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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Published on: 25 May 2018
We're in the news! Read what the Chair of the Department, Dr. Howard Bergman, has to say about the hardship of attracting family medicine students to remote areas by clicking .
*Article only available in French.
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Published on: 24 May 2018
The Department of Family聽Medicine of 麻豆AV wishes to thank each and every member Who contributed to the聽麻豆AV24 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.
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Published on: 15 May 2018
麻豆AV鈥檚聽Family Medicine Graduate Student Society聽(FMGSS) was recently聽recognized by the Post Graduate Student Society (PGSS) of 麻豆AV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.
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Published on: 15 May 2018
In an聽ongoing of聽articles聽published in聽American Family Physician,聽Dr. Roland Grad (麻豆AV), 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.
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Published on: 15 May 2018
Initiative aims to expose high school students to opportunities in health professions fields
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Published on: 23 Apr 2018
By Jason Clement
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Published on: 9 Apr 2018
Dr. Labib Girgis,聽who recently completed a Masters degree in the Department of Family Medicine at 麻豆AV, 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!
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Published on: 9 Apr 2018
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.
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Published on: 9 Apr 2018
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.
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Published on: 21 Mar 2018
Dr. Douglass Dalton has been named Assistant Dean, Accreditation, Undergraduate Medical Education (UGME), Faculty of Medicine, 麻豆AV. 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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Published on: 5 Mar 2018
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Published on: 27 Feb 2018
By Philip Fine
Third-year 麻豆AV 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).
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Published on: 26 Feb 2018
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.
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Published on: 29 Jan 2018
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.
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Published on: 9 Jan 2018
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