University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine - Family Medicine Residency Program Mission Vision Goals Training future family physicians to serve the primary care needs of their communities. Our graduates are ready to enter comprehensive and patient-centered practice with the ability to adapt to all settings in Canada. Our residents are engaged learners and have the support and role-modelling to develop as resilient life-long learning family physicians. Our preceptors are fully supported and model best family-medicine practice and foster their residents development as family physicians. Our program provides outstanding family medicine training, promotes and integrates continuous improvement and drives education innovation. 1. Environment Provide a safe, supportive, collaborative teaching and learning environment Support & promote the health and wellness of our Residents, Preceptors and Program staff. 2. Teaching Attract, support, develop and retain Preceptors and Faculty who are effective teachers and strong clinician role-models. Provide high quality teaching, supervision and mentoring to residents All Preceptors are engaged in an ongoing process of evaluation and self-improvement in relation to teaching skills Support and promote family-medicine appropriate teaching in non-family medicine environments 3. Curriculum Provide an effective, consistent and integrated curriculum in line with the evolving role of the Canadian Family Physician Use appropriate and innovative, evidence-informed teaching delivery methods 4. Administration & Leadership Provide effective and efficient leadership and administrative processes which direct and support all aspects of our programs Implement effective communication processes across all parts of the Program. Family Medicine Residency Program Mission Vision and Goals_2017-09-26
5. Learning Graduate residents capable of entering practice and delivering comprehensive care with the ability, competence and confidence to adapt to any setting in Canada Facilitate development of resident skills for: - Independent reflective life-long learning - Leadership & advocacy - Teaching - Research and scholarship - Resilience 6. Accreditation Maintain accreditation by the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) 7. Social accountability The majority of our graduates deliver broad-scope, comprehensive care in Alberta Our Graduates deliver healthcare that meets their local community health needs Our Graduates practice wisely and are responsible stewards of the system and resources 8. Assessment and evaluation Use rigorous, transparent and constructive methods for resident assessment that support trustworthy decisions about progress, promotion and completion. All residents are optimally supported in meeting the requirements for certification with the CFPC. Consistently use rigorous, transparent and constructive methods for Faculty and Program evaluation and feedback Undertake regular, systematic and effective program evaluation and program review Approved: PGEC 2017-09-28 Family Medicine Residency Program Mission Vision and Goals_2017-09-26
CAME Certificate of Merit Awards Submission Deadline December 8, 2017 Objective: To promote, recognize and reward faculty committed to medical education in Canadian medical schools. The Award The Canadian Association for Medical Education (CAME) Certificate of Merit Award consists of a certificate and the opportunity to write an article for the CAME Voice. The number of awards to be given in any year will be determined by the CAME Executive on an annual basis/university. Eligibility Criteria 1. All contributors to medical education in each school are eligible (undergraduate, postgraduate, CME/CPD and Faculty Development). Recipients need not be members of CAME. 2. Recipients will have contributed to medical education deemed to be valuable within their medical school (teaching, assessment, evaluation, educational leadership, course coordination, education, research). 3. Recipients should not have already been nationally awarded for this contribution, or a past recipient of this award at the University of Calgary (see below for list of past recipients). 4. Members currently serving on the CAME Executive, CAME Board of Directors or the CAME Awards Committee are not eligible. Process Please submit: a) a brief one paragraph description of achievements AND b) a maximum 140-character comment for each of the awardees (this will be used to introduce winners at Awards Ceremony, and on social media). Submissions are to be emailed by December 8, 2017 to nishan.sharma@ucalgary.ca. CAME will notify the awardees by email. The Certificate of Merit Awards will be presented at CAME s Annual General Meeting at the Canadian Conference for Medical Education in April 2018. It is an expectation that the COM awardees will attend where at all possible. CAME will acknowledge each recipient on its website and through Twitter, and receipts will be acknowledged at University of Calgary as well.
Your information, as the nominator: Nominator s Name: Nominator s Job Title: Nominator s Work Phone: Nominator s Email: How I know the nominee (e.g. colleague, team member, former teacher, etc.): I would like to nominate: Name of Nominee Department/Division Current Position Office Address City Province Postal Code E mail Work Phone Degrees: Description of Nominee s Achievements: 140-Character Comment: Questions? Contact CAME Rep for UC: nishan.sharma@ucalgary.ca
Past CAME Merit Award Winners University of Calgary 2017 Dr Kelly Albrecht Dr Paula Pearce Dr Murray Lee 2016 Dr Hanan Bassyouni Dr Marcia Clark Dr Lori Montgomery 2015 Dr. Keith Wycliffe Jones Dr. Theresa Trotter Dr. Jesse Hendrikse 2014 Dr. Ian Wishart Dr. Lara Nixon Dr. Fabiola Aparicio-Ting 2013 Wes Jackson Irene Ma Guido van Marle 2012 Jason Lord Steve Simpson David Keegan 2008 Deirdre Jenkins Tyrone Donnon 2007 Ian Walker Ian Rigby Lisa Welikovitch Kristin Fraser 2006 Jeffrey Schaefer Kevin Busche 2005 Joanna Todesco Lauren Zanussi 2004 Lois Donovan Sylvain Coderre 2003 Lory Laing Cecilia Baxter 2002 Ward Flemons 2011 Philip Stokes Karen Valentine 2010 Heather Armson Jacques Bouchard 2009 William Fletcher Otto Rorstad
The Calgary Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Education Foundation and the Department of Psychiatry presents Dr. Gary Rodin Living Dangerously: Psychotherapy in the Last year of Life Friday, February 2, 2018 9:45am 4:30pm Registration begins at 9:00am Hotel Alma Blue Room 169 University Gate NW Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 Who should attend: Physicians, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Social Workers, Nurses, hospice clinicians, pastoral care providers. Knowledge of the issues involved will enhance your skill set in working in a challenging and rewarding field. Gary Rodin is the Joint University of Toronto/ University Health Network Harold and Shirley Lederman Chair in Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care and is Head of the internationally respected Department of Supportive Care at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto. He is also the Director of the Global Institute of Psychosocial, Palliative and End-of-Life Care (GIPPEC) and a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. Gary Dr. Rodin s extensive research and clinical experience addresses existential distress, attachment and relational therapies and theories, depression among the medically ill and preserving self-esteem. Books he has written include: Depression and the Medically Ill, and Psychiatric Aspects of Transplantation. Dr. Rodin has been honored with national and international awards for his psycho-oncology No one is untouched by death and end of life issues whether among patients, family members of our patients, relatives or ourselves. Dr. Gary Rodin will outline the theoretical and clinical framework for the evidence-based CALM (Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully) psychological intervention co-developed with Dr. Sarah Hales for individuals with advanced cancer and their caregivers. Subsequently, Dr. Rodin will show video-taped clinical material from CALM sessions to illustrate implementation. The model incorporates attachment, relational, and existential theories to address concerns among those with advanced cancer and other advanced medical illnesses. Within three to six sessions, the clinician addresses the practical and the profound, in relation to symptoms and communication with treatment team, changes in the self and relationships with others, meaning and purpose; hope and mortality. Dr. Rodin's presentation will heighten awareness and increase clinician s skill in communicating about end-of-life issues. 9:00am - Registration 9:45 am: Introduction of Dr. Rodin 10:00am: CALM Theoretical and Clinical Framework followed by Q & A 12:15pm: Lunch 1:15pm: Video-tape of CALM session and discussion 2:45pm: Nutrition break 3:00pm Video-tapes of CALM session and discussion LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Describe four domains of concern among those with terminal illness. 2. Identify communication strategies to address mortality concerns 3. Provide evidence for the use of the CALM intervention
The Calgary Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Education Foundation and the Department of Psychiatry presents REGISTRATION IS LIMITED TO 96 REGISTRATION Dr. Gary Rodin Living Dangerously: Psychotherapy in the Last year of Life Friday, February 2, 2018 9:45am 4:30pm Registration begins at 9:00am Hotel Alma Blue Room 169 University Gate NW Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 Name: Address: City: Province: Postal Code: Telephone: All cheques must be payable to Calgary Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Education Foundation. Online registration available at www.cppef.ca Register by mail or online at www.cppef.ca Please complete this form and send with payment to: Calgary Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Education Foundation PO BOX 80017 Airdrie, AB, T4B 2V8 CONFIRMATION OF REGISTRATION Registration confirmation will be in the form of an automatic email receipt. No other confirmation will be sent. Please allow 2 weeks for mail in registration processing. REFUND POLICY A registration refund will be made upon written request prior to January 15, 2018, less a $40 administration fee. No refund will be made for cancellation after January 15 2018, however substitutions are permitted. PLANNING COMMITTEE Janet de Groot MD, FRCPC (Chair) Kent Sargeant MD, FRCPC Susan Brownell, MD, FRCPC Linda Goddard MA, RSW, CNS John Elliott MD, FRCPC Mohammed Hajiazim, MD, FRCPC Wanda Lester MD, FRCPC Leanne Owens, MD, FRCPC Elena Petrov, MD, FRCPC Elizabeth Wallace MD, FRCPC Heather Scott MD, FRCPC Amy Tan, MD, MSc, CCFP(PC) Email: Professional Affiliation (please indicate if M.D.) FEES: (please circle payment amount) By Jan 5, 2018 After Jan 5, 2018 Physicians $250 $275 Allied Health $200 $225 Students $125 $150 CONTACT INFORMATION About Course Content Janet de Groot Phone: 587-896-1229 jdegroot@ucalgary.ca About Registration Michelle Seghers Phone: 403-383-9630 Fax: 403-539-6083 info@cppef.ca