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REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR CCME 2016
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Make sure you don't miss the biggest conference on medical education in the country!
Dates: April 16-19, 2016
Location: Montréal, QC
SPOTS AVAILABLE - Register for the AFMC's Leadership Inspiration for Faculty Executives (LIFE) Course
This year's theme is "Be a Successful Change Agent," where five Deans of Medicine will share their experiences to help increase your effectiveness in your leadership role.
Date: April 14, 2016 9am - 4pm ET
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ACADEMIC HEALTH SCIENCE NETWORKS SYMPOSIUM (AHSN) 2016
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AFMC and HealthcareCAN are proud to invite you to our annual symposium - a unique opportunity for presidents and CEOs, members of their senior leadership teams, deans, assistant and associate deans from the faculties of medicine and other faculties, the vice presidents of health research, government officials and other vested stakeholders, to discuss the future of academic health sciences in Canada, exchange information, build community, and generate actions for the year ahead.
This year's theme is crucial conversation responding to frame-breaking changes in the expectations of the research enterprise, complex patient care situations, informed consumers, and a global race for talent and resources.
Dates: February 24-25, 2016
Location: Ottawa, ON
Make sure you don't miss the conversation!
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WORLD SUMMIT ON SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY
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AFMC is delighted to be a Key Partner for the 2017 World Summit on Social Accountability and will have a representative on the Advisory Committee.
Held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of The Network: Towards Unity for Health (TUFH): Improving the Impact of Educational Institutions on Peoples' Health, this world summit will foster synergistic action of key players needed to increase the worldwide activities related to Social Accountability and amplify initiatives from local and regional activities to a global scale.
Dates: April 8-12 2017
Location: Tunis, Tunisa
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LEARNERS HOSTED AT AFMC, FRANCO DOC IN JANUARY 2016
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AFMC ANNOUNCES 2016 AWARDS WINNERS
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We are pleased to announce the recipients of the AFMC 2016 awards celebrating excellence in medical education in Canada.
This year's recipients are:
- AFMC President's Award for Exemplary National Leadership in Academic Medicine: Dr. Kevin Eva, University of British Columbia
- AFMC Young Educators Award: Dr. Heather Jamniczky, University of Calgary
- AFMC Award for Outstanding Contribution to Faculty Development in Canada: Dr. James Goertzen, Northern Ontario School of Medicine
- AFMC John Ruedy Award for Innovation in Medical Education: Dr. Irene Ma, University of Calgary
- AFMC May Cohen Equity, Diversity, and Gender Award: Drs. Karine Igartua and Richard Montoro, McGill University
- AFMC Clinical Teacher Award: Dr. Roxana Geoffrion, University of British Columbia
- AFMC Charles Boelen International Social Accountability Award: Dr. Ahmed Maherzi, Université de Tunis, Dr. Joël Ladner, Université de Rouen,and Dr. Paul Grand'Maison, Université de Sherbrooke
Come cheer our recipients on as we present their awards during the AFMC Presidential Address and Awards Ceremony at the Canadian Conference in Medical Education (CCME) on April 17th - 17:00, Saint-François Room (Fairmont). You can also visit www.afmc.ca/awards to learn more about our award recipients.
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NEW APPOINTMENT FOR AFMC - VP RESEARCH
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The AFMC is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Jack Jhamandas to the new position, Vice President - Research. Dr. Jhamandas will be responsible for the development and implementation of the AFMC Research Mandate. His responsibilities will include liaising with key stakeholders and providing leadership to AFMC on the promotion of health research in Canada.
Dr. Jack Jhamandas is currently Distinguished University Professor in the Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine at the University of Alberta. He received his BSc in Applied Physics and MSc in Biophysics from the University of Alberta and his MD from the University of Calgary. He completed his clinical training in Internal Medicine at the Toronto Western Hospital and in Neurology the Montreal Neurological Institute and he received his PhD in Neuroscience from McGill University. He served as Associate Dean Research in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta.
Dr. Jhamandas is a practicing Neurologist and Neuroscientist whose research program focuses on studying misfolded proteins in Alzheimer's and Prion diseases and aspects of Brain control of Cardiovascular function. His research has been funded by the CIHR, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, and other national and provincial granting agencies. He has received the Gold Medal in Medicine from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; a Killam Professorship; held a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Alzheimer's Research and has been elected as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and the American Neurological Association. Dr. Jhamandas has served on the Board of Directors of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Alberta, and as a member of the inaugural Advisory Board for the CIHR Institute of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Addiction.
"We are thrilled that Jack is joining the AFMC as our inaugural VP Research. His track record as a renowned clinician scientist and his outstanding people skills make him the ideal candidate."
-Dr. Hélène Boisjoly, Chair, AFMC Board of Directors
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TEACHING eHEALTH TO MEDICAL STUDENTS
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Information technology is rapidly changing medical practice and patient expectations. Is your curriculum preparing future clinicians for this reality?
Medical educators and residents who teach are invited to a series of four live webinar workshops providing knowledge, tips, and tools for integrating digital health information management into student learning. The workshops are free, offered in English 3 times January through March 2016, and all take place 1-3pm EST.
Learn and be able to teach:
- how clinical decision support systems affect practice, trainee behaviours, clinical reasoning and patient safety;
- the differences between an EMR, EHR and PHR;
- how technology: (1) changes the way clinicians communicate with their patients and each other, (2) opens new channels for patients to access their health information, (3) empowers patients to communicate with their health team and other patients.
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