The past month has been filled with stimulating and enriching conferences and meetings.
Several educational leaders in our Department gathered at the Family Medicine Forum in Vancouver from November 6-9. At the Section of Researchers’ Dinner, the late Prof. Pierre Pluye was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award for research. At the Section of Teachers’ Dinner, Syphax Brouri and Élise Girouard-Chantal won the student and resident awards for McGill, respectively.
From left to right: Rob Carlin, Marion Dove, Lucie Nadeau and Kathleen Rice at the Section of Researchers Dinner during the Family Medicine Forum.
A large group of our graduate students and academics met in Quebec City for the North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) meeting from November 20-24. I was highly impressed with our department members who attended the poster session from 7-8 am on the Friday morning of the conference – many thanks to all for your tremendous support of our department’s scholarly activities!
From left to right: Graduate students Aravind Rajendran, Ziyue Wang, Jiahao Deng, Dominic Chu, Moustafa Laymouna, Rebecca Zhao, Marwa Ilali, Khandideh Williams, Nia Kang and Karen Wassef at the NAPCRG conference.
The McGill Family Medicine Refresher Course ran its 75th edition this past week, again with near-record attendance! For the first time, it included a hands-on procedures workshop at the McGill Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning, which was sold out! We also held a "Connect and Celebrate" cocktail event to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the course which coincides with the 50th anniversary of the Department of Family Medicine!
Photo: Dean Lesley Fellows at the Connect and Celebrate Cocktail event.
In the ongoing plans to innovate a residency training program to equip family physicians even better for the complexities of future practice, there was a day-long meeting in Drummondville on November 20th to follow up on the Outcomes of Training Project (OTP). From each of the four Departments of Family Medicine in Quebec, the Chair, the residency program director, the OTP project leader, and an evaluation expert attended. For McGill this group included me, Dr. Fanny Hersson-Edery, Dr. Keith Todd, and Theresa Beesley, PhD. We will be regularly communicating with department member as our pilot projects in extensions of residency training are rolled out!
Photo: Attendees from the Outcomes of Training Project meeting.
I am thrilled to announce the following appointments:
- Dr. Shady Abid as residency program director at the Lakeshore General Hospital site
- Dr. Dennis Okan as Transition to Clinical Practice assistant director
- Dr. Roger Gray as undergraduate education lead at the Brunswick Medical Centre.
Please join me in welcoming them all to their new roles in the Department of Family Medicine!
As part of the 50th anniversary, the Department is running a 5 Words campaign. All department members, as well as our students, our patients, and the public are invited to participate (). We are also taking nominations for your Family Medicine Heroes as part of the 50th anniversary! Please nominate here.
This month we are highlighting:
- Isabelle Leblanc for Transcultural Medical Care. Read more.
- Andrea Kessous Educational Excellence. Read more.
- Micky Moroz for Sports Medicine. Read more.
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Wishing you laughter and joy as you prepare for the end-of-year holiday season.
Marion
