Archived GIM Educational Sessions
Looking for materials from previous Educational Sessions? Our archive provides convenient access to past schedules, from the General Internal Medicine program. This collection is designed to support residents, faculty, and staff in reviewing educational content, preparing for upcoming rotations, and revisiting previous learning topics.
A list of past sessions will be available here as the archive continues to grow.
Archived: Academic Half Day
2026–2025
| September 2025 | |||
| Sept 2 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm | |||
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Presented by: Radha Joseph, & Erin Spicer Division of General Internal Medicine MD |
Topic A: GIM PGY4's | Research Half Day
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| Sept 2 | 2:00 PM | UH A10-212 DOM Conference Rm | |||
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Presented by: Jeffrey Yu Division of General Internal Medicine MD |
Topic B: GIM PGY5's | Billing
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| Sept 16 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm | |||
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Presented by: Emily Jones Division of General Internal Medicine MD |
Topic A: GIM PGY4's | Journal Club Introductory Series (Part 1)
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| Sept 16 | 2:00 PM | UH A10 DOM Conference Rm | |||
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Presented by: Marilyn Phung Division of General Internal Medicine MD |
Topic B: GIM PGY5's | Debrief with Program Director
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| Sept 23 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm | |||
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Presented by: Mark Goldszmidt Division of General Internal Medicine MD |
Topic: How to be a Junior Attending Workshop
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| Sept 30 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm | |||
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Presented by: Emily Jones Division of General Internal Medicine MD |
Topic A: GIM PGY4's | Journal Club Introductory Series (Part 2) |
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| 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 | |||
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Canadian Society of Internal Medicine Annual Meeting 2025 |
Halifax, Nova Scotia
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| Oct 28 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm | |||
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Presented by: Radha Joseph & Erin Spicer Division of General Internal Medicine MD |
Topic A: GIM PGY4's | Research Half Day
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| Oct 28 | 2:00 PM | UH A10 DOM Conference Rm | |||
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Presented by: Kathryn Myers Division of General Internal Medicine MD |
Topic B: GIM PGY5's | Career Talk |
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| 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 | |||
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Presented by: Radha Joseph Division of General Internal Medicine MD |
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| December 2025 | |||
| Dec 3 | 2:00 PM | QI AHD with GEMINI Group B | |||
| Dec 9 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm | |||
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Presented by: Pavel Antiperovitch Department of Medicine MD |
Topic: Electrocardiogram (ECG)
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| 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 | |||
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Presented by: Emily Jones Department of Medicine |
Topic A: Opioids | GIM PGY4's
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| Jan 6 | 2:00 PM | UH A10 DOM Conference Rm | |||
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Presented by: Department of Medicine |
Topic B: GIM PGY5's | Mock Exam
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| Jan 14 | 2:00 PM | QI AHD with GEMINI Group A | |||
| Jan 20 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm | |||
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Presented by: Radha Joseph & Erin Spicer Department of Medicine MD |
Topic: (1) Highly Effective Abstract Writing and (2) Designing and Presenting Impactful Slides
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| Jan 28 | 2:00 PM | QI AHD with GEMINI Group B | |||
| February 2026 | |||
| Feb 3 | 2:00 PM | VH E6-012 DOM Conference Rm | |||
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Presented by: Radha Joseph Department of Medicine MD |
Topic Peripheral Arterial Disease
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| Feb 11 | 2:00 PM | QI AHD with GEMINI Group A | |||
| Feb 17 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm | |||
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Presented by: Rasha Abdul-Karim Department of Medicine MD |
Topic: Bariatric Medicine
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| Feb 25 | 2:00 PM | QI AHD with GEMINI Group B | |||
| March 2026 | |||
| Mar 3 | 2:00 PM | Wellness Half Day | |||
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Presented by: Aaron Leung Division of General Internal Medicine MD |
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| Mar 11 | 2:00 PM | QI AHD with GEMINI Group A | |||
| Mar 17 | 2:00 PM | Location TBA | |||
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Presented by: Department of Medicine |
Topic: PGY4's Rotation Planning
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| Mar 17 | 2:00 PM | Location TBA | |||
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Presented by: Department of Medicine |
Topic: PGY5's Exam Day
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| Mar 25 | 2:00 PM | QI AHD with GEMINI Group B | |||
| Mar 31 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm | |||
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Presented by: Jaclyn Ernst Department of Medicine MD |
Topic: Periop |
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| April 2026 | |||
| Apr 7 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm | |||
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Presented by: Marilyn Phung Department of Medicine |
Topic: Practice Billing Cases
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| 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 | |||
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Presented by: Dongmei Sun Department of Medicine |
Topic: Obstetrics Medicine |
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| May 2026 | |||
| May 6 | 2:00 PM | QI AHD with GEMINI Group A | |||
| May 12 | 2:00 PM | Wellness Half Day | |||
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Presented by: Aaron Leung Division of General Internal Medicine MD |
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| May 20 | 2:00 PM | QI AHD with GEMINI Group B | |||
| May 26 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm | |||
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Presented by: Kathryn Myers Department of Medicine MD |
Topic: Transition to Practice |
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| June 2026 | |||
| Jun 3 | 2:00 PM | QI AHD with GEMINI Group A | |||
| Jun 9 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm | |||
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Presented by: Michael Sattin Department of Medicine MD |
Topic: Right Ventricular Failure & PoCUS
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| Jun 17 | 2:00 PM | QI AHD with GEMINI Group B | |||
| Jun 23 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm | |||
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Presented by: Isabel Bustamante Department of Medicine MD |
Topic: Dermatology - How and When to obtain a skin biopsy |
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2025–2024
| July 2024 | |||
| July 24 & 25 | FULL DAY COURSE | (CRUS 2024) | |||
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Canadian Resuscitaive Ultrasound Course (CRUS 2024) |
Western SONO Ultrasound Course (CRUS 2024) | Registration
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| July 8 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm | |||
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Presented by: Mark Goldszmidt Division of General Internal Medicine MD |
Topic: Junior Attending & Learner Coaching
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| September 2024 | |||
| Sept 9 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm | |||
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Presented by: Emily Jones Division of General Internal Medicine MD |
Topic: Journal Club Introductory Series (Part 1)
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| Sept 17 | 2:00 PM | |||
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Presented by: Radha Joseph Division of General Internal Medicine MD |
Wellness Half Day
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| Sept 30 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm | |||
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Presented by: Emily Jones Division of General Internal Medicine MD |
Topic: Journal Club Introductory Series (Part 2)
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| Sept 30 | 2:00 PM | UH A10 DOM Conference Rm | |||
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Presented by: Marilyn Phung Division of General Internal Medicine MD |
Topic: Transition to Discipline Debrief with Program Director
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| October 4 | |||
| Oct 16 - 19 | CSIM Annual 2024| In person Conference | |||
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Canadian Society of Internal Medicine Annual Meeting 2024 |
Hamilton, Ontario
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| Oct 28 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm | |||
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Presented by: Derek Debicki Division of Neurology, MD |
Topic: Seizures
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| November 2024 | |||
| Nov 11 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm | |||
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Presented by: Andrew Appleton Division of General Internal Medicine MD |
Topic: Obesity & Cardiometabolic Health
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| Nov 25 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm | |||
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Presented by: Alishya Burrell Division of Geriatrics, MD |
Topic: Obesity & Cardiometabolic Health
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| December 2024 | |||
| Dec 10 | 2:00 PM | Wellness Half Day | |||
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Presented by: Radha Joseph Department of Medicine MD |
Topic: Wellness Half Day
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| Dec 17 | 09:30AM -12:00 PM | Off-Site | |||
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Presented by: Medical Affairs London Health Sciences |
Topic: Workplace Violence Prevention Training
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| January 2025 | |||
| Jan 6 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm | |||
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Presented by: Jeff Yu & Marilyn Phung Department of Medicine MD |
Topic: PGY5 Mock Exam | PGY4 OHIP Billing
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| Jan 20 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm | |||
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Presented by: Tayyab Khan Division of Endocrinology MD |
Topic: Endocrinology
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| February 2022 | |||
| Feb 3 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm | |||
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Presented by: Kathleen Milne Department of Medicine MD |
Topic Key Palliative Care: A Case Based Review
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| March 2025 | |||
| Mar 3 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm | |||
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Presented by: Marilyn Phung Department of Medicine |
Topic: PGY4's Rotation Planning | PGY5 Scholarly
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| Mar 17 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm | |||
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Presented by: Yideng Liu Department of Medicine |
Topic: How to Manage Learners and Provide Feedback
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| Mar 31 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm | |||
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Presented by: Jeff Yu Department of Medicine MD |
Topic: GIM POCUS |
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| April 2025 | |||
| Apr 14 | 2:00 PM | Wellness Half Day | |||
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Presented by: Radha Joseph Department of Medicine MD |
Topic: Wellness Half Day
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| Apr 28 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm | |||
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Presented by: Pavel Antiperovich Department of Medicine |
Topic: ECG Review
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| May 2025 | |||
| May 12 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm | |||
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Presented by: Andrew Appleton & Erin Spicer Department of Medicine MD |
Topic: Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) |
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| June 2025 | |||
| Jun 9 | 2:00 PM | UH B9 DOM Conference Rm | |||
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Presented by: David Hudson Division of Gastroenterology MD |
Topic: End-Stage Liver Disease: Latest Insights and Evolving Therapies
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| Jun 23 | 2:00 PM | VH E6-012 DOM Conference Rm | |||
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Presented by: Cassie Fayowski & Dongmei Sun Department of Medicine MD |
Topic: OB Medicine |
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Archived: Seminar Series
2026–2025
| Topic: TBA |
2025–2024
| Topic: Approach to Inborn Errors of Metabolism in Adults |
| Topic: Primary Aldosteronism: An underappreciated and under investigated cause of Hypertension |
| Topic: Approach to Lymphadenopathy |
| Topic: Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus |
| Topic: Early Diagnosis and Management of Still’s Disease and MAS |
| Topic: Key updates from the ACG 2024, H. Phylori Guidelines |
| Topic: A Case of Erythema Nodosum in Pregnancy |
| Topic: Alcohol Use Disorder: GIM Approach and Treatment Updates |
| Topic: Perioperative considerations in Systemic Sclerosis |
| Topic: Key Points for GIM from KDIGO 2024 CKD guidelines |
2024–2023
| Topic: Interesting HPA Cases |
| Topic: Turn Down for What: Oxygen targets and why we have them |
| Topic: Left Aside: Peripheral Vascular Disease |
| Topic: Alcoholic Hepatitis |
| Topic: HELLP |
| Topic: Hands, Shoulders, Knees and Toes: Approach to Polyarthritis in CTU |
| Topic: Approach to Hemolytic Anemia |
| Topic: Updates in Inpatient Osteoporosis Management |
| Topic: Short Term Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Clinical Practice |
| Topic: Splenomegaly in a Young Patient |
| Topic: Menopausal Hormone Therapy |
| Topic: An Approach to Pulmonary Fibrosis |
| Topic: A feverish search for a unifying diagnosis |
2023–2022
| Topic: An unusual case of back pain in pregnancy |
| Topic: Immune Thrombocytopenia: A Practical GIM Approach |
| Topic: Fever in the Returning Traveler |
| Topic: MINS: A review of the popular consult |
| Topic: Early To B1 or not to B1: Recognition and prevention of Thiamine Deficiency in GIM |
| Topic: A Brief History of our Oaths |
| Topic: 8th Canadian TB Standards: Update for the General Internist at LHSC |
| Topic: Approach to Right-Sided Heart Failure |
| Topic: How NOT to achieve your New Year’s resolution: unintentional weight loss |
| Topic: A fluttering heart: Valentine’s Day or Something more? |
| Topic: Postoperative Hyperglycemia management: Current evidence |
| Topic: Implications of SLE in Pregnancy |
| Topic: A case of Hypocapnia |
| Topic: My Head Hurts |
| Topic: Approach to Rash |
| Topic: In-Hospital Use of Bisphosphonates |
Archived: Journal Club
2026–2025
| Article: TBA |
2025–2024
| Article: Effect of a Lifestyle Intervention Program with Energy-Restricted Mediterranean Diet and Exercise on Weight Loss and Cardiovascular Risk Factors: One-Year Results of the PREDIMED-Plus Trial |
| Article: The Effect of 4:3 Intermittent Fasting on Weight Loss at 12 Months |
| Article: Antibiotic Treatment for 7 versus 14 Days in Patients with Bloodstream Infections |
| Article: Inpatient Metformin Utilization and Post-hospitalization Clinical Outcomes: An Abservational Cohort Study |
| Article: Anticoagulation for Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Receiving Dialysis |
| Article: Finerenone in Heart Failure with Mildly Reduced or Preserved Ejection Fraction |
| Article: Correction Rates and Clinical Outcomes in Hospitalized Adults with Severe Hyponatremia |
| Article: Variation in Case Exposure During Internal Medicine Residency |
| Article: Discussing care decisions at the internal medicine outpatient clinic: A conversation analysis |
| Article: Resuscitation preferences of older acutely admitted medical and mentally competent patients with one and six months follow-up |
| Article: Preoperative CLP-1 Receptor Agonist Use and Risk of Postoperative Respiratory Complications |
| Article: Continuing vs Discontinuing of Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitors Before Major Noncardiac Surgery The Stop-or-Not Randomized Clinical Trial |
2024–2023
| Article: Guidance for reporting analyses of metadata on electronic health record use |
| Article: Characterizing the Patterns of Electronic Health Record–Integrated Secure Messaging Use: Cross-Sectional Study |
| Article: A Phase 3, Randomized, Controlled Trial of Resmetirom in NASH with Liver Fibrosis |
| Article: Beta-Blockers after Myocardial Infarction and Preserved Ejection Fraction |
| Article: Effect of colchicine on perioperative atrial fibrillation and myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery in patients undergoing major thoracic surgery (COP-AF): an international randomized trial |
| Article: Safety of Switching from a Vitamin K Antagonist to a Non–Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulant in Frail Older Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: Results of the FRAIL-AF Randomized Controlled Trial |
| Article: Earlier Physical Therapy Input Is Associated with a Reduced Length of Hospital Stay and Reduced Care Needs on Discharge in Frail Older Inpatients: An Observational Study |
| Article: Overnight Stay in the Emergency Department and Mortality in Older Patients |
| Article: Respiratory Syncytial Virus Prefusion F Protein Vaccine in Older Adults |
| Article: Hydrocortisone in Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia |
| Article: Muvalaplin, an Oral Small Molecule Inhibitor of Lipoprotein(a) Formation A Randomized Clinical Trial |
| Article: Bempedoic Acid for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Statin-Intolerant Patients |
| Article: Early versus delayed antihypertensive treatment in patients with acute ischemic stroke: multicentre, open label, randomized, controlled trial |
| Article: Risk of adverse events following the initiation of antihypertensives in older people with complex health needs: a self-controlled case series in the United Kingdom |
| Article: Semaglutide in Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction and Obesity |
| Article: Improving the utilization of medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder at discharged |
2023–2022
| Article: Preoperative N-Terminal Pro–B-Type Natriuretic Peptide and Cardiovascular Events After Noncardiac Surgery A Cohort Study |
| Article: Association of Preoperative Medical Consultation With Reduction in Adverse Postoperative Outcomes and Use of Processes of Care Among Residents of Ontario, Canada |
| Article: Patiromer for the management of hyperkalemia in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: the DIAMOND trial |
| Article: The SGLT2 inhibitor empagliflozin in patients hospitalized for acute heart failure: a multinational randomized trial |
| Article: Pairwise comparison of hydrochlorothiazide and chlorthalidone responses among hypertensive patients |
| Article: Acetazolamide in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure with Volume Overload |
| Article: A Randomized Trial of Albumin Infusions in Hospitalized Patients with Cirrhosis |
| Article: Risk for Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism in Patients With Subsegmental Pulmonary Embolism Managed Without Anticoagulation |
| Article: Intermittently Scanned Continuous Glucose Monitoring for Type 1 Diabetes |
| Article: Lower versus Higher Glycemic Criteria for Diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes |
| Article: Effect of Aspirin vs Enoxaparin on Symptomatic Venous Thromboembolism in Patients Undergoing Hip or Knee Arthroplasty The CRISTAL Randomized Trial |
