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Chair's Message
This month, we celebrate the important and unique role of family physicians in primary care on World Family Doctor Day on May 19th. This day is an opportunity to reflect on the contributions of our family physicians and primary care teams locally and globally, as we continue our efforts to advance family medicine. The warmer weather has finally arrived in time to kick off the upcoming May long weekend! I hope you find some time to enjoy the outdoors and relax with family and friends.
We are delighted to inform you that following the 2nd iteration of CaRMS, we have matched all remaining residency spots. We look forward to welcoming 78 incoming residents to our program this July.
The Department of Family Medicine is recruiting physicians interested in a full-time career in an Academic Family Health Team. If you have a passion for advancing the discipline of Family Medicine, are interested in broadening your involvement within primary care, and thrive in an inter-disciplinary environment, please consider applying. We are currently seeking to fill positions at three of our dynamic health teams: Bruyère, Riverside and Montfort. Please share these job postings with your networks. They will be posted until the positions are filled.
There are some departmental activities scheduled before the start of summer vacations and planning has begun for the fall. Please mark these dates on your calendars:
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Friday, June 2nd Find your Path in the DFM: New Faculty Orientation and Faculty Development Day. It includes ETS1 Feedback Fundamentals, Change Management, and Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) sessions, and a Mentorship lunch. Register here. Contact Rebecca Celestin if you have any questions: rcelestin@uottawa.ca
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Friday, June 9th Research, Inquiry and Opinion (RIO) Day, where we will celebrate our graduates and listen to residents’ scholarly presentations. There will be a keynote presentation by our very own Dr. Kamila Premji, Assistant Professor, Junior Clinical Research Chair in Family Medicine. We will also be announcing the 2023 DFM Faculty and Staff Award winners. The day will conclude with the PGY2 graduation, followed by a celebratory wine and cheese. For more information, and how to register, please email Alicia Campagna: acampagn@uottawa.ca.
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The DFM has two major departmental events this fall. Please save the dates for the following events:
Celebration, Ceremony, Colonial lenses and Care of Indigenous Patients Event
On the afternoon of Monday, September 25th, the DFM will be hosting a faculty development event in honour of Truth and Reconciliation week. It includes a virtual reality immersive cultural experience, reflections on our personal and departmental commitments to reconciliation, and approaches to providing (and teaching!) better care of Indigenous patients. Registration and details will be coming soon. This will be the first part of the ABC Leadership series.
Annual Faculty Retreat
From Friday, October 27th to Sunday, October 29th, the DFM will be hosting an Annual Faculty Retreat at the Fairmont, Chateau Montebello. We are excited to be offering the second installment of the ABC Leadership series, the departmental assembly, educational and poster sessions, and a Halloween-themed dinner party, along with numerous leisure activities! Stay tuned for registration and more information!
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We also welcome you to join the Department of Family Medicine’s MainPro+ Certified Family Medicine Grand Rounds, via Zoom, on Thursday, May 25th, for presentations from the DFM’s Dr. Anna Wilkinson and Dr. Gary Viner. For more information, please view the poster, or contact Miya Ismayilova: Mismayil@uOttawa.ca. | |
Are We Ready for a 3-Year Program? | |
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Please complete the applicable survey, below, to help identify current gaps:
Dear Colleagues,
As discussed at the Outcomes of Training Road Shows, which you might have attended over the last 6 weeks, the DFM will be embarking on a Curriculum Reform journey as we transition to a three-year residency in Family Medicine in 2027.
Your assistance in helping us marshal resources, remediate gaps and identify training opportunities is required. As part of your Post Graduate preceptor duties, we are kindly requesting you complete the following applicable survey before Tuesday, May 30, 2023:
The purpose is to provide a snapshot of opportunities for our PG learners in your clinical practice. Be reassured, the DFM recognizes that individual preceptors' practices cannot provide learning in all those domains that residents need "preparedness" in for future practice. However, the DFM needs to know who is doing what, and where, so that we can provide opportunities for exposure to all CPAs in the most appropriate environments.
The basic survey will take you approximately 20 minutes to complete.
Thank you in advance. Your input and time is very much appreciated. Should you require further clarification, please do not hesitate to contact the OTP team at pmodfm@uottawa.ca.
Best,
The Outcomes of Training Team, uOttawa
Madeleine Montpetit, Complex System Navigator
Douglas Archibald, Developmental Evaluator
Marisa Duval, Senior Project Manager
Ashley Mautbur, Specialist, Project Management
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Dr. Eric Wooltorton, Associate Professor and Director of Faculty Development, celebrated National Physicians’ Day on May 1st with Dr. Sarah Funnell, Dr. Kamila Premji and Heather Mullen, Health Policy Analyst with the CFPC, while attending a meeting with parliamentarians to advocate for team-based care at the invitation of the CFPC. Topics of discussion included the challenges of ensuring Canadians have access to primary care across the country and possible solutions for systems-based change, going forward.
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Dr. Anna Wilkinson, Associate Professor, was featured in an opinion piece in the Globe and Mail on May 11th discussing early breast cancer screening. To read the full article, please click here.
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Faculty Member Awards of Excellence
In the spirit of recognizing the outstanding achievements of our members, the Faculty of Medicine is pleased to announce that the 2023 Faculty Member Awards of Excellence are now open for nominations! Please consider nominating one of your colleagues, teachers, or mentors by Monday, June 5, 2023. Visit the Faculty Member Awards of Excellence website for more details.
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There have been a number of recent staffing changes at the DFM. We welcome several new staff members, and say goodbye to those who have left.
Greg Nasmith joined the PMO team on March 1st as an additional Project Coordinator who will be responsible for supporting our innovation projects. He has several years' experience working for the College of Family Physicians of Canada as a project consultant. He was also involved with the Global Health Program out of the of the Department of Family & Community Medicine at the University of Toronto. (gnasmith@uottawa.ca).
Ahmed Husseini Orabi joined the PMO on March 15th as a Senior Software Developer who will be responsible for providing technical expertise to MedCORE and our innovation projects. Ahmed has several years experience working for IBM, he holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Software Engineering with a Concentration in Machine Learning as well as a Master of Science in Computer Science. He will bring great expertise to the architecture, design, and overall vision of our innovative and administrative applications. (ahussei3@uottawa.ca).
Since joining the DFM in 2008 and successfully supporting many initiatives at the Riverside and Civic units, as of May 8th, Ashley Mautbur has stepped into a new role with the PMO team as a Project Specialist. Ashley will be responsible for providing her expertise to the Outcomes of Training (Three-Year Program) project. Many of you will still interface with Ashley quite regularly but now in this new manner (amobbs@uottawa.ca and/or pmodfm@uottawa.ca).
Melissa Radcliffe, who has been at the department since 2020, has replaced Ashley Mautbur as the Civic Unit Coordinator, as of May 8th. You can contact her at mradcliffe@toh.ca.
Mary Kassis will be joining us on May 23rd, replacing Melissa Radcliffe, as the new Civic Clinical Administrator. Mary comes to us from the TOH where she was working since 2011 as a clerk in several different departments.
We say goodbye to Julia Testa, who left her role as Riverside Unit Coordinator on April 30th, as well as Ali El Achkar, who left his position as Intermediate Software Developer on the PMO team, on March 31st. We wish them well in their future endeavours.
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Scholarship Opportunities | |
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The Canadian Association of General Practitioners in Oncology (CAGPO) is providing a scholarship program designed to support family physicians/general practitioners who would like to develop their knowledge and skills in cancer care and control activities. Applications must be submitted by Thursday, June 15, 2023. Click here for more information.
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HFOJobs.ca (A message for Ontario’s final year Family Medicine Residents)
HFOJobs.ca is an online job board that connects health-care organizations, communities and employers to health care professionals seeking practice opportunities. As Ontario’s most extensive job-search tool dedicated to physician, nursing, and other health professional opportunities in the province, we invite you to browse through it for possible career opportunities.
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Update in Geriatrics for Primary Care 2023
On Friday June 2nd, the University of Ottawa, Office of Continuing Professional Development and Regional Geriatric Program of Eastern Ontario, are offering a 1-day in-person course on the practical clinical management of geriatric patients. Register here!
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