Family Matters

Congratulations Class of 2019

The week of June 2 – 8, 2019 marked the graduation of the University of Alberta Department of Family Medicine Class of 2019. On behalf of all of the faculty and staff of the Department of Family Medicine, congratulations to all of the graduates.

We asked Kristen Timm, Derek Chan and Daniel Prada, three of the co-chiefs for the family medicine residency program, to reflect on the role of co-chief and their work over the last year.   

Was co-chief on your radar when you started your residency?  If yes, why?  If no, why not?

Kristen Timm: I considered running for the co-chief position early in my residency. I was very excited about the program as a new resident and I had several ideas about how to make it work even better for residents. I thought that being a co-chief would help enable me to drive the innovation and change that I wanted to see in the program. 

Derek Chan: When I first started residency, I was so overwhelmed with so many new things that Co-Chief was not on my radar.  I remember seeing Kiran and Bryan, our two R2 Co-Chief's at the time, standing up at the front they were so confident, well spoken, and accomplished it seemed like a position that was beyond anything I could achieve.  I also knew very few people in residency at the time so it was a challenge enough just trying to get to know everyone when the majority of people had prior medical school friendships to build on.

Daniel Prada: It was, I had a lot of experience in management and leadership, so I felt my experience could be of help to the program.

Congratulations

Congratulations to the Following Residents and Students Recognized at the Class of 2019 Graduation Banquets Awards Presentations

College of Family Physicians of Canada Medical Student Awards
Finola Hackett, Medical Student Leadership; Sharon Liu, Medical Student Scholar

North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) Student FM Research Award
Sharon Liu

Patricia Ann Peat Award Residency & Family Medicine Student Enhancement Fund    Tanya Schuman

College of Family Physicians of Canada Family Medicine Resident Awards
Derek Chan, Resident Leadership; Derek Chan, Scholarly Achievement; Derek Chan, Resident Research

Department of Family Medicine Awards
Kristen Timm, Resident Leadership; Chelsea Smithbower & Vanessa DeMelo, Resident Peer; Derek Chan, Research & Scholarship 

Lionel A. Ramsey Awards
MacKenzie Crawford, Grande Prairie; Kristin Burles, Red Deer 

Dr. Joe Tilley and The Allin Clinic Award
Derek Chan

Westview Physician Collaborative Awards
Kristina Quan, Clinical Excellence Year 1; Norah McKay, Clinical Excellence Year 2; 
Avery Wynick, Resident Leadership Year 1; Vanessa Rogers, Resident Leadership Year 2; Derek Chan, Resident Research

Bollozos Family Award in Medicine
David Pinzon & Renata Mishra

Grey Nuns Medical Staff Association Recognition for Faculty and Residents

The annual Grey Nuns Medical Staff Association 2019 Spring Banquet was held Friday, May 24, 2019.  The department was well-represented by award presenters as well as recipients. Congratulations to the following award recipients from DoFM:

Cardiology Resident of the Year: Dr. Eniola Salami

Family Medicine & PCHT Residents of the Year Awards (presented by Dr. Lillian Au and Dr. T Tran): Dr. Jillian Rogers (family medicine); Dr. Eniola Salami (PCHT team); Dr. Amanda Randolph (PCHT team);Dr. Brock Randolph (PCHT team).

T.R. Clarke Award: Dr. Jillian Rogers, Obstetrics & Gynecology

Palliative Care Resident of the Year Award: Dr. Kamal Touisse, Palliative Care

Geriatric resident and Student of the year Awards (presented by Dr. Karenn Chan): Dr. Vanessa DeMelo, Resident of the Year

Excellence in Teaching and Teacher of the Year Awards (presented by J Wismark): Dr. Selma Murji, Excellence in Teaching

(L-R) Grey Nuns faculty, staff and residents: Mary Wittenberg, Denise Campbell-Scherer, Karenn Chan, Vanessa DeMelo, Eniola Salami, Lillian Au, Kamal Toiusse, Irene Colliton, Jillian Rogers, Selma Murji, Tanya Tran,  Amanda Randolph, Brock Randolph, Bijan Pezeshki, 

Notable News

Guy Blais Visits Radio Show for World Family Doctor Day

World Family Doctor Day was Sunday, May 19, 2019. Guy Blais, Clinical Professor with DoFM, visited the Ryan Jesperson Show along with some of his colleagues to talk about World Family Doctor Day.   

(L - R) Heather Gazley (acupuncturist), Brandon Jacobs (RMT), Dr. Neeja Bakshi (internal medicine specialist), host Ryan Jespersen and Dr. Guy Blais.

Lee Green Accepts New Role with CFPC

Beginning July 1, 2019 Lee Green will be serving as Chair of the Canadian Chairs of Family Medicine with the College of Family Physicians of Canada. This is a two-year term ending June 30, 2021. 

Ginetta Salvalaggio Co-presents with Patient Partner at
National Conference

Ginetta Salvalaggio joined a patient partner to deliver a collaborative learning session on diversity and patient engagement held in Ottawa in April of 2019. They were invited by the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (CFHI), as nominated by the Health Quality Council of Alberta (HQCA), to present their 'case' as a best practice example.

You can view their presentation Involving People Who Use Drugs in Co-designing Health Services on the CFHI's Diversity in Patient Engagement Learning Exchange 2019 website.

Thank you to the CFHI for giving permission to share this link.

Faculty Contribute to Nationally-Nominated Articles

Canadian Family Physician has been nominated for a 2019 National Magazine Award for the article series ‘Prevention in Practice’. Congratulations to CFP as well as Dr. Neil Bell and Olga Szafran from DoFM for their contributions to these articles.

2019 Pharmaceutical Price Document Now Available

The 2019 Price Comparison of Commonly Prescribed Pharmaceuticals in Alberta is now available! You can find the 2019 Pricing Document online from the Alberta College of Family Physicians (ACFP).

PLUS… Mark your calendars for the popular PEIP conference to be held October 25 – 26, 2019.

Faculty & Staff Development

Professional Development Session Follow-up

Thank you to all Staff and Faculty for attending our June 19th Professional Development Session Using Your Voice at Work with David Ley. We understand that you have many obligations and we appreciate you taking time from your busy schedules to join us. We hope that you found the event to be both interesting and informative. We would like to leave you with David's three priority learning messages*:

- Dynamic speaking patterns will help hold your audience’s attention.
- Clarity of speech will increase the perceived importance of your message.
- Learning to relax in front of an audience will make your presentations more                  enjoyable.

*Copyright 2019, David Ley - all rights reserved, not for further dissemination.  

New Annual Report Online Now Open Through the New
MyFoMD Portal

The new Annual Report Online (ARO) is now available online via the MyFoMD Portal. 

If you would like to attend a drop-in group session guided by Dr. Lang where you can work on inputting your ARO, please fill out this form to register your attendance.  All locations will be at the UAH, with room details TBA.

Guided ARO working sessions:
•    Monday, July 15, 12:00 - 1:30
•    Monday, July 15, 4:00 - 5:00
•    Thursday, July 25, 12:00 - 1:30
•    Thursday, July 25, 4:00 - 5:00
•    Friday, August 2, 8:00 - 10:00
•    Wednesday, August 7, 12:00 - 1:30  

NAPCRG Grant Generating Project (GGP)

The Grant Generating Project (GGP), a year-long "fellowship without walls," is calling for applications for the 2019-2020 Fellowship. Since 1995, the GGP has trained over 100 fellows and produced over 800 grant proposals yielding more than $1 billion in grants to primary care.

Why should you participate in the GGP? In addition to the potential for major research grant funding, participation in GGP has other potential benefits to the home department of participating GGP fellows. Primary care researchers who wish to learn to write successful research grants as part of their development and training can take advantage of the GGP fellowship.

Click here to visit the 2019-2020 GGP Fellowship Call for Applications website.

Family Medicine in the News

The work of Dr. Jasneet Parmar and Lesley Charles in the development of the Decision-Making Capacity Toolkit was featured in the Folio article New Toolkit Guides Health-care Professionals to Assess Dementia in a New Way.

Dr. Andrew Cave and research partner Chandu Sadasivan’s study on soccer coachs' awareness of asthma has been covered by Folio as well as Global News Edmonton’s Health Matters.

Family doctor Stephanie Liu discusses the psychological impact on mothers who find it difficult or impossible to breastfeed their babies. Coverage also appears in the National Post, Daily Mail, New Delhi News, Ottawa Citizen, Health Medicine Network, and Mouths of Mums.

May Publications

Please visit the Recent Research Publications page on the Department of Family Medicine website for a comprehensive list of research publications.

Professional Development Opportunities

Upcoming Conference and Course at the Glen Sather Sports Medicine Clinic

The 3rd Annual David C. Reid Conference: Exercise as Medicine

Saturday, September 28, 2019
Corbett Hall, U of A Campus

Visit the conference webpage for additional details.

Click here to register for both events.

Joint Injection Workshop

The Joint Injection Workshop has been certified for up to 5 Mainpro+ credits.

New Disclosure Reports for Conflicts of Interest and Commitment

This message was originally disseminated via email on June 27, 2019. Please note this new code applies to university faculty as well as support staff

On July 1, 2019, the Code of Conduct: Employees Obligations Respecting Conflicts of Interest will take effect at the University of Alberta. We developed our Code of Conduct to comply with the Government of Alberta’s Bill 27 (The Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act) that requires public agencies, including the University of Alberta, to have codes of conduct governing their employees.

One of the requirements for employees under the Code of Conduct is to report perceived or actual conflicts of interest or commitment. We have revised the Disclosure Report to reflect the Code of Conduct updates.

The annual reporting period is July 1 to June 30 for most Faculties/Administrative Units; please consult with your Reporting Officer if you are uncertain about your reporting period. Submit your Disclosure Report to your Reporting Officer. If you have already submitted a Disclosure Report for this reporting year, a new report is not required unless requested by your Reporting Officer, there are changes in circumstances or a new concurrent activity is being considered.

Find out more about filling out the report on The Quad:
https://blog.ualberta.ca/new-disclosure-report-for-conflicts-of-interest-and-commitment-bdfe5a35d7b1

To learn more about the Code of Conduct, visit:
https://www.ualberta.ca/faculty-and-staff/my-employment/code-of-conduct

If you have any questions or concerns about ethical conduct, please reach out to employees.conduct@ualberta.ca.