March April 2024 Newsletter

    • Chair's Message
      Welcome to spring! Although we did not have a tremendously harsh winter this year, it is nice to usher in the new season with some warmer temperatures, and to see flowers coming up and the leaves coming out (and golf courses opening if you enjoy that!). In this month’s newsletter I want to update everyone on some of what has happened, and what’s planned, in our Department of Family Medicine.

    • Undergraduate Report
      Meetings have begun for the implementation of the Sarnia Clerkship.  Family medicine is represented by me and Dr. Silvia Orsini, our Clerkship Director. Meds 2024 are wrapping up the final days of their medical training.  Convocation is on June 7, 2024 and many of us from Family Medicine are attending. I am beginning two weeks of Dermatology teaching in the T2C course beginning April 22, 2024. 

    • Postgraduate Report
      Welcome to the new Listowel (Listowel Medical Clinic) and Stratford (Stratford Medical Centre) teaching sites who will commence training residents on July 1. Dr. Derek Gateman is the Listowel Site Director and Dr. Matt MacDonald is the Stratford Site Director. Congratulations to Dr. Philip Vandewalle who has taken on the Triple C Coordinator & Assessment Director role as of April 1, 2024. 

    • Graduate Report
      Graduate Studies courses are nearing the end of the winter term and will be wrapping up in April. Drs. Anne Robinson (MClSc), Sudit Ranade (PhD) and Shirley Schipper (MClSc) all graduated in absentia in February. Warm congratulations on this outstanding achievement.

    • Research Report
      Dr. Judith Belle Brown was invited to present ‘Factors Influencing Family Physicians’ Decision-Making Process to Practice Comprehensive Care’ to the Economics, Policy, and Research Division at the Ontario Medical Association on March 4th, 2024. Dr. Thomas Freeman was invited to present a lecture to the Family and Community Medicine Residency Program of Universidade de São Paulo on March 13, 2024.  The title was “Ian McWhinney and the Quest for a Holistic Approach”.

    • Faculty Corner
      The Department of Family Medicine invites you to the annual Dr. Ian McWhinney Lecture Series on Wednesday, September 18. We are pleased to announce Dr. Lillian Gelberg as the 2024 Dr. Ian McWhinney Lecture Series speaker.

    • Department Spotlight: Dr. Daniel Grushka
      The Department of Family Medicine would like to introduce Dr. Daniel Grushka in the role of Postgrad Program Director. 

    • Celebrating our achievements
      Department of Family Medicine co-authors are pleased to announce the publication of the 4th Edition of the book Patient-centered Medicine – Transforming the Clinical Method. 

    • The 2024 Brown Bag Lunch Seminar Series
      We would like to thank all presenters during the first year of the series as well as our seven patient partners who have participated in the seminars and joined research teams, offering a community perspective on the research. We have had 11 presentations since the start of the series in April 2023. To see the full list of past presentations, go to the CSFM Website, Patient Partner Program & Brown Bag Lunch Seminar Series.