Having dedicated more than 35 years of her career to supporting residents and clinician supervisors, Ann Continelli is one of our Family Medicine Heroes.
Leadership in Supporting Residents and Clinician Supervisors
Bio: Teaching Site Administrator at the Herzl Family Practice Clinic, Jewish General Hospital.
Year: Joined the Department in 1985.
Award category: Community
Nominated by Julie Lane, Program Manager, Postgraduate Medical Education:
“Ann Continelli is valued and appreciated for her administrative leadership, expertise in managing residency affairs and dedication to the practice of Family Medicine. Ann has dedicated more than 35 years of her career to supporting our residents and clinician supervisors at the Herzl Family Practice Clinic and remains the colleague that we all go to for advice, coaching and mentoring. She is a hero to the many of us who have had the opportunity to work with her and as she approaches her retirement, we want to recognize her for the many contributions, years of service and lasting impact she has made in Family Medicine. We love you Ann!â€
About Ann Continelli
Ann Continelli worked at the Montreal General Hospital in the Department of OB-Gyn for five years as "office nursing" trained by a midwife before she joined the Herzl Family Medicine Practice Centre, Â鶹AV teaching site, in residency education in 1985. Ms. Continelli was working with the Education Site Director in educational research projects as committee member and research assistant between 1986-1989 which even led to a published article in the Canadian Family Physician of Canada in 1992. She obtained Certification of Management in Health and Social Services at Â鶹AV in 1990. As the clinic and the program grew, she took over the management of all learners at the site.
"It is truly an honour and a privilege to be part of a large family of learners that I have seen grow from student to resident to staff where the passion of learning is fostered and remains the key to success. Every cohort brings excitement, relationships and at times the unknown....but love everything about it! ," she says.