Academic Half Days

GIM Academic Half Days are held on the second and fourth Tuesday of each academic block from 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Speakers:
Please bring your laptop with you with USB-C hook-up for displaying to screen & connecting to virtual meetings. PC in the room at the podium can be used to display to the screen.

If the door is locked and you have the room booked, please call security at 52281 and they will come open it for you.

 

The yearly schedule of presenters is posted below.           

September 2025
Sept 2 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm

Presented by: Radha Joseph, & Erin Spicer

Division of General Internal Medicine MD

Topic A: GIM PGY4's | Research Half Day

 

Sept 2 | 2:00 PM | UH A10-212 DOM Conference Rm

Presented by: Jeffrey Yu

Division of General Internal Medicine MD

Topic B: GIM PGY5's | Billing

 

Sept 16 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm

Presented by: Emily Jones

Division of General Internal Medicine MD

Topic A: GIM PGY4's | Journal Club Introductory Series (Part 1)

 

Sept 16 | 2:00 PM | UH A10 DOM Conference Rm

Presented by: Marilyn Phung

Division of General Internal Medicine MD

Topic B: GIM PGY5's | Debrief with Program Director

 

Sept 23 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm

Presented by: Mark Goldszmidt

Division of General Internal Medicine MD

Topic: How to be a Junior Attending Workshop

 

Sept 30 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm

Presented by: Emily Jones

Division of General Internal Medicine MD

Topic A: GIM PGY4's | Journal Club Introductory Series (Part 2)

October 2025
Oct 8 | 2:00 PM | QI AHD with GEMINI Group A
Oct 8 | 3:00 PM | QI AHD with GEMINI Group B
Oct 22 | 2:00 PM | QI AHD with GEMINI Group A
Oct 15 - 17 | CSIM Annual 2025| In person Conference

Canadian Society of Internal Medicine

Annual Meeting 2025

Halifax, Nova Scotia

 

Oct 28 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm

Presented by: Radha Joseph & Erin Spicer

Division of General Internal Medicine MD

Topic A: GIM PGY4's | Research Half Day

 

Oct 28 | 2:00 PM | UH A10 DOM Conference Rm

Presented by: Kathryn Myers

Division of General Internal Medicine MD

Topic B: GIM PGY5's | Career Talk

November 2025
Nov 5 | 2:00 PM | QI AHD with GEMINI Group B
Nov 11 | Remembrance Day | CANCELLED - Hospital Observed Stat
Nov 19 | 2:00 PM | QI AHD with GEMINI Group A
Nov 25 | 2:00 PM | Wellness Half Day

Presented by: Radha Joseph

Division of General Internal Medicine MD

December 2025
Dec 3 | 2:00 PM | QI AHD with GEMINI Group B
Dec 9 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm

Presented by: Pavel Antiperovitch

Department of Medicine MD

Topic: Electrocardiogram (ECG)

 

Dec 17 | 2:00 PM | QI AHD with GEMINI Group A
Dec 17 | 3:00 PM | QI AHD with GEMINI Group B
Dec 23 | Holiday Period| CANCELLED - Happy Holidays
January 2026
Jan 6 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm

Presented by: Emily Jones

Department of Medicine

Topic A: Opioids | GIM PGY4's

 

Jan 6 | 2:00 PM | UH A10 DOM Conference Rm

Presented by:

Department of Medicine

Topic B: GIM PGY5's | Mock Exam

 

Jan 14 | 2:00 PM | QI AHD with GEMINI Group A
Jan 20 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm

Presented by: Radha Joseph & Erin Spicer

Department of Medicine MD

Topic: (1) Highly Effective Abstract Writing and (2) Designing and Presenting Impactful Slides

 

Jan 28 | 2:00 PM | QI AHD with GEMINI Group B
February 2026
Feb 3 | 2:00 PM | VH E6-012 DOM Conference Rm

Presented by: Radha Joseph

Department of Medicine MD

Topic Peripheral Arterial Disease

 

Feb 11 | 2:00 PM | QI AHD with GEMINI Group A
Feb 17 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm

Presented by: Rasha Abdul-Karim

Department of Medicine MD

Topic: Bariatric Medicine

 

Feb 25 | 2:00 PM | QI AHD with GEMINI Group B
March 2026
Mar 3 | 2:00 PM | Wellness Half Day

Presented by: Aaron Leung

Division of General Internal Medicine MD

Mar 11 | 2:00 PM | QI AHD with GEMINI Group A
Mar 17 | 2:00 PM | Location TBA

Presented by:

Department of Medicine

Topic: PGY4's Rotation Planning

 

Mar 17 | 2:00 PM | Location TBA

Presented by:

Department of Medicine

Topic: PGY5's Exam Day

 

Mar 25 | 2:00 PM | QI AHD with GEMINI Group B
Mar 31 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm

Presented by: Jaclyn Ernst

Department of Medicine MD

Topic: Periop

April 2026
Apr 7 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm

Presented by: Marilyn Phung

Department of Medicine

Topic: Practice Billing Cases

 

Apr 15 | 2:00 PM | QI AHD with GEMINI Group A
Apr 22 | 2:00 PM | QI AHD with GEMINI Group B
Apr 28 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm

Presented by: Dongmei Sun

Department of Medicine

Topic: Obstetrics Medicine

May 2026
May 6 | 2:00 PM | QI AHD with GEMINI Group A
May 12 | 2:00 PM | Wellness Half Day

Presented by: Aaron Leung

Division of General Internal Medicine MD

May 20 | 2:00 PM | QI AHD with GEMINI Group B
May 26 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm

Presented by: Kathryn Myers

Department of Medicine MD

Topic: Transition to Practice

June 2026
Jun 3 | 2:00 PM | QI AHD with GEMINI Group A
Jun 9 | 2:00 PM | UH A10-023 DOM Conference Rm

Presented by: Michael Sattin

Department of Medicine MD

Topic: Right Ventricular Failure & PoCUS

 

Jun 17 | 2:00 PM | QI AHD with GEMINI Group B
Jun 23 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm

Presented by: Isabel Bustamante

Department of Medicine MD

Topic: Dermatology - How and When to obtain a skin biopsy