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The Department of Family and Community Medicine (DFCM) is committed to advancing the discipline of Family Medicine at home and abroad. The DFCM vision for its Global Health program is improving global health and achieving equity by championing primary health care. In this message I want to focus on some of the extraordinary global health initiatives carried out by our faculty and learners. These initiatives are top of mind for me this month because at the end of December, the DFCM marks the successful completion of a large primary care project in Brazil. more
This issue we are proud to present the winners of the Undergraduate Education Program Awards which were presented on Nov. 14, 2010 at the annual Undergraduate Education Committee’s (UEC) day-long workshop for faculty; and to recognize the faculty members who were honoured at the annual Department of Family and Community Medicine (DFCM) Faculty Celebration Event on Nov. 22, 1010. more Faculty Appointments and Promotions  Here we note events, conferences, workshops and seminars of interest to our faculty members. The list includes events held by the Department of Family and Community Medicine (DFCM), the Faculty of Medicine, the University of Toronto and other organizations. more The People are the City: Family Medicine in Barrie
Finding the Answers: Videos about Time-Saving Tools for Medical Questions
Changes to Clerkship in the 2010/2011 Academic Year
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The PD Committee Pays It Forward
Enhancing Skills to Serve Communities
Developing Skills and Exploring Careers in Second-Year Medical School
Introducing Residents to Interprofessional Collaboration
Call for Applications: Investigator Awards Program (formerly the Research Scholar Program)
Closing the Gap: A Look at Knowledge Translation
Profile of a Researcher: Dr. Onil Bhattacharyya
We are extremely proud to see the quality and variety of funding awards that our researchers continue to secure. Between September and November 2010 DFCM researchers received and reported more than 25 new funding awards totalling well over $4 million. more Canadian Family Physician Best Original Research Article 2010
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Barrie’s motto is The People are the City. When the Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) in Barrie took steps to bring a Family Medicine Teaching Unit (FMTU) to the city, area residents responded with their support. The establishment of this teaching unit has truly been a community affair. 
A series of YouTube videos about finding clinical information using library search tools has been created by the Gerstein Library at the University of Toronto. These short videos, ranging in length from three to 10 minutes, are informative and easy to understand.
This academic year has brought significant changes to the clerkship in Family Medicine. Below is a summary of the major changes to the third-year Family Medicine clinical rotation. 
Since September 2010 and until October 2011 our residency site programs will participate in an internal review to prepare for the College of Family Physicians of Canada’s (CFPC) spring 2013 external accreditation review. Think of the internal review as a checkpoint: what does the program need to do to get ready for the CFPC’s external accreditation? 
As physicians most of us are familiar with the CanMEDS framework that was developed by the Royal College in the 1990s. The goal was to improve patient care by developing core physician competencies that would enhance the quality of medical practice and education. 
Last May, the Department of Family and Community Medicine (DFCM) Professional Development (PD) Committee was honoured with the Helen P. Batty Award for Faculty Development from the Faculty of Medicine. At the same time, Dr. Jamie Meuser, the DFCM Director of Professional Development also received a Helen P. Batty Award. 
Primary health care matters in global health and for one day this October the Department of Family and Community Medicine’s (DFCM) Global Health Program hosted a symposium to discuss just that. The day brought together Brazilians and Canadians who are engaged in primary care, and each group had a special role in the day’s program. 
This January, after three years of work, the Department of Family and Community Medicine’s (DFCM) Enhanced Skills Program became fully accredited by the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC). This program is also known as the PGY3 year and is an optional third year of residency study. 
Think back to your second year of medical school. After surviving your first year replete with basic science courses, you were likely itching to get some clinical experience only to realize that such opportunities were not so forthcoming. One of the key concerns of medical students during their early years in training is a lack of meaningful clinical exposure to not only develop their skills, but also as an aid in career exploration. 
How do family physician teachers help orient Family Medicine residents to interprofessional collaboration (IPC)? This article looks at three approaches taken by Department of Family and Community Medicine (DFCM) teaching sites. 
The Undergraduate Education Faculty Development Workshop is in its 20th year and has become one of the most renowned continuing medical education programs for faculty in the Department of Family and Community Medicine. This year’s workshop was held on Nov. 12, 2010 at Vaughan Estates and its theme was global health and advocacy. 
“Let’s make the status quo unacceptable” were the concluding words from Dr. Philip Ellison, the Department of Family and Community Medicine’s (DFCM) Director of Quality Improvement, to DFCM leadership at the Gearing up for Quality faculty development workshop on Nov. 19, 2010. 
The DFCM Investigator Awards Program, previously called the DFCM Research Scholar Program, is now accepting applications for four DFCM Investigator Awards. 
Knowledge Translation (KT) is the bridge that connects what we know with how that knowledge can be used. It encompasses the entire process of creating new knowledge and applying that knowledge to current health care practice. Because this concept is so broad, the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) has defined KT as... 
Although Dr. Bhattacharyya completed his academic studies in Canada, his interest in the practice of knowledge translation (KT) began thousands of miles away while evaluating a new community health centre in China. 
Despite lower temperatures in Toronto this fall, the work from Department of Family and Community Medicine (DFCM) faculty and researchers has not been cooling off. We are proud to share with you at least 40 of their original research publications and pleased to acknowledge all of their hard work. 
Dr. Karen Tu, DFCM Associate Professor and Research Scholar, was awarded the 2010 Canadian Family Physician Best Original Research Article by the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC). 