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Announcements

Sheny Khera and Marjan Abbasi named EZMSA Innovators of the Year

Congratulations to Sheny Khera and Marjan Abbasi, who have received the Innovators of the Year Award from the Edmonton Zone Medical Staff Association (EZMSA) for the Seniors Community Hub project. The award presentation will be made at the 2019 EZMSA General meeting to be held March 21, 2019.

Family Medicine Summit Wrap-up

The 2019 Family Medicine Summit was held in in Banff, AB on March 1st to 3rd.  Congratulations to department members who were recognized with oral and poster presentations awards.

Oral Presentations

McDONALD T, Green L. A Novel Normative Approach to Counting GPs - Are We Really That Off? (2nd Place)

Cave AJ, Drummond N, Gillies C, APONTE-HAO S, Soos B, Williamson T. Childhood Asthma in Primary Care: Canada 2016. (recognition)

SADASIVAN C, Cave AJ. Asthma and Youth Soccer: An Investigation into The Level Of Asthma Awareness and Training Among Youth Soccer Coaches. (recognition)      

Poster Presentations

Dobbs B, Hussey E, Triscott J, Pidborochynski T. Predictors of Social Isolation in Community-Dwelling Seniors: The Importance of Asking about Transportation Mobility. (2nd Place)

Lebrun CM, De Freitas TL, Wicijowski T, Reif R, Przyslupski A. Patient-Reported Outcomes Of Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) Therapy For Osteoarthritis. (3rd Place)

Carr F, Tian PGJ, Chow J, Guzak J, Triscott J, Sun X, Dobbs B. Deprescribing Benzodiazepines In Hospitalized Seniors Using A Patient-Education Intervention. (recognition)

Cave AJ, Drummond N, Gillies C, Soos B, Williamson T. Validation of An Adult Asthma Search Algorithm. (recognition)

De Freitas T, Przyslupski A, Lebrun C. Collaborative Shoulder Pain Care: Surgical Wait Times and Functional Patient Outcomes.  (recognition)       

L-R: Amy Tan,  unknown, Stephanie Garies, Connie Lebrun, Emily Hussey, Terence MaDonald,
Jean Triscott

Festival of Health 2019

The Festival of Health 2019 will be held May 25, 2019 in the Edmonton Clinic Health Academy (ECHA).  The department will be well-represented by a number of researchers and faculty.

Dr. Lesley Charles will join colleagues from the Division of Geriatric Medicine to present Health & Aging - Dare to Age Well

Dr. Ginetta Salvalaggio will be join colleagues from the Inner City Health and Wellness Program to present Caring for People Who Use Drugs

BedMed, the CHANGE Program and the Glen Sather Sports Medicine Clinic will host information booths.

This event is open to the public and free, so please share with friends, family, and patients who may be interested.

Visit the Festival of Health 2019 website for the full schedule of events.

Calls for Abstracts

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. The submission deadline is April 15, 2019.

FMF 2019

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

NAPCRG

47TH Annual Meeting Call for Papers
Submission deadline is April 14, 2019

Upcoming Research Workshops and Presentations

Family Medicine Research Forum

Recognizing Avoiding & Recovering from Fake Journals and Other Scams

Maria Tan, Public Services Library 
and
Sandy Campbell, Public Services Librarian
both from John W. Scott Health Sciences Library, U of A

Thursday, March 28, 2019
10:15 am - 11:30 am
6-10D University Terrace

Family Medicine Research Development Rounds

Cardiovascular Risk Factors for Dementia: Unexpected Preliminary Results...

Anh Pham, MD, MSc, PhD candidate
School of Public Health & Department of Family Medicine, U of A

Thursday, March 28, 2019
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
6-10D University Terrace

Education & Research Archive: How to Build Your Profile & Clean Out Your Closet at the Same Time

April 3, 2019: 9:00-10:30 am
ECHA (room number provided upon registration)

Learn about how you can use the UofA's institutional repository to extend the reach of typically unpublished works such as conference posters, presentations, and reports. Register here

February 2019 Publications 

Babenko O, Mosewich A, Lee A, Koppula S. Association of physicians’ self-compassion with work engagement, exhaustion, and professional life satisfaction. Medical Sciences 2019; 7(2): 29.

Binczyk N, Babenko O, Schipper S, Ross S. Unexpected result of competency-based medical education: 9-year application trends to enhanced skills programs by family medicine residents at a single institution in Canada. Education for Primary Care 2019. doi: 10.1080/14739879.2019.1573108.

Wang Q, Jiang ZP, Yu EQ, Zeng J, Zhu Y, Cai HL, Yan M, Xiang DX, Zhao XL, Xu P, Jiao Z, Banh HL. Population pharmacokinetic and pharmacogenetics of imatinib in Chinese patients with chronic myeloid leukemia. Pharmacogenomics 2019; Feb 15. doi: 10.2217/pgs-2018-0139. [Epub ahead of print]

Perry D, Orrantia E, Garrison S. Treating opioid use disorder in primary care. Canadian Family Physician 2019; 65(2): 117. [Tools for Practice]

Barber T, Sharif B, Teare S, Miller J, Shewchuk B, Green LA, Marlett N, Cibere J, Mrklas K, Wasylak T, Li LC, Campbell-Scherer D, Marshall DA. Qualitative study to elicit patients' and primary care physicians' perspectives on the use of a self-management mobile health application for knee osteoarthritis. BMJ Open 2019; 9(1): e024016.

Turgeon RD, Kolber MR, Loewen P, Ellis U, McCormack JP. Higher versus lower doses of ACE inhibitors, angiotensin-2 receptor blockers and beta-blockers in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: Systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One 2019;14(2): e0212907.

Davison SN, Tupala B, Wasylynuk BA, Siu V, Sinnarajah a, Triscott J. Recommendations for the care of patients receiving conservative kidney management: Focus on management of chronic kidney disease and symptoms. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2019; Feb 28. doi: 10.2215/CJN.10510917. [Epub ahead of print]

Funding Opportunities

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

Link to the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry’s Resources for Clinical Researchers Funding Opportunities webpage.

Upcoming Conferences

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

Conference Calendar  2018 - 2019

27th Annual Rural & Remote Medicine Course (Society Of Rural Physicians Of Canada), Halifax, NS: April 4-6, 2019

Canadian Conference On Medical Education (CCME), Niagara Falls, ON:April 13-16, 2019

39th Annual Scientific Meeting Of The Canadian Geriatrics Society, Halifax, NS: May 2-4, 2019

AMEE 2019, Austria Centre Vienna: August 24th - 28th, 2019