On September 20th 捆绑SM社区 was the successful organizer and host of the annual Medical Student Symposium. During this event, a "Prix de la rel猫ve en M茅decine de famille" was awarded.
Created in 2013, the prize is awarded to a resident or a student that revealed his leadership skills. The 2014 winner is Dr Marc Andr茅 Lavall茅e.
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Congratulations to our family physicians:
- Dr Mark Yaffe: CFPC/CGS Award of disctinction in health care of the elderly and CFPC Lifetime Achievement awards in Family Medicine
- Dr. Howard Bergman: CFPC Lifetime Achievement Awards in Family Medicine Research.
- Dr. Ellen Rosenberg: CFPC Lifetime Achievement Awards in Family Medicine Research
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CIET/捆绑SM社区 Family Medicine training for government planners and researchers in Southern Africa
On September 3, 2014 St-Mary's researchers unveiled a "robot-doctor" that will not only be used during explorative spatial missions, but also on Earth.听 It will be used in particular to help in the rapid diagnosis and prescription of the right treatment for the astronauts in orbit. It will aslo be of significant help in, amongst other things, reducing the congestion in walk-in clinics, in developing countries as well as in the treatment of chronic diseases.
Congratulations to our residents and medical students College of family Physicians of Canada 2014 awards recipients!
-听听听听听听听听听 LEADERSHIP AWARDS FOR FAMILY MEDICINE: Dr Halan Balendra
-听听听听听听听听听 FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENT AWARDS FOR SCHOLARLY ACHIEVEMENT: Dr Paul Brisebois
-听听听听听听听听听 MEDICAL STUDENTS SCHOLARSHIPS: Dr Patrick Moynihan
-听听听听听听听听听 LEADERSHIP AWARDS FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS: Dr Robin Nathanson
In June, Dr. Isabelle Vedel was awarded the New Investigator Salary Award: Winter 2013 Priority Announcement - Community-based Primary Health Care - by the CIHR. This award that entails a contribution made to outstanding candidates that are conducting independent research, will go towards Dr. Vedel鈥檚 project on Alzheimer鈥檚 disease.
There was a high representation of students and faculty of Family Medicine in the newest issue of the graduate student journal, Health Science Inquiry. Congratulations to Cristina Longo, Doaa Farid and Hani Badran who were all reviewers along with Pierre Pluye. Alex Fletcher was a reporter for this issue and original submissions were published for Vladimir Khanassov, Maedeh Khayyat Kholghi (on the MSc program) and Emily Parkinson.
Peter Steinmetz works in the intensive care unit at St. Mary鈥檚 Hospital in Montreal and is a Faculty Lecturer in the Department of Family Medicine at 捆绑SM社区. He is the Director and Founder of the Undergraduate Bedside Ultrasound Course at 捆绑SM社区 and has taught in North America, Asia and Africa.
Bedside Ultrasound, Level 1, by Peter Steinmetz is a great resource among students, residents and physicians alike. It contains and explores applications of ultrasound that transcend the common areas this form of medicine deals with.
The prize was established in 2006 by David Altshuler and the Altshuler family, in honour of his father, John Altshuler, BSc 鈥�55, MDCM 鈥�59. This prize is awarded annually by the Faculty of Medicine to a graduating medical student with the highest mark in the family medicine clerkship.
This year鈥檚 recipient, Douglas Slobod, received the award at the Dean鈥檚 Awards Ceremony and Reception on May 29.
October 6th, 2013
Dr Vania Jimenez, Director of one of the Family Medicine Unit of C么te des Neiges,听is launching听her 3rd 听novel, "Je suis une pierre brulante".
We have wonderful news to share with you. Once again we have a great deal to be proud of in the Department of Family Medicine.听听
The results from the Fonds de recherche Sant茅-Quebec (FRQS) have been announced and we would like to congratulate the members of our department who have been successful. 听These competitions are very competitive and few are actually successful in obtaining these salary support awards.
Dr. Gillian Bartlett-Esquilant has been selected as this year鈥檚 recipient of the Carrie M. Derick Award for Excellence Graduate Teaching and Supervision. The Award and a citation will be presented at Spring Convocation. The recipient receives a plaque, and his/her name is inscribed on a permanent plaque in the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Office.
Congratulations to Mr. Jamie DeMore on being selected as this year鈥檚 recipientof the Award for Excellence in Service to Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. This award acknowledges outstanding contributions by members of the administrative and support staff of the University for service to Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.
