Title of award: McGill Faculty of Medicine MSc Internal Studentship
Title of research project: Investigating the Effect of Weight on Asthma Children in Quebec
Title of award: McCutcheon Pediatric Palliative Care Fellowship
Title of research project: Engaging Terminally Ill Children in Research of Self-Reported Quality of Life Outcomes: a Review of Established Methods
The 2013 Isaac Tannenbaum Resident Research Day held on May 31st was a real success!! This day was an opportunity for our residents to present their scholarly work as well as to meet with other residents from the different McGill Family Medicine Units.
See Dr. Jeannie Haggerty's new editorial in the British Medical Journal based on this very interesting publication on Primary Care Systems published in the Health Affairs.
Haggerty, J., Lévesque J-F., Hogg W. & Wong S. The strength of primary care systems. Stronger systems improve population health but require higher levels of spending. BMJ, 2013; 346; f3777 doi: 10.1136/bmj.f3777.
The Department of Family Medicine is proud to announce that Dr. Ann Macaulay was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
The Department of Family Medicine is proud to announce that Dr. Charo Rodriguez is the recipient of the Richard and Sylvia Cruess Faculty Scholar in Medical Education for 2013-2014.
The goal of this position is to promote excellence and scholarship in medical education at McGill and at the Centre for Medical Education by providing a 1 year stipend to a faculty member in the Faculty of Medicine to pursue research and scholarly activities in medical education.
The Department of Family Medicine is proud to announce that Dr. Leonora Lalla was the recipient of the 2013 CAME Certificate of Merit award. This award from the Canadian Association for Medical Education (CAME) serves to promote, recognize and reward faculty committed to medical education in Canadian medical schools. Recipients of the award are selected based on their contribution to medical education deemed to be valuable within their medical school.
The Department of Family Medicine is proud to announce that Dr. Marion Dove was the recipient of the 2012 College of Family Physicians Award of Excellence for Contribution to Teaching in Family Medicine.
Congratulations to five of our residents who have been conferred the following awards in 2012:
NADINE ST-PIERRE AWARD - Dr. Marie-Renée B Lajoie
LEADERSHIP AWARDS FOR FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENTS - Dr. Jennifer Mitton
Both Dr Kirsten Johnson and Dr Isabelle Vedel were awarded the FRSQ Clinical Research Scholars – Junior 1 bursary. This four-year FRSQ Junior 1 award is extremely competitive and only those who have excellent credentials are successful. Kirsten and Isabelle received this on their first attempt!
The Family Medicine Department now has 7 clinician-scientists and Ph.D. researchers who hold FRQS bursaries. This is indeed a remarkable achievement.
La Presse (17/12/2012): Personnalités la Presse : Les Drs Michael Malus et Hartley Stern
La Presse (05/12/2012) : Hôpital général Juif: un sans rendez-vous «boosté aux stéroïdes»
La Presse (13/11/2012) : McGill : Valoriser la médecine familiale
