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It is with utmost gratitude that we salute Dr. Moira Stewart for her 15-year term as Director of Research/Centre for Studies in Family Medicine which concluded on December 31st 2011.
Throughout her career Dr. Stewart has made many outstanding research contributions as reflected by her numerous publications and grants awarded.
She is the Dr. Brian W. Gilbert Canada Research Chair in Primary Health Care and leads a team of researchers whose main focus is to improve primary health care, the first point of access to the health care system. She will continue to direct Canada's only CIHR training centre in primary care. Her leadership of the TUTOR project has been instrumental in building Canada's next generation of primary care researchers.
Currently, Dr. Stewart‘s two main research interests are patient-centred care and electronic medical records, including the development of a Southwestern Ontario database. Her significant contributions have not gone unrecognized; in 2007, Dr. Stewart was named Canada’s Family Medicine Researcher of the Year. And in 2010, under her leadership, the Centre for Studies in Family Medicine was chosen to receive the Dean's Award of Excellence Team Award.
Once again, congratulations Moira! On behalf of the DOFM we thank you for your leadership and all significant accomplishments during your tenure as Director. |
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FMIG:
Clinical Skills Day
Saturday, February 11, 2012
With 13 different workshops, over 15 family physicians in attendance and 125 students participating, this year's Clinical Skills Day is sure to be both educational and fun!
Workshops will include both hands-on procedural opportunities and lectures. Topics covered will encompass everything from punch biopsies to depression, prenatal checkups and hospitalist medicine.
Dr. Cathy Faulds will be the guest speaker.
Faculty Development:
January 11, 2012
Mass Mentoring– Where Senior Faculty will share with Junior Faculty what they wish they had known when they started.
Facilitator: Ted Osmun
Call for nominations - Western Distinguished University Professor and Faculty Scholar Awards:
Nominations are now being sought for this year's Distinguished University Professor (DUP) and Faculty Scholar awards.
The internal Schulich deadline for submissions to the Dean's office for both DUP and Faculty Scholars is January 20, 2011. Please submit packages to Mady Hymowitz in the Schulich Research Office, located in RRI 1232B.
The Distinguished University Professorship program is Western's highest recognition of those who have built a record of excellence in all three of teaching, research and service over a substantial career at Western.
Recipients will receive the honorary title of Distinguished University Professor, an award of $10,000 to support scholarly activities and a citation to be presented at an appropriate occasion. Recipients will also be expected to deliver a public lecture.
Additional information on DUP nominations can be found at:
http://www.uwo.ca/pvp/facultyrelations/documentation/Disinguished%20University%20Professorship.pdf
The Faculty Scholars program was established to allow recognition of recent outstanding contributions to one or more of teaching, research and service by a Faculty member who has sustained excellence in all three of these areas.
The nominees selected will hold the title Faculty Scholar for two years and will receive an annual award of $7,000 to be used for scholarly activities.
Additional information on the Faculty Scholar program can be found at: http://www.uwo.ca/pvp/facultyrelations/documentation/faculty_schol.pdf
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Dr. Stewart Harris' research in the fight against diabetes is highlighted in the 2011 Winter edition of Rapport.
Yates, Dana. "Fighting Diabetes on Many Fronts. Tackling Research from Three Perspectives”. 130 Years. A Look at the history of our school and how we move into the future, The University of Western Ontario, Rapport, London, Ontario, Issue Six, Winter, 2011/12. (pp. 16-17)
http://www.schulich.uwo.ca/rapport/files/Unfiled/Rapport_2011.pdf |
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Message from the Chair
Happy New Year is a phrase we hear often these days. The new year is always an exciting time, a time to consider new things and ideas.
For us in family medicine, January always brings the excitement of the Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMs) residency interviews. This is the time when we get the chance to meet the many high-quality medical graduates from across the country, who are applying for family medicine residency positions at Schulich. At our resident recruitment interview sessions most of our faculty and many of our current residents come together to meet the candidates and showcase our training program, our training sites, our teachers and to promote the discipline of family medicine as a wise career choice for these graduating physicians.
This is a time when we come together and feel tremendous pride in family medicine and in our family medicine training program located in London, Windsor and many other sites in Southwestern Ontario.
This year shows exceptional promise for our CaRMs match since our applications are higher than last year, especially from our own University of Western Ontario graduating class. The choice of family medicine residency among UWO grads has been increasing, and last year stood at 42%.
It is a great time to be choosing a career in family medicine, the need is great, the opportunities are many and the importance of family doctors in the healthcare system of our country is being appreciated more and more.
Access to healthcare is still an important issue for Canadians and many are still looking to establish a relationship with a family doctor. Those who already have family doctors know the benefits that such health professionals bring to them and their families. Choosing a career in family medicine is a chance to help meet a critical healthcare need for many Canadians.
It is into this milieu that we welcome a new, eager and bright group of medical students seeking to become family doctors. Welcome to 2012.
Dr. Stephen J. Wetmore
Chair, Department of Family Medicine.
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The future looks bright
We are pleased to announce that based on recent CaRMS application numbers there appears to be greater interest in family medicine as a career choice and our program as a desired training program.
Founded on an informal survey, all Ontario family medicine residency training programs reported a 10-20% increase in applicant numbers despite only a 3.5% year-over-year overall increase in the number of medical graduates.
Our program has 334 applicants this year for 76 positions, a 17% year-over-year increase. Interest in our program from Western medical graduates is also up 32% year-over-year with no increase in the graduating class size compared to last year.
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Key Topics in Family Medicine now offered in our undergraduate program
Key Topics in Family Medicine is a new Undergraduate course that is being offered by our department in the Year II curriculum at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry.
We are currently only 1 of 2 medical schools in the entire country to offer a course about family medicine, run by family medicine.
The course introduces Students to the most common complaints that patients present to their family physicians. Key components of the history and physical examination skills that are core to family medicine and that aid in determining the most appropriate management style will be identified.
The course also builds on how the Patient-Centred Clinical Method is incorporated into clinical practice through case vignettes.
It really is an exciting endeavour!
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Featured teaching site:
Middlesex Centre
Regional Medical Clinic (MCRMC)
Middlesex Centre Regional Medical Clinic (MCRMC) is situated 17 km north from the centre of London, in Ilderton, Ontario. Ilderton is a rapidly growing rural community of 2000 people. The medical clinic opened in June 2010 and is staffed by 7 physicians, 2 of which are a team lead for residents in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Western Ontario.
MCRMC is part of the Thames Valley Family Health team. The clinic maintains a strong interdisciplinary approach where nurses and other health professionals are very much a part of family practice.
MCRMC serves the village of Ilderton and surrounding areas as well as patients from North London. The population of the area
provides a representative mixture typical of rural areas in
Ontario.
Since the medical clinic was built with a great deal of input from the townspeople, they are very proud of their facility and the people that work in it.
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Dear Colleague,
On behalf of the University of Western Ontario and the Canadian Diabetes Association, I am pleased to introduce the National
Diabetes Management Strategy website - a new resource for
physicians who wish to quickly access pertinent information about
diabetes. In keeping with the National Diabetes Management
Strategy's over-arching goals of evaluating the status of diabetes
care in Canada and, ultimately, reducing clinical care gaps and
optimizing the management of diabetes, the new website features:
* Information about the National Diabetes Management
Strategy: http://www.tndms.ca/about.html
* Facts on diabetes prevalence, costs, complications and
management with downloadable slides to easily incorporate into
your own talks and teaching:
http://www.tndms.ca/diabetesfacts.html
* Basic diabetes information for your patients:
http://www.tndms.ca/peopleWithDiabetes_A.html
* Links to helpful resources:
http://www.tndms.ca/linksresources_diabAssoci.html
There is also an option allowing you to choose to be alerted to
website updates. If you subscribe we will send you a brief email
about three times a year to let you know about new information or features on the website. I hope you find this website interesting and useful. To subscribe:http://www.tndms.ca/subscribe.html
Sincerely,
Stewart B. Harris, MD, MPH, FCFP, FACPM
CDA Chair in Diabetes Management
Ian McWhinney Chair of Family Medicine Studies
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CREATE Conference
The CREATE-PHC Research Team, led by Dr. Amanda Terry, together with Drs. Moira Stewart and Amardeep Thind, invite you to attend the upcoming
Bridging the Gaps: A Canadian Primary Health Care
Electronic Medical Record Conference.
Date: Thursday, March 1st, 2012
Location: Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto
What’s it all about?
Attendees of this conference will learn the latest information about primary health care electronic medical records, link with other
primary health care electronic medical record stakeholders, and
participate in launching new directions in primary health care
electronic medical record research and policy-making in Canada.
There is no charge for conference registration.
For more information click here and to register please contact
Laura Kentie Warner at: lkentie2@uwo.ca or 519-661-2111 ext.
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Primary Health Care Research Club
Primary Health Care Research Club is held several times each year on the third Wednesday of most months (no meetings June, July,
August and December).
We are very pleased to invite you to the January meeting of the
2011-2012 season of the Primary Health Care Research Club.
Date:
Wednesday January 18th from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Location:
Boardroom of
Suite 245, Centre for Studies in Family
Medicine, Mogenson Building, UWO Research Park.
For this first Research Club of 2012, in the tradition of making New
Year’s resolutions, we are asking you to bring forward a
manuscript that has been languishing at the back of your file
drawer or computer. Get feedback from your colleagues on how to
move the paper forward. No need to send anything ahead of time,
just show up paper in hand.
Please contact Amanda or Bridget if you would like to send
something ahead such as PowerPoint or handouts but this is not
required. Our facilitator will be
Dr. Amanda Terry. We hope you
will join us.
Regards,
Bridget Ryan and Amanda Terry
Coordinators, PHC Research Club |
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