All Events
Feb 21, 2019
This three-day accredited orientation program is open to new faculty. Program content focuses on the skills and knowledge to help navigate common teaching situations successfully. You’ll also learn about the resources available to you through DFCM and how to use them in your career path.
Please get in touch with your FD Lead for further details about attendance:
Mar 5, 2019
"Cultural Fluency"
Mar 20 – 23, 2019
Mar 21, 2019
Keynote Presentation: 4:45 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
Dr. Sharon Straus presenting The other EBM: evidence-based mentorship.
DFCM Research in Progress Presentation: 5:45 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Dr. Aaron Orkin presenting The SOONER Study: Combining design, simulation, and trial methods to bring naloxone distribution into everyday practice.
Apr 5, 2019
Great Achievements,Golden Opportunities: Celebrating 50 Years
Apr 7 – 10, 2019
In April 2019, The World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) will hold a World conference under the common theme of “Quality Assurance in Medical Education in the 21st Century”. All interested parties are invited to come and discuss together the challenges we are facing world wide and opportunities we have to improve the quality of medical education. WFME welcomes representatives of physicians, educators, researchers and students from all over the world.
May 1 – 4, 2019
May 3, 2019
A Conference on Clinical Care and Health System Navigation for Primary Care Providers Serving Refugee Newcomers Co-hosted by the Department of Family & Community Medicine & Women’s College Hospital.
Objectives
At the end of this workshop participants will be able to
May 7, 2019
Powerful Presence with Mila Naimark, President of Clockwork Talk
May 15 – 18, 2019
‘Medical generalists –bringing forward a brighter future’ is the official theme of this conference. Generalist discipline is the most important but least appreciated discipline in many regions across the globe. Evidence of the health-promoting influence of primary care has been accumulating ever since researchers have been able to distinguish primary care from other aspects of the health services delivery system and main players of primary care are the generalists.
May 16, 2019
Keynote Presentation: 4:45 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
Dr. Ross Upshur (Details to follow).
DFCM Workshop: 5:45 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Dr. Sheryl Spithoff (Details to follow).
May 21 – 23, 2019
Conference Theme: "Cancer Inequities at Home and Abroad in the Age of Migration: Roles for Primary Care"
The Cancer and Primary Care Research International Network (Ca-PRI) is a multidisciplinary network for researchers in primary cancer care and related areas. The goal of Ca-PRI is to promote greater international collaboration in primary care and cancer research. Ca-PRI welcomes researchers from all disciplines.
May 21, 2019
Pearls and Pitfalls in Leadership - From Suburban Family Practice to CMA Presidency
Jun 5 – 8, 2019
Jun 17 – 21, 2019
Enhance your natural leadership abilities to teach excellence in Interprofessional Education (IPE), helping to build an IPE community of leaders in healthcare!
In Canada and abroad, government and healthcare sectors have placed importance on developing a curriculum to change the way health professionals are educated and trained.
Jun 26 – 29, 2019
The main theme of our conference is “General practice - the Human Side of Medicine“. We believe that family doctors have to work on human and personal lifelong relations with their patients. More open relationshiphelps family doctors to increase the quality of prevention and care. To take care of our patients is more than just to diagnose them and to treat them. It also means tailoring the diagnostic process and treatment to the needs of our patients, avoiding overdiagnosing and overtreatment.
Sep 19, 2019
Oct 11 – 15, 2019
Save the date, more details to come!