Nov 2016
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Published on: 24 Oct 2016
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Published on: 24 Oct 2016
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Guyl猫ne Th茅riault to the position of Assistant Dean, Distributed Medical Education, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, 香蕉视频. Dr. Th茅riault replaces Dr. Helene Rousseau, who served as Assistant Dean, Rural Education, since 2011. We take this opportunity to thank Dr. Rousseau for her commitment and enthusiasm over the last five years, during which she travelled across the RUIS McGill territory, which spans 63 per cent of Quebec鈥檚 land mass, in support of our health partners in the regions. We wish Dr.
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Published on: 14 Oct 2016
The Government of Canada has announced 70 new Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship recipients. The Banting fellows exemplify world-class research capacity at an internationally competitive level of funding. These awards are Canada鈥檚 most prestigious awards for doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows.
The Banting program is funded through the three federal research granting agencies: the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).
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Published on: 7 Oct 2016
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Published on: 6 Oct 2016
The Montreal Canadians will have a new head physician. Dr. Vincent Lacroix, an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Program Director of Sports Medicine at McGill, held the position for four years. He is also Assistant Director of the sports medicine clinic at McGill, and co-founder and general manager of the
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Published on: 8 Sep 2016
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Published on: 7 Sep 2016
We are happy to announce that Dr. Yves Bergevin has accepted the position of Director of Global Health Program in the Department of Family Medicine! The role of Director aims to: promote the development and implementation of Global Health initiatives; create opportunities for teaching, learning and scholarly activities; and guide the Department and any individuals wishing to be involved in Global Health.
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Published on: 11 Aug 2016
Dr. Michael Klein
Congratulations to Dr. Michael Klein, who has been appointed as a in recognition of his pioneering work integrating family medicine and maternity care in Canada. Dr. Klein is an Investigator Emeritus at BC Children鈥檚 Hospital and an Emeritus Professor Department of Family Practice and the Department of Pediatrics at the University of British Columbia.
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Published on: 22 Jul 2016
The Pierre Elliot Trudeau Scholarship
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Published on: 18 Jul 2016
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Eugene Bereza, MDCM'88, was elected president of the Canadian Bioethics Society. He also serves as the director of the newly founded Centre for Applied Ethics at the 香蕉视频 Health Centre.
Eugene is also a member of the Ministry of Health and Social Services' Groupe de travail interdisciplinaire sur l'aide m茅dicale 脿 mourir. The group aims to help prepare Quebec health care institutions for the implementation of Bill 52: An Act respecting end-of-life care, which legalizes euthanasia in Quebec.
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Published on: 15 Jul 2016
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David Saint-Jacques, MedResident '07, will be the next Canadian astronaut to take part in a space mission.
He is scheduled to travel to space in November, 2018, for a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS). An adjunct professor in McGill's Department of Family Medicine, he supervised medical trainees in Nunavik as a McGill clinical faculty lecturer.
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Published on: 15 Jul 2016
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New York. Dubai. Shanghai.
McGill alumni and friends converged on Montreal from points around the world in May for the annual McGill Alumni Association Honours and Awards Banquet, where oustanding volunteers are recognized for all they do for McGill and their communities.
During this event, community leader and founder of F茅d茅ration des femmes musulmanes du Qu茅bec (FFMQ), Doaa Farid, a Ph.D. candidate, accepted her Gretta Chambers Student Leadership Award from Chancellor Emerita Gretta Chambers, BA'47.
Congratulations Doaa!
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Published on: 15 Jul 2016
Primary care is at a crossroads in Quebec. Over the past 15 years, there has been a major paradigm shift, with primary care and family medicine delivered through the GMFs (groupes de m茅dicine de famille) being recognized as the foundation of our health-care system. Accessibility, continuity and coordination of care, however, are still clearly a point of great dissatisfaction for the public and frustration for clinicians. No wonder the public, clinicians and administrators are generally in agreement with most of the government鈥檚 objectives in this area.
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Published on: 27 May 2016
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