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Message from the Chair
Our department has made important changes to evolve our curriculum to address the needs of the populations we care for. While the pandemic raised uncertainties about how we teach learners and treat patients, it enabled us to innovate and develop new teaching methods for our learners. During the past two years, our department secured a number of eCampusOntario grants and delivered several innovation projects in collaboration with various partners. Due to this funding, we have leveraged the potential of virtual reality and gamification to teach our learners concepts outside of traditional methods: Contamination Control & Spread, an immersive experience on how contaminates can be transmitted and controlled in our everyday exchanges; Escape the Office, a virtual reality escape room on quality improvement; Under Pressure, an application as a pedagogical tool for producing a safe environment to teach about stress and anxiety. The eCampusOntario grants also led to the development of Socially Accountable Primary Care, a series of online modules where learners and faculty members truly understand the impact they can have on marginalized communities internationally and within Canada. This project was led by Dr. Denice Lewis, the DFM's Curriculum Director, and developed by a multi-disciplinary team of subject matter experts and the DFM's Project Management Office.

Lastly, I want to thank our faculty members for participating in today's first Curriculum Review Advisory Group (CRAG) in two years. Led by Dr. Denice Lewis, this event explored the use of digital learning modalities (eLearning) into our current curriculum.
7 IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Tuesday, June 7, 2022
5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

The DFM is hosting the workshop "Scholarship in your career as a Family Physician: Planning, timelines, resources, and your academic CV" with Dr. Laura Muldoon, Family Physician, Somerset West Community Health Centre, Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa. The workshop sessions are recorded and available to all DFM members on the DFM YouTube Channel. Please note that the material is presented in English, followed by a bilingual discussion.

Friday, June 10, 2022
8:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Please plan to attend our Faculty Orientation, Introduction to Feedback and Competency-based Education (ETS1), on Friday, June 10, 2022 - in person at 850 Peter Morand, Room 122. This will be a wonderful opportunity to meet your fellow colleagues and learn how the department can support you in your new role. Register now!

Thursday, June 16, 2022
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.


Please join us as we showcase research within the Department of Family Medicine. The day will end with the department graduation of our PGY2s, followed by wine and cheese to celebrate!

CALL FOR POSTERS: Are you a resident or faculty with a previously made scholarly poster that you would like to showcase during this year’s RIO Day? During the lunch hour of our upcoming RIO Day, we will host the third annual Scholarly Coffee Break and would love to have you participate! Submit your name and poster title to Anhar Abdorbo. The deadline to submit is June 10.

Keynote address by Dr. Peter Tanuseputro: “Study, Share, Love” – A Journey to Find Impact in Research

As part of the development of Femoral 2.0, the Project Management Office of the DFM will be holding a Renaming Contest for you to submit your ideas to name the new platform! If you have an idea for the new name of Femoral 2.0, please click here to share your idea with us. Submissions will be open until June 30, 2022, with shortlisting and voting to be held in the days following the contest closing date. The new name for Femoral 2.0 will be announced in July 2022.

In the spirit of recognizing the outstanding achievements of our members, the Faculty of Medicine is pleased to announce that the 2022 Faculty Member Awards of Excellence are now open for nominations! The award categories reflect the Faculty’s five strategic priorities: Education, Research, Engagement, la Francophonie, and Internationalization and Global Health. Awards will be granted to faculty members who have earned distinction for themselves and for the University through their exceptional work in these areas. If you have any questions regarding the awards process, please contact Meghan Marcotte from the Awards and Prizes Office. See poster. Download the presentation.

The IMproving performance in Primary Care Teams study co-led by Dr. Noah Ivers and Dr. Laura Desveaux are reaching out to primary care physicians working in Ontario to understand what influences how physicians interact with data about their patients and their practice. Participation will involve a survey which will take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete. You will be offered a $50 gift card in recognition of your time. You can find the survey and additional details about the study here.

The Ottawa Practice Enhancement Network (OPEN) is involved in a national qualitative study examining Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) care needs of Canadians aged 18+ to inform primary care delivery. The study team would like to conduct interviews with adults diagnosed with RA within the last 5 years, and we are requesting assistance from your clinic to recruit eligible participants. Your practice involvement is limited to 1) identifying patients with RA and 2) requesting permission from these patients to be contacted by the research team. Participating practices will be compensated $200 for their work, and patients will be compensated $50 for their time. For more information, please contact Dr. Sharon Koehn at [email protected].