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Happy New Year 2019!

Feature Article

Family Medicine Team Develops Tool to Improve Quality of Medical Procedures

Cloud-based data collection tool provides real-time feedback to inform improvements for physicians

Successful medical innovations are the culmination of people with passion, hard work and a little bit of good luck. For Dr. Michael Kolber and Ms. Nicole Olivier, all of these things combined extensive research experience and a desire to improve health care led to the creation of Electronic Medical Procedure Reporting System (EMPRSS). On November 28, 2018 Kolber and Olivier were recognized with a TEC Edmonton Spin-off Achievement Award, joining several other individuals from the University of Alberta whose research has culminated in the successful creation of a company with the potential to improve quality of life for Albertans.

Announcements

Research Scholarship Stream

Beginning with the 2019-2020 resident academic year, the department will be offering a Research Scholarship Stream (RSS) to incoming family medicine residents. RSS will provide residents the opportunity to develop research and scholarship skills in family medicine and will be integrated into the family medicine curriculum over the two years of the residency program. In addition, dedicated research time will be available in the curriculum in the form of research electives in years 1 and 2 of the program.

The objectives of the RRS are for residents to:

develop an effective research question;
undertake a literature review;
apply an appropriate research method to address the research question;
collect and manage data in an ethically sound manner; and
disseminate research findings through oral and written presentations.

Once matched to the U of A family medicine program, residents will identify their interest in the RSS. and will be assigned a RSS supervisor who is a full-time research faculty member in the department. The supervisor will guide the resident throughout the research process to meet the learning objectives.

Please direct incoming residents who are interested in the research scholarship stream to Dr. Donna Manca (dpmanca@ualberta.ca)

SPIDER-NET Study

NAPCReN is excited to be part of a recently funded Quality Improvement study entitled SPIDER (Structured Process Informed by Data, Evidence and Research). The study aims to assess whether this collaborative process will help family practices improve care for patients aged 65 and older who are prescribed 10 or more different prescriptions by reducing potentially inappropriate prescriptions. Secondary objectives include measuring the impact of SPIDER on patient health related quality of life, healthcare costs and on provider satisfaction.

For more information, please contact Allison at aboileau@ualberta.ca

Open Access: What It Means for Your Article

The November 28 issue of Academic Medicine provides a very informative and helpful overview of Open Access, what it means, clarification of Open Access myths and the advantages it offers to researchers.

Maggio, Lauren A., PhD; Stranack, Kevin, MLIS Academic Medicine: November 2018 - Volume 93 - Issue 11 - p 1743 doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000002347

Grant Announcements

Care of the Elderly Research Team Receives CIHR Grant

Congratulations to Dr. Jasneet Parmar, Dr. Lesley Charles, Dr. Bonnie Dobbs, and team for receiving a CIHR Planning and Dissemination Grant on the project entitled Health Workforce Education and Training Resources to Recognize and Support Family Caregivers of Seniors in Care.

The goal of this initiative is to develop education and training for healthcare professionals to be able to identify individuals who are caregivers to seniors in care and subsequently provide needed support to those caregivers.The grant for this one-year project is in the amount of $18,000.00 and the application was ranked by the Institute of Aging as #3rd out of 12 applications. The research team will be joined by 32 participants from across Canada and in the Netherlands and UK.

Call for Abstracts

CAHSPR

2019 CAHSPR Scientific Conference, When Research Meets Policy. May 29-31, 2019. Halifax, Nova Scotia. Call for abstracts is currently open. Abstract submission deadline is January 18, 2019. Click here to submit an abstract.

CAG 2019

The Canadian Association on Gerontology will be accepting abstracts starting in January 2019 for the 2019 conference in Moncton, New Brunswick, October 24-26, 2019.

FMF 2019

Family Medicine Forum (FMF) has announced the call for sessions and workshops (deadline February 9, 2019) and call for posters and free-standing papers (deadline April 5, 2019) for the 2019 FMF in Vancouver, British Columbia, October 30 - November 2.

Alberta SPOR SUPPORT SUMMER INSTITUTE 2019

Dates: May 13-15, 2019
Location: Matrix Hotel (10640 100 Ave NW, Edmonton)

Want to submit an abstract? VIEW THE CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rbNjHVGaJVaWzMWqh6zGJZnJ0DB2ih7a/view

Upcoming Research Workshops and Presentations

Research Forum

Thursday, January 24, 2019
10:30 - 11:30 6-10
University Terrace

Antidepressants and Antipsychotic Prescribing in Primary Care for People with Dementia presented by Dr. Neil Drummond

Inaugural Research Development Rounds

Thursday, January 24, 2019
11:30 - 12:30, 6-10
University Terrace

The Research Development Rounds are a new series of informal research sessions during which time researchers may present their ideas for research studies that are in the planning and/or proposal stages, including grant applications. The goal is to solicit input from other researchers in order to refine or further develop any aspect of the research study, including the research question, study design and methods, and/or dissemination strategies, etc.

At the January 24 Research Development Rounds, Dr. Ann Lee will seek input from the group on developing a research study on "Approaches to Teaching Clinical Reasoning to Undergraduate Medical Students."

Evidence Meets Implementation Lecture Series - Grounding Implementation in Theoretical Approaches: Models, Frameworks, and Theories

Tuesday, January 29, 2019
1:00-2:00 - 4-036
Edmonton Clinic Health Academy

Cost: $35.00
Click this link to register or for more information

Family Medicine Grand Rounds

Thursday, January 31, 2019
8:00-9:30 am
Corbett Hall Room 2-39

Navigation of Concussion Management for the Family Physician: From Diagnosis to Resolution presented by Drs Connie Lebrun and Terry De Freitas

Indigenous Health Initiative Program Lunch & Learn

Wednesday, February 6, 2019
12:00 - 1:00 pm
1-080 KATZ Building

The Indigenous Health Initiatives Program in the Division of Community Engagement is pleased to announce a special noon-hour presentation by Dr. Alika Lafontaine

The focus of this presentation will be on improving the health outcomes of Indigenous Peoples by addressing bias, discrimination, and racism in patient care. Registration for this event is required. Please click this Eventbrite link for registration (event is free but registration is required).

Clinical Research Seminar Series Upcoming Seminar: "Engaging Community Providers and Patients in Clinical Research: The BedMed Experience"

presented by Dr. Scott Garrison

Thursday, February 21, 2019
2:00 to 3:00 pm
Classroom D
Walter C. Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre (University Hospital)

December 2018 Publications

Kolber MR, Olivier N, Babenko O, Torie R, Green L. Alberta Family Physician Electronic Endoscopy study: Quality of 1769 colonoscopies performed by rural Canadian family physicians. Canadian Family Physician 2018; 64(12): e553-e560.

Levy M, Koppula S, Brown JB. Transitioning to academia: Exploring the experience of new family medicine faculty members at the beginning of their academic careers. Canadian Family Physician 2018; 64(12): 907-913.

Luig T, Elwyn G, Anderson R, Campbell-Scherer DL. Facing obesity: Adapting the collaborative deliberation model to deal with a complex long-term problem. Patient Education and Counseling 2018. Sep 28. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2018.09.021. [Epub ahead of print]

Parmar J, Torti J, Brémault-Phillips S, Charles L, Chan K, Tian PG. Supporting family caregivers of seniors within acute and continuing care systems. Canadian Geriatrics Journal 2018; 21(4): 292-296.

Ting R, Dugré N, Allan GM, Lindblad AJ. Ketogenic diet for weight loss. Canadian Family Physician 2018; 64(12): 906.

Funding Opportunities

Emergency SCN Systematic Review Grant Competition. This will fund high quality systematic literature reviews which address issues in emergency medicine up to $15K over one year. Application due February 12, 2019. More details available here.

The Medical Council of Canada 2019 Research in Clinical Assessment Grant Competition is Now Open. Details regarding this competition's theme as well as application and eligibility requirements can be found on our Research in Clinical Assessment page. The application deadline for this competition is February 1, 2019. Questions about the competition can be directed to grants@mcc.ca.

NACTRC Grant Development Support Fund. Financial support is available from the Northern Alberta Clinical Trials and Research Centre (NACTRC) for developing applications to highly competitive grant competitions in pillars 2 to 4. Approval of support is adjudicated by the Office of Research, FoMD. More details available here. The terms of reference, are available upon request.

Research Services Office Find Funding Opportunities Webpage

Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry’s Funding Opportunities Webpage

Upcoming Conferences

FREzER 2019 Is now Open for Registration

The FREzER Planning Team is pleased to let you know that registration is now open. Here is the Passkey to book your accommodation: https://book.passkey.com/go/uofafrezer2019.

Please RSVP Karen Moniz to confirm your attendance and also inform her of any food allergies you have.

This year's schedule is attached. Please note that brunch tickets will be available upon check-in.

Alberta SPOR Support Unit Summer Institute 2019

May 13-15, 2019
Matrix Hotel (10640 100 Ave NW, Edmonton)

Join us for SUMMER INSTITUTE 2019 where researchers, patients, clinicians, students, policy makers and more, gather to share insights, connect with colleagues and promote patient-oriented research.

We’re working together to explore, evaluate and share the Impact & Opportunities of patient-oriented research.

Join us for:
• an outstanding line-up of engaging speakers
• workshops on patient-oriented research topics
• networking opportunities with colleagues
• capacity building opportunities for patient-oriented research

REGISTRATION OPEN! Go to the registration site: https://secure.effreg.com/r/spor2019;jsessionid=B86ABFD7C1BB60DAEDEC2F039B516ABA?0