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Dr. Colin Carrie, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health, today visited the Intensive Care Unit at the Ottawa Hospital’s General Campus to experience the challenges of delivering care in a busy hospital by spending time “in the shoes” of a medical resident.
The Parliamentary Secretary’s visit was part of National Resident Wellbeing Day sponsored by the Canadian Association of Internes and Residents (CAIR). Dr. Noor Amin, the President of CAIR, assisted by CAIR Board Members, gave the Parliamentary Secretary his lab coat, stethoscope and pager before escorting him to the Intensive Care Unit. The Parliamentary Secretary was presented with his patient caseload for the day and reviewed his duties as a first-year surgical resident.
“I’m grateful to have been given this opportunity to take part in Resident Wellbeing Day at the Ottawa Hospital,” Dr. Carrie said. “I very much enjoyed the chance to do the rounds with you this morning. I’m sure anyone who had a taste of what goes on in your world could see why it’s especially important to set aside some time to focus on personal wellness.”
More than 7,500 resident physicians across the country will celebrate National Resident Wellbeing Day. The day emphasizes the importance of resident physicians leading healthy, well-balanced lives. Developing healthy habits early in physician training is key to providing high quality health care to all Canadians.
“Resident physicians are an integral part of the health care system and it is important for our patients that we strive to live healthy, well-balanced lives,” said Dr. Noor Amin, CAIR President and a 2nd year Family Medicine resident at the University of Manitoba. “As new doctors, we are also the future of the Canadian health care system,” said Dr. Andrew Toren, a CAIR Board Member and a 4th year Opthamology resident at the University of Ottawa. “We are thrilled that the Parliamentary Secretary took the time to join us and become better acquainted with the work resident physicians do in the day-to-day delivery of healthcare to all Canadians.”
The CMA Leadership Innovation Fund supports Canadian medical students and residents in the creation of non-clinical innovations that will contribute significantly to the advancement of leadership in the medical community.
We're looking for:
•ideas that enhance your professional development and that of your peers
•ideas that improve the lives of patients and/or communities
The fund has previously supported mentoring projects for peers, health promotion ideas for communities, and toolkits and guides to encourage rural and aboriginal students to pursue medical studies.
Each CMA Leadership Innovation Fund recipient is granted up to a maximum of $2500 Canadian.
Applicants must be members of the CMA, and enrolled in a Canadian medical school as a medical student or resident at the time of the application.
Please note that only applications received by May 25, 2010, midnight EST will be considered.
Click here for further details and the application form.
Details about this conference can be found here.
PAIRO celebrated RAD on Wednesday February 24. Events were organized locally and revolved mostly around educating the public as to what residents do. Many sites handed out cake and coffee along with brochures and swag such as pens, pedometers, stickers, etc. Many wore buttons that said, "What's a Resident? Ask Me!"
The "outreach" event received media coverage in both the Windsor Star and the London Free Press. Click on each for more.
PARI-MP wrote a letter to the Program Directors at Dalhousie, letting them know about NRAD and encouraging them to host something for their own residents. They printed and distributed the RAD posters to each of the training sites and all Programs.
PARI-MP also hosted a number of RAD events including resident appreciation lunches at each of the training sites, and family social events.
Congratulations to Dr. Ashley Cox, PGY4 Urology, who received the PARI-MP Resident Well Being Award!
PAIRN emailed program directors, health care boards, etc. to advise them of RAD and to encourage them to show their appreciation in some manner. The PGME Office sent an email to all trainees inviting them to drop by for cake and refreshments. Some disciplines arranged functions for their residents, including cake, breakfast, etc.
Dr. May Tee and Dr. Joanna Oda visited the new UBC facility in Kelowna on February 8th and 9th as part of Resident Awareness Day, and were featured in the local newspapers.
You can view the articles here.
PAR-BC will be holding more Resident Awareness Day celebrations during the week of March 22-27, 2010. Visit PAR-BC's website for more information.
The Professional Association of Interns and Residents of Saskatchewan commemorated Resident Awareness Day yesterday. Members of PAIRS appeared on CBC's Morning Edition. You can listen to a podcast of the broadcast here. Click on "Feb 9, 2010 - Spend the Day with a Resident" to access the podcast.
At the Royal University Hospital, MPs Brad Trost and Kelly Block experienced life as Residents for a Day. An detailed account can be found here.
In celebration of Resident Physician Awareness Day, PARA has done the following:
*Sponsored its first annual charity drive, the PARAdime: Give Your Backpack Back Event. For more information please see the PARA website
*Sent a media release to Alberta's news papers reporting on the PARAdime event.
*Sent a letter to the editor to Alberta's news papers to reflect on who resident physicians are and what they do.
*Sent the PARAdoc newsletter to associated stakeholders
*Delivered the memo from the CAIR president to Alberta's resident physicians.
The Canadian Association of Internes and Residents (CAIR) celebrates its 9th annual National Resident Awareness Day on Tuesday, February 9, 2010. This day acknowledges our members and the multi-faceted role they play in Canada’s health care system.
Medical residents are physicians who:
• are now training in a specialty such as surgery, family medicine, or psychiatry, etc.;
• deliver round-the-clock frontline medical care to patients and their families in intensive care units, surgical and medical wards, outpatient clinics and other hospitals and community facilities;
• are active in academic research and make significant contributions to medical education; and
• teach medical students, peers, and other healthcare professionals.
CAIR works on behalf of its over 7, 500 members to improve their lives in such areas as medical education, personal well-being, and professionalism.
As well, CAIR works, on behalf of all medical residents, in collaboration with other national health organizations to improve patient care and explore new approaches in the delivery of health care in Canada.
Today, and over the next few weeks, a number of events will be held across the country to celebrate Resident Awareness Day. For more information about these events in your region, contact:
www.par-bc.org
www.para-ab.ca
www.usask.ca/pairs
www.parim.org
www.pairo.org
www.parimp.ca
www.pairn.nl.ca
On behalf of the CAIR Board of Directors, I invite you to join us in wishing every resident a Happy Resident Awareness Day.
Be proud of your contributions to ensuring the health of Canadians! Remember, the future of medicine is here. Voici l’avenir de la médecine.
Noor Amin, MD
CAIR President 2009-2010
The CFPC and the RCSPC encourage residents to apply for the following awards:
CFPC Family Medicine Resident Awards for 2010
Canadian Research Awards for Specialty Residents
KJR Wightman Award for Scholarship in Ethics (RCPSC)
Resident Leadership Award (RCSPC)
CAIR has created a bulletin outlining the changes proposed to the structure of Internal Medicine training in Canada. Click here for more information:
CAIR Bulletin on FIM/GIM proposal
On behalf of the residents of Canada, the Canadian Association of Internes and Residents (CAIR) sends its thoughts to the people of Haiti and those who have come to their aid during this very difficult time.
We have been advised by international relief organizations that a donation towards the purchase of supplies, medications, equipment, etc., would be the best way to help relief and reconstruction efforts at
this time.
CAIR, on your behalf, has made a donation to Médecins sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders) to help MSF re-establish its Haitian facilities which were significantly damaged in the January 12th earthquake.
If you, or anyone you know wishes to donate online towards Haitian relief, please go to http://www.msf.ca.
Other ways you may wish to help:
The College of Family Physicians of Canada has established a special fund through the International Red Cross and you may make a donation to the Red Cross through their dedicated link: http://www.redcross.ca/cfpc
Once you make a donation, a tax receipt will be sent to your email address. If you aren’t comfortable donating online, call 1-800-418-1111 or visit your local Red Cross office.
Learning to lead in good times and in bad.
Practicing medicine under extreme circumstances.
Collaborating with other health professionals to deliver the best care possible.
These were some of the life lessons shared by all speakers at CAIR’s Exploring opportunities for tomorrow’s medical leaders, a session held in Calgary on October 29, 2009 as part of the College of Family Physicians of Canada’s Family Medicine Forum.
The Executive Summary, audio Podcasts and Powerpoint Presentations from the session are available for download here for you to read, view and listen to the following dynamic and inspiring presentations:
*"Mountains Inspire Leaders, but Valleys Mature Them” (Winston Churchill).
Dr. (LCol) Scott McLeod, Canadian Forces, spoke of the challenges of treating both military members and Afghan civilians in the NATO multinational field hospital in southern Afghanistan.
*Medicine, Motherhood, and Mme la Présidente.
Dr. Ruth Wilson, Chair, Canadian Medical Forum, reflected on how her days of practicing rural medicine across Canada has shaped her as a physician and a leader.
*101 Career Options Your Mother Doesn’t Want You to Try.
Dr. Richard Currie, Médecins sans frontières, contrasted his experiences working in remote regions in Kenya and Ethiopia with his practice in British Columbia.
Pictures from the session are also available here.
We welcome your feedback! Please fill out a Contact Us form with your comments and suggestions for future CAIR sessions.
The ongoing H1N1 pandemic has placed substantial demands on Canada’s medical workforce and as frontline health care providers, residents have been at the vanguard of meeting this challenge. Residents across the country can take great pride in the exemplary manner in which they have risen to fulfill the extraordinary demand for patient care that has been witnessed in recent months. While commending these efforts, CAIR would also like to remind residents of their rights within a pandemic scenario and of the resources available to them as they combat H1N1.
Over the past few weeks, CAIR has consulted with the Provincial Housestaff Organizations (PHOs) regarding difficulties that residents may have reported as a result of H1N1. It is heartening to note that no widespread systemic concerns have been reported. That being said, individual concerns have been expressed from time to time. For instance, some residents were initially denied access to the H1N1 vaccine. Others have faced challenges in obtaining time off to recover from the flu themselves.
CAIR’s 2009 statement “Guidelines for Incorporating Resident Physicians into Pandemic and Disaster Response Plans” reiterates key principles around patient safety, resident well being and educational needs. It is imperative that residents be cognizant of their rights and responsibilities including:
- The right to access personal protective equipment and vaccinations;
- The right to timely and effective communication around protocols, roles, and responsibilities;
- The primacy of patient safety in determining the nature of service provision and adequate levels of supervision; and
- The need for transparency and resident input in planning pandemic responses.
The full CAIR statement is available here.
CAIR would like to reiterate the importance of residents being proactive with regard to their experiences during a pandemic. This includes actively seeking out H1N1-related information, obtaining vaccinations, and advocating for personal and patient safety via program administrators, local health authorities, healthcare institutions, and resident organizations. Contact information for your PHO is available here. Also, the Canadian Public Health Association houses an inventory of all local health authorities here.
Additionally, the following resources may help residents better inform themselves on the H1N1 flu virus:
1. Public Health Agency of Canada website
2. The Canadian Medical Association's H1N1 Information
3. The Canadian Public Health Association pandemic page
We are pleased to announce the inaugural Canadian Conference on Medical Education (CCME) Art Exhibit entitled: White Coat, Warm Art. This exhibit will showcase the creative talents of medical and other health sciences faculty, residents, students, and physicians and other health professionals from across Canada.
This will be a juried exhibition. Entries will be accepted in a wide variety of categories, including oils, watercolour, photographs, pastels, etchings, pen and ink, etc. There will also be some limited space for the display of small sculptures.
Artistic Selection: In keeping with the conference theme (White Coat, Warm Heart) preference will be given, for the live exhibit, to pieces of art that capture the human experience of practicing and/or learning medicine. Art that is not related to the conference theme, will be juried separately. Selection for all pieces will be based on artistic merit, and demonstration of skill in their medium of choice.
Judging will be carried out online so all entries must be sent in as digital images. For paintings and sculptures please include a clear digital image of the artwork showing as much detail as possible.
• Artworks must be originals, created by faculty, residents, students or those involved in the healthcare / wellness field.
• A maximum of 2 artworks per artist can be submitted.
• Selected works must be framed or hang-ready;
transportation of pieces to the exhibit will be of the responsibility of the submitting artist.
• All digital images must have a resolution of 96 DPI or a file size of at least 2MB
• Include in your email: Title of Piece, Size, Media and Creation Date; your name, phone number and email address and a short statement** ( 250 words max.) about how your artistic endeavors affect your life in terms of life balance, well being, compassion, creativity, etc. **Will be posted beside accepted works at the exhibit There may be opportunities for CMAJ and/or Ars Medica to reproduce some of the works.
• Email submission to: whitecoatwarmart@gmail.com NO LATER than Tuesday January 5th, 2010.
For further information you can contact Dr. Carol-Ann Courneya (UBC, Faculty of Medicine) here or Dr. Pam Brett-MacLean (U of A, Faculty of Medicine) here.
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The Canadian Association of Internes and Residents
presents “Exploring opportunities for tomorrow’s medical leaders” (Session 1042 of the 2009 Family Medicine Forum)* Thursday, October 29, 2009, 1330-1700 in Room Glen 205, Telus Convention Centre, Calgary
Featuring:
“Mountains inspire leaders but valleys mature them“ (Winston Churchill) by Dr. (LCol) Scott McLeod, Canadian Forces, Primary Care Renewal Initiative team leader and former Commanding Officer of the NATO multi-national field hospital in southern Afghanistan.
Medicine, Motherhood, and Mme la Presidente by Dr. Ruth Wilson, chair of the Canadian Medical Forum and former president of the CFPC.
101 Career Options Your Mother Doesn’t Want you to Try by Dr. Richard Currie, Médecins Sans Frontières
Chaired by Dr. Jerry Maniate. Registration occurs on-site the day of the event. See the 2009 Family Medicine Forum website for more information. Some financial assistance is available, please contact the CAIR Office at cair@cair.ca for more information.
Synchronizing Canadian Pediatric Subspecialty Resident Applications: A concept and draft proposal
BACKGROUND
At the present time, there is no coordination between academic centres for the timing of applications to pediatric subspecialty residencies. Although approximately half of all Canadian pediatric residents enter subspecialty training, the application deadlines and interview/offer dates vary between and within subspecialties across Canada. Both residents and Core Pediatric program directors have been advocating for a more systematic and coordinated process for Canadian subspecialty program admissions. This document will outline both the rationale and the proposed process for this.
Implications of the lack of coordination in subspecialty applications:
Residents must apply too early in their general training.
To start subspecialty training as a PGY4, pediatric residents must apply to programs early in their PGY2 year. The Resident may not have had the opportunity to rotate through many of the subspecialties or to have a community general pediatrics experience. Most residents have only had one elective this early in their training, limiting their ability to complete a rotation at a site to which they may wish to apply. This can hinder their ability to make a fully informed decision.
Residents may have to accept or decline an offered position before other programs have made a decision regarding their application.
Since programs within the same subspecialty typically have different offer dates, the resident may be placed in the position of having to decide about one program before hearing from another, possibly preferred, program. Couples (especially those who are applying to different subspecialties) are at a particular disadvantage when attempting to ensure that they train at the same center.
Subspecialty programs may lose highly ranked applicants.
Under the current system, a subspecialty program with an early offer date may be declined by a highly ranked candidate if the candidate is waiting to hear from a preferred program. Subsequently, that candidate may be unsuccessful in their preferred program, but the first program has filled the position with a lower ranked applicant. In addition, a subspecialty program with a late offer date may lose preferred candidates to another program with an early offer date as a resident may decide to accept a firm offer rather than risk waiting for a preferred offer.
How have other residency programs addressed these problems?
• After five years of a rolling match, Internal medicine have successfully implemented a subspecialty CaRMS match for 2010, in order to facilitate the process for their core residents as they apply for either subspecialty training or a fourth general year of internal medicine.
• Family Medicine has participated in a CaRMS match for the PGY-3 Emergency Medicine positions for a number of years,
• Several subspecialty Pediatric programs in the United States (US) are in the have a synchronized application and offer process for through the NRMP entry. The US specialties have generally selected a late spring or autumn match. The fall match includes Pediatric critical care, emergency medicine and rheumatology. The spring pediatric subspecialty match has cardiology, gastroenterology, nephrology and pulmonology.
International Applicants:
In addition to Canadian residents, subspecialty programs may accept a large number of US-trained residents, and international medical graduates (IMGs). These trainees may be sponsored through external funding agencies or be competing for the same internal funding used to support Canadian trainees. Some programs have policies mandating acceptance of qualified Canadian residents first, while others prefer to select the most qualified applicants from a pool containing Canadian and international applicants. Any synchronized national application process must consider the time required to review applications, secure funding and obtain appropriate visas for non-Canadian applicants (ideally 6-9 months prior to start of training).
Funding of Residency Training:
Among Canadian applicants, there are several funding structures. Core pediatric residents can use their fourth year of funding to fund either a final general year, or the first year of their subspecialty if they remain in the same academic centre, or perhaps within the same province. Some provinces will fund 5 years of training, which generally means 3 core years, and 2 years of subspecialty training. Residents who move to other centres without portable funding must obtain alternate salary support, which is provided by a myriad of uncoordinated funding sources that may have their own application deadlines. It is unlikely that the funding issues can be addressed rapidly. However, synchronizing subspecialty residency applications nationally may provide an impetus for a similar rationalization of funding. Thus, funding challenges are not perceived to be an impediment to moving forward with the establishment of a nationally synchronized application process for Pediatric subspecialty residency applications. It is expected that individual programs will assess and rank applicants based on program-specific selection criteria. Academic centers may need to coordinate the allocation of subspecialty training positions to each of their programs based on funding limitations and other program priorities. The training year in which individual applicants apply may impact on the funding formula, another factor that programs may use to determine their rank order of offers. Indeed, there will be advantages and disadvantages to applying in different years of training (PGY-3 vs. PGY-4 vs. after some years in General Pediatrics practice) and applicants will need to incorporate this into career decision-making. It bears mentioning that this issue remains, regardless of the process of application; it is not a result of synchronization.
Needs Assessment:
A survey of Residents and Program Directors showed respectively 87.9% and 93.8% support for a synchronized process for applications. The residents were most in favour of a fall match, that is within a year of starting date of program It was clear from the results that Residents are not in support of an algorithm-based matching system (24.7% in favour), but are not opposed to CaRMS administering the match. The Program Director survey highlighted the issue of internal and provincial funding arrangements. There are still concerns around working with the US system. However the Program Directors still remained in favour of the process.
NATIONAL SUBSPECIALTY PEDIATRICS APPLICATION SERVICE (NaSPAS)
OBJECTIVE: To ensure a synchronized application process for Pediatric residents wishing to pursue subspecialty training positions in Canadian Pediatrics Departments.
OVERVIEW:
NaSPAS will require all pediatric subspecialty programs to follow a synchronized application program for pediatric subspecialty residencies. There will be a common application deadline and a common offer period where applicants will receive all potential offers and be given a period of time to consider them. CaRMS has agreed to explore and cost coordination of this process by creating and administering a secure web-based central database that will register all applicants and programs participating, managing all offers and responses during the match period, and publishing an ongoing track of open and filled position during the matching period.
IMPLEMENTATION:
For the 2009 application cycle (entry date July 2010), programs will be encouraged to voluntarily follow established dates for opening applications, completing interviews, and offering initial positions on a common date. The ombudsperson (see below) will be nominated and in place by the common match day in order to collect feedback that will help administer NaSPAS, in the following year.
It is expected that the complete service will be in place for the 2010 application cycle for residencies commencing in 2011.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES:
The process must:
1) Be fair to residents, and aim to give applicants their preferred choice amongst those programs for which the candidate is deemed acceptable.
2) Meet the needs of subspecialty programs, allow them to use their own process for candidate selection, with the understanding that the proposed process will be designed to address the needs of Canadian candidates as the priority.
3) Be national in scope, including all subspecialty programs at all Canadian centres.
4) Include a uniform application deadline ( all dates to be determined, perhaps approximately April 30 of the year preceding the entry into of the program), date for acceptance offers (approximately June 1) and match period (2 weeks). The timing of interviews can remain flexible, but all applications received up to the deadline must be considered on an equal basis.
5) Be limited to candidates trained in Canadian core pediatric programs funded by Canadian sources or Canadian citizens trained in RCPSC recognized core pediatric programs in other countries. Visa trainees with or without external funding will not be included in the proposed system, with the exception of U.S. citizens enrolled in a Canadian General Pediatrics program.
6) Allow for programs to review and interview Canadian applicants while leaving sufficient time to recruit international trainees and process visa applications.
7) All Canadian residents in Canadian programs who successfully complete their PGY-3 year must be guaranteed PGY-4 funding in their general pediatric program if they do not match to a subspecialty program.
ANNUAL TIMELINE (See Appendix A): to be completed later, examples only provided
• Applications for fellowships open, ? February 1st 17 months prior to program entry (e.g. opens February 1, 2010 for July 1, 2011 entry) Actual dates will be determined later, and will depend on the time required to set up the application processes, website program information, provincial/university policies, CARMS set up, etc .
• Applications close ?April 30, the year prior to program entry (e.g. closes April 30, 2010 for July 1, 2011 entry).
• Interviews must be completed by the third Monday in ?May of the application cycle. (?May 17, 2010 for 2011 entry)
• Programs/schools must submit first list of offers by ?June 1 in the year prior to entry (e.g. ?June 1, 2010 for 2011 entry).
• Rolling match begins the third Monday in June the year prior to entry and finishes 8 days later or the following Tuesday (e.g. June 14 – 22, 2010 for 2011 entry). N.B. for the 2009 application cycle, programs will be encouraged to have a common offer day, i.e. June 15, 2009 for 2010 entry.
• CaRMS will explore providing a web page with daily updates of filled and unfilled positions, along with the number of funded spots left available at each academic center. The Wednesday after completion of the rolling match, CaRMS will publish a final list of filled spots and schools with open positions and funding (e.g. June 23, 2010 for 2011 entry).
• All of the above dates will take into account major religious holidays that would prevent applicants and/or program directors from accessing the secure website.
N.B. Dates tentative and subject to change depending on set requirements an the exact timing of the Royal College Exam in General Pediatrics and Canadian Paediatric Society Annual General Meeting. CPS AGM 2010 takes place June 22-26, 2010.
PROCESS OF THE ROLLING MATCH (N.B. all times are EST): dates tentative as noted above
1) Offers will be available for applicants to view on the secure database in 4 iterations, starting the 3rd Monday in June, 13 months prior to program entry. Iterations last 2-3 days, starting at 0900 on the Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and following Monday. (For 2011 entry the iteration dates will be 2010: Monday, June 14, Wednesday, June 16, Friday, June 18, and Monday, June 21)
2) After viewing the offers, the candidate has the choice of declining all offers, firmly accepting an offer, or conditionally accepting a maximum of ONE offer until the following iteration and declining all others. The choice must be made and received by CaRMS by 8:59 AM the following day (Tuesday, Thursday, or Saturday).
3) At the following iteration the candidate may firmly accept an offer or conditionally accept a different offer from that of the previous iteration. If the candidate declines all new offers then the first conditional acceptance becomes a firm acceptance. This process repeats on the Friday and Monday.
4) CaRMS will inform the programs of the results of the iteration by 10 AM following the day the offers are available to candidates (e.g. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday).
5) Programs will have until 11:59 PM to submit to CaRMS their selection for the following iteration of offers (the following day at 9 AM). Programs have the option of submitting no names if they wish to pursue international applicants for available program spots.
6) CaRMS will provide an up to date table for all schools with the potential of listing total funding positions filled, total funding positions unfilled, and which programs have firm acceptances and what number.
7) To discourage coercion, programs and candidates are not permitted to communicate regarding the match process itself.
ADMINISTRATION OF THE MATCH
1) CaRMS will administer the match. They will provide the following services: Program Directory Website, centralized electronic application, and co-ordination of the rolling match process as outlined above. Applicants and programs evaluate each other in the usual manner, independent of the Matching Program.
2) In order to ensure adoption and success of this service, the following stakeholders have been engaged in the planning process: The Council of Post-Graduate Deans (CPGD), Pediatric Chairs of Canada (PCC), Subspecialty Pediatric Program Directors, Pediatric Program Directors, and medical residents (represented by the Resident Section of the Canadian Paediatric Society [CPS] and the Canadian Association of Interns and Residents).
3) The service will have a steering committee consisting of the following members: 2 subspecialty program directors, 2 general pediatrics program directors, 1 representative of Pediatric Chairs of Canada, 1 representative from the Resident Section of the CPS, 1 representative from CAIR, 1 representative from the Council of Post-graduate Deans and representative from CARMS. The committee will select a chair, which will be non-voting. Committee participation will be 2 years for trainee representatives and 5 years for other representatives.
4) The steering committee will report the results of the process annually by January 15 to the Pediatric Chairs of Canada and the Council of Post-graduate Deans.
5) CARMS will provide an impartial, confidential and arms length “ombudsperson” role to which residents and programs can report concerns or infractions. Responsibilities will be to monitor the process and deal with complaints received by applicants and programs. CARMS will report issues raised to the steering committee in a way which provides appropriate anonymity and confidentiality but also facilitates program improvement.
FEES FOR ESTABLISHING AND PERFORMING THE MATCH:
There is may be start up fees to design a rolling match portal for the pediatric subspecialty match. The fees applied are annual fees to manage the ongoing cost of maintaining a match as CaRMS is fee-for-service, not-for-profit. Fees are split between applicants and each university according to the same formula that CaRMS uses for other matches that it administers.
Based on the number of candidates annually matched to a PGY-1 program in Pediatrics, and who are currently registered in a pediatrics subspecialty, CaRMS estimates the costs of the match to be approximately $3,000 per University, with the larger universities with greater proportion of the positions paying more and the smaller institutions with fewer positions assessed for less. Additional fees are assessed to applicants and would be the same as fees for the R-1 match. Currently $140.00 registration and $24.00 per program.
SUMMARY:
The objective of NaSPAS is to create a synchronized process for Canadian applicants to Canadian pediatric subspecialty training programs. A uniform process will reduce stress for applicants and enable satisfaction with the recruitment process on the part of both residents and programs. The costs required for the service are modest when shared by all members of AFMC.
CAIR's Annual Report is now available for download from the "CAIR Reports" section of CAIR's eLibrary.
Each year the Canadian Medical Association invites nominations for the CMA Special Awards. The deadline for receipt of nominations is November 30 of the preceding year. Submissions are reviewed by the Committee on Archives in January and award recipients are notified in March. The awards are presented at the CMA Annual Meeting. For award criteria contact the committee coordinator at 800 663-7336 x2249.
Nomination forms and terms of reference for each Award can be found here on the CMA website.
Nominations for the 2010 AFMC Award for
Outstanding Contribution to Faculty Development in Canada
Description of the Award
To emphasize the importance of faculty development and to recognize an individual or a group in Canada who has made an exceptional contribution in this area, AFMC is pleased to offer the Award for Outstanding Contribution to Faculty Development in Canada. In nominating candidates, nominators should take into consideration the breadth of the nominee’s faculty development program, its regional, national or international impact, and how the nominees have promoted the field of faculty development generally.
The award and the associated $1,000 honorarium will be presented at the 2010 Canadian Conference on Medical Education (St. John’s). Registration to the conference is complimentary; travel expenses for attending the annual conference are not covered. The recipient is also eligible to receive a grant of $4,000.00 to continue promoting faculty development across Canada. The grant, sponsored by AFMC, will be administered through its Special Resource Group on Faculty Development.
Nomination Procedure
Any representative of the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada, through the office of the dean, or a member of the Canadian Association for Medical Education, may submit one nomination. Each nomination must be co-sponsored by three (3) representatives from either association. Nominations must include the curriculum vitae and a clear statement of the nominee’s achievements in faculty development indicating in which ways the individual or group meets the criteria. Supporting documentation which illustrates the accomplishments should be included. Send one (1) copy of all documents to Chair, Faculty Development Award Committee, c/o AFMC, 265 Carling Avenue, suite 800, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 2E1. The deadline for receipt of nominations is November 16, 2009.
Selection Procedure
The AFMC Special Resource Group on Faculty Development will appoint a Selection Committee consisting of not less than three (3) members chosen from its membership and/or other members of AFMC and CAME. The Selection Committee will review all nominations and make a recommendation in December to the Executive Committee of AFMC for approval.
Application for and Use of the $4,000.00 Grant
It is expected that the individual or group that has been selected to receive this award will make a proposal for the use of the full $4,000.00 grant. The proposal must be received by the Special Resource Group on Faculty Development by March 1st of the year following presentation of the initial award. The committee will approve the proposal as is or with suggested modification. The committee must receive a report on the progress of the project by March 1st of the next year (i.e. no more than 21 months after the initial award). Projects for which funding is granted must be concluded within 2 years of the project being approved.
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Nominations pour le Prix de l’AFMC 2010 pour contribution exceptionnelle
au perfectionnement du corps professoral au Canada
Description du Prix
Afin de rappeler l’importance du perfectionnement du corps professoral et de souligner la contribution d’une personne ou d’un groupe au Canada dans ce domaine, l’AFMC a le plaisir d’instituer le Prix pour contribution exceptionnelle au perfectionnement du corps professoral au Canada. Au moment de proposer des candidats, il faudra prendre en compte l’étendue de leur programme de perfectionnement du corps professoral, son impact au plan régional, national ou international, et la manière dont les candidats, de façon générale, ont favorisé le perfectionnement du corps professoral.
Le Prix, ainsi que sa bourse de 1,000$ seront remis durant la Conférence canadienne de 2010 sur l’éducation médicale (St. John’s). L’inscription à la Conférence est complémentaire, toutefois les frais de voyage liés à la participation à la conférence annuelle ne seront pas couverts. Le récipiendaire pourrait également se voir décerner une subvention de 4,000$ pour continuer à encourager le perfectionnement du corps professoral partout au Canada. Cette subvention, offerte par l’AFMC, sera administrée par l’entremise de son Comité spécial des ressources sur la formation du corps professoral.
Procédure de mise en candidature
Tout représentant de l’Association de facultés de médecine du Canada, par l’intermédiaire du bureau du doyen, ou tout membre l’Association canadienne pour l’éducation médicale, peut faire une mise en candidature. Chaque candidature doit être coparrainée par trois (3) représentants de l’une ou l’autre des associations. Les propositions doivent inclure le curriculum vitae du/des candidat(s) ainsi qu’un énoncé clair de ses/leurs réalisations en matière de perfectionnement du corps professoral, expliquant comment le candidat ou le groupe satisfait aux critères établis. Il faudra également inclure des documents à l’appui démontrant les réalisations du/des candidat(s). Envoyer une (1) exemplaire de tous les documents au Président, Comité du Prix pour la formation du corps professoral, a/s AFMC, 265 avenue Carling, pièce 800, Ottawa (Ontario) K1S 2E1. La date limite de réception des mises en candidatures est le 16 novembre 2009.
Méthode de sélection
Le Comité spécial de ressources sur la formation du corps professoral nommera un comité de sélection composé d’au moins trois (3) personnes choisies parmi ses membres et/ou d’autres membres de l’AFMC et de l’ACÉM. Le Comité de sélection examinera toutes les mises en candidatures et fera une recommandation au Comité exécutif de l’AFMC en décembre, pour son approbation.
Propositions d’utilisation de la subvention de 4,000 $
Le(les) récipiendaire(s) de ce prix devra (ont) faire une proposition d’utilisation de la pleine subvention de 4000$. Cette proposition doit parvenir au Comité spécial de ressources sur la formation du corps professoral au plus tard le 1er mars suivant la remise du Prix. Le comité approuvera la proposition comme telle ou avec des modifications, le cas échéant. Il s’attendra a recevoir un rapport d’étape sur le projet au plus tard le 1er mars de l’année suivante (soit 21 mois tout au plus après la remise du Prix). Tout projet bénéficiant de ce financement devra être mené à bien dans les deux années suivant son approbation.
We’re witnessing a groundswell of interest in cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). A societal trend towards “natural” interventions, disconcerting questions about psychotropics, and the many encouraging CBT outcome studies have all contributed to this movement.
Many Clinical Practice Guidelines now recommend CBT first-line for a broad range of psychiatric disorders. Yet despite those endorsements, comprehensive training remains hard to find, including within many family practice and psychiatry residencies.
The CBT Fellowship is for the family practice resident who might otherwise have done psychiatry, but who has misgivings about the extent of its biological emphasis, and who wants comprehensive CBT training.
The one-year CBT Fellowship is based at the renowned Toronto Center for Cognitive Therapy (cbt.ca) in downtown Toronto. Graduating CBT Fellows may use their skills to complement their family practices, or to practice CBT full-time.
Applications are due by Friday, November 20, 2009 for the 2010-2011 CBT Fellowship commencing on Monday, July 5, 2010. Contact Greg Dubord, MD (Program Director) here or (416) 777-6699.
CAIR's Website is still under development, but there is already a lot of information already online. Feel free to browse!
Each year, CAME invites colleagues to submit nominations for its awards: the Ian Hart Award for Distinguished Contribution to Medical Education and the New Educator’s Award (formerly the Junior Award). The submission deadline is November 16, 2009. Nomination and eligibility requirements can be found on the CAME website.
The deadline for the 2010 Call for submissions is October 19, 2009. Please click here to download the submission guidelines. [ http://www.mededconference.ca/documents/callforproposals2010FINAL-ENG.pdf ]http://www.mededconference.ca/documents/callforproposals2010FINAL-ENG.pdf
Please [ file:///C:Documents%20and%20SettingselyndonCCME%20Edmonton%202009Education%20(EMMA)Abstract%20ProgramCall%20for%20Proposalssubmit%20your%20proposal%20online ]submit your proposal online at [ https://www.proreg.ca/events/ccme/2010/abstract/ ]https://www.proreg.ca/events/ccme/2010/abstract/
Please note that you may edit any submission you have made on-line as long as the changes are made prior to the submission deadline date of October 19.
The 2010 Canadian Conference on Medical Education will be held in St. John’s, Newfoundland, May 1-5, 2010. Please visit the CCME website regularly for updates and announcements: [ http://www.mededconference.ca/ ]www.mededconference.ca
The September 2009 Edition of CAIR Update is now available for download on the CAIR Update page.
In this issue:
-Call for volunteers
-CAIR Awards Call for Nominations
-Information about CAIR's session at the 2009 Family Medicine Forum
-Regional Highlights
and more!
Visit our first photo gallery, featuring pictures from CAIR's June 2009 Board Meeting, held in beautiful Halifax.