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UPCOMING EVENTS
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EM Grand Rounds
May is Neuropsychiatric Month
May 15, 2012
Moderated by: Dr. Howard Ovens
Panel Discussion: Dr. Sandy Simpson; Dr. Paul Kurdyak; Sgt. John Valerio
Medical Clearance of Psychiatric Patients in Custody
18th floor auditorium, Mount Sinai Hospital
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May 22, 2012
Moderated by: Dr. Howard Ovens
Panel Discussion: Dr. Bjug Borgundvaag; Dr. Robert Maunder; Dr. Cheryl Hunchak; Dr. Jon
We Need a Plan! – Managing Heavy Users of Emergency Services Proactively
18th floor auditorium, Mount Sinai Hospital
Grand Rounds are available via live webcast at www.OTN.ca. Click here for instructions.
Username and password may be requested from your admin staff
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HOT TOPICS
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Education Development Fund (EDF) 2012 - Call for Applications
The Education Vice-Deans would like to encourage faculty members to apply for this year's Education Development Fund (EDF) for Innovation in Education. The Terms of Reference for the EDF have been revised, and may be reviewed at:
http://www.facmed.utoronto.ca
/about/governance/council/edf.htm.
The EDF is a seed fund designed to catalyze initiatives that encourage innovation, integration and impact in education as they pertain to the Faculty of Medicine's Strategic Plan and to foster scholarship with respect to such teaching and learning initiatives. It is funded by the Education Vice-Deans. The EDF is intended to support initiatives that align with our Faculty's strategic directions in education, including knowledge translation and that can be implemented broadly across our academic programs. Funding has traditionally been awarded to initiatives that focus on the design, implementation and evaluation of courses, programs and curricula including faculty development, continuing education and clinical learning initiatives.
The deadline for application is noon, Monday, May 14, 2012.
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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS- Faculty Research Day
Please join us by participating in the annual Division of Emergency Medicine Faculty Research Day. This event will bring together researchers, faculty, and residents while providing an opportunity to share exciting new findings and facilitate scientific exchange. Click for Guidelines and Submission Form
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Doctoring in the DRC...
Dr. Raghu Venugopal is keeping a blog called "Doctoring in the DRC" while on mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders. To read the blog, click here: http://www.ghem.ca/blog/?cat=7
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TAAAC-EM News!
Read more about the Emergency medicine development in Ethiopia as well as check out some photos of a recent trip: TAAAC-EM
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Disaster Strikes! But we're prepared….
Dr Laurie Mazurik, Emergency Medicine staff at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, recently led Sunnybrook’s mass casualty exercise, which this year recreated the Wellesley Fire, a massive 6-alarm blaze that gutted a Toronto highrise in 2010. Several Ontario hospitals, and a wide array of health care disciplines came together to play out the horrifying scenes on a cool Saturday in March. “SARS really put emergency preparedness on the forefront of our minds,” says Dr. Laurie Mazurik, the grand maestro of this event (known officially as the Strategic Lead of Sunnybrook’s Disaster Emergency Preparedness). “It made me and others think we certainly need to prepare for future events, as this wouldn’t be the last.” Check out this cool video on youtube of the event, and look out for future exercises for opportunities to participate. Contact Dr Mazurik at lmazurik@gmail.comfor more information.
Youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYXRrb9493k |
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Celebrating Successes!
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Clinical-Educator Appointment |
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Congratulations to Dr. Chris Hicks, staff Emergency Physician and Trauma Team Leader at St. Michael's for successfully obtaining an appointment as a Clinician-Educator in the Department of Medicine. This distinction provides salary support to allow faculty members to pursue high quality scholarship in education. Chris' area of interest is reducing medical error through effective team-based simulation training. He was recently featured prominently in The Walrus Magazine (April 2012) and has published numerous studies on the effectiveness of team-based training. Dr. Hicks will continue this work in collaboration with the SMH trauma service, for which he oversees the tele-trauma program.
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SAEM Announces New EM Clerkship |
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NextGenU.org is a free, primarily online university, founded in partnership with international health organizations including the World Health Organization, World Medical Association, and many other universities and professional organizations across the world. Health care education is provided using established competencies from accredited national/international bodies, and these competencies are paired with existing, freely available, online resources from accredited universities, governments, or professional societies, and are free from commercial advertising. In partnership with SAEM and IFEM, an introductory Emergency Medicine course was developed by Dr. Jennifer Chu using the competencies set out by the Clerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine (an academy of SAEM); NextGenU.org was founded by UBC's Professor Erica Frank, MD, MPH. This course is primarily targeted at learners in resource-poor areas, but also can be a useful resource for all learners in EM; all resources are directly linked to Google Translate, and can be translated into over 50 languages. The course can be viewed at www.NextGenU.org and freely registering or logging in as a guest. Please email Jennifer Chu at jchu@nextgenu.org if you have any feedback or questions!
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Teasdale-Corti RCPS Humanitarian Award |
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Congratulations to Dr. James Maskalyk on his nomination for the Teasdale-Corti RCPS humanitarian award. The Teasdale-Corti Humanitarian Award was established to achnowledge and celebarate Canadian physicians who, while providign health care or emergency medical services, go beyond the accepted norms of routine practice, which may include exposure to peronal risk. The awards committe noted " James is not only commiteed to diminishing morbidity in the developing world by practicing in areas of needs, but in generating and disseminating knowledge from work. He is an inspiration for residents and medical students across the world and a recognized voice in the international emergency community"
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PSI Resident Research Prize |
Dr. Alun Ackery was awarded the 2011 PSI Resident Research Prize for his paper, "Bicyclist Deaths and Striking Vehicles in the USA". The PSI Foundation - Resident Research Prize is to recognize resident presenting the best research papers on a clinically related project.The article was published in The Journal of Injury Prevention, in September 2011.
Congratulations to Alun!
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Faculty Research Day |
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The Division of Emergency Medicine held its 2011 Faculty Research Day on Tuesday October 25, 2011. The event provided over 60 faculty and residents with an opportunity to enhance emergency medicine research by familiarizing themselves with the research activities of others within the Division of Emergency Medicine. As well, the event provided research mentorship for our emergency medicine residents. Nine Presenters discussed their research in fields of pediatric care, global health, ultrasound and administration.
Guest speaker, Dr. Callaway, spoke on the topic of Post Cardiac Arrest Care including his research in hypothermia induction, monitoring techniques, and use of drugs such as vasopressin.
The 2010-11 FRCP Anna Jarvis Award for Teaching Excellence was presented to Dr Karen Woolfrey. This award is given to a faculty member who has demonstrated excellence in formal teaching, including that occurring at bedside, didactic lectures and seminars/workshops.
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Nominate a Star |
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As a result of her role in the care of a patient at the Toronto Western Hospital, one of our residents, Caroline Pospisil, was recognized in the "nominate a star" program. The distinction was awarded in September 2011 during her ICU rotation. The nomination was submitted by the patient's family and mentioned their appreciation for the level of care given to their relative, and the compassion provided at a difficult time. This recognition of excellence in patient care honoured the multidisciplinary members of the team, and resulted in a monetary donation to the Toronto Western Intensive Care Unit.
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CIHR Café Scientifique Grant |
Congratulations to Jason Buick, Andy Brooks, Steven Brooks, Steve Lin, Valeria Rac and Laurie Morrison on winning a CIHR Café Scientifique Grant. Café scientifiques started in the late 20th century as informal discussions about scientific subjects. They provide insight into health-related issues of popular interest to the general public, and in turn provoke questions and provide answers. This grant will support a café called, “Cardiac Arrest: Saving a life is as easy as 1, 2, 3...”, which will be held in 2012.
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Glen Bandiera appointed Chair of RCPSC accreditation committee |
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Dr. Glen Bandiera has been named Chair of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Committee on Accreditation. This committee sets the standards, oversees the process and makes decisions by which all residency programs in Canada are provided an Accreditation status. As chair,Dr. Bandiera will take a lead role in helping to shape the future of ensuring program excellence in Canada. Glen has been a member of the committee for several years, and is currently overseeing the internal program reviews for the University of Toronto, Glen Bandiera, MD, MEd, FRCP St. Michael's Hospital University of Toronto
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"Building Bridges to Integrate Care (BRIDGES)" |
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The Department of Medicine and the Department of Family and Community Medicine have jointly received a $5.4 million, 3-year grant from the Ministry of Health for a project entitled, "Building Bridges to Integrate Care (BRIDGES)". The project is co-directed by Dr Wendy Levinson and Dr Lynn Wilson and the co-PIs are Dr Michael Schull (DoM) and Dr Onil Battacharrya (DFCM). BRIDGES is a major U of T initiative which will develop, implement and evaluate new models of care delivery that bridge between the hospitals/ED, medical specialists, family physicians, and community services in the U of T network in order to improve the quality of care and decrease preventable hospitalizations and ED visits for patients with chronic disease. During the next month we will be developing criteria and timelines for applications, and there will soon be a "call for partners" to begin the work of developing and testing these innovative models.
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CIHR RCT Mentoring Grant |
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Carolyn Snider and Laurie Morrison have been awarded the CIHR RCT Mentoring Award. This award will support Dr. Snider to further develop her clinical research program in intentional injury, specifically focusing on prevention of violent injury among youth. Dr. Laurie Morrison is her primary mentor for this award.
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Recent study by Dr Clare Atzema profiled in the New York Times! |
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A new study by Dr Clare Atzema published in the July X issue of CMAJ was profiled in the New York Times among many otherTV and print news outlets.
http://www.nytimes.com/
2011/07/19/health/research
/19patterns.html?_
r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Her study found that among a population-based sample of 4403 heart attack patients who had chest pain (from across Ontario), married men were much less likely to endure the chest pain and present late to an ED for care than their single counterparts (OR 0.35, p<0.001). Among women having a heart attack however, there was no significant association with delayed presentation and marital status (OR 1.36, p=0.55).
Congratulations to Clare on generating such high-profile research!
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Welcome Back Dr. Bandiera
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Dr. Glen Bandiera took an academic leave from July 2010 through June 2011 to pursue a variety of goals. He participated in the University of Toronto/Addis Ababa Academic Collaboration in Ethiopia, a program review mission on behalf of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in Saudi Arabia, and clinical site visits in Melbourne and Adelaide, Australia , Bhutan, and Ghana. He is co-editing a new book for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada on administering Residency Programs.Upon his return in July, Dr. Bandiera will assume a new role as Associate Dean, Postgraduate Medical Education (Admissions and Evaluation) in addition to the resumption of his role as Chief of Emergency Medicine at St. Michael's.
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Firas Al-Rawi receives the 2011 PGME Trainee Leadership Award!
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 Dr. Woolfrey and the Royal College Emergency Medicine Residency Training Program would like to congratulate Dr. Firas Al-Rawi on the '2011 PGME Trainee Leadership Award'. Firas was selected from a number of potential recipients to receive the award in the area of leadership and cultural competency. Firas is currently a PGY-3 in the Emergency Medicine Program, and will be embarking on PGY-4 subspecialty training in Sports Medicine commencing July 1, 2011.
Congratulations Firas!
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