Family Medicine Newsletter: April 2021

April 2021

Entrada community

The university will be retiring RedDot this year, which is the platform that has been used to host the existing DFM webpage. To accommodate these changes the DFM has chosen a public Entrada community to host a variety of content that will no longer be supported through the public university platform (Drupal).

Supporting a learner mistreatment-free environment

As mandated by the Prevention of Learner Mistreatment Policy, please find the attached memo sent on behalf of Dr. Brian Postl, Dean and Vice – Provost Rady Faculty of Health Sciences. For questions contact the Dean, Dr. Jacobsohn (Associate Dean, Professionalism) or Dr. Porhownik (Assistant Dean Professionalism).

Election of faculty members to Senate

The Rady Faculty of Health Sciences (RFHS) is entitled to a total of twenty (20) seats on Senate. This year there were seven (7) vacancies to be filled.

Master of Physician Assistant Studies news

The Master of Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS) Class of 2020 all passed the recent National Certification Examination and are now Canadian Certified Physician Assistants (CCPA). The pass rate for the program’s 136 graduates is now 100% with a first-time pass rate of 99.26%, the best in the country. Thank you to all the faculty, instructors, preceptors, teachers, and supporters of our students.

Excellence in Faculty Development Award

The department of family medicine is pleased to announce the new Excellence in Faculty Development Award, which is now open for nominations.

Manitoba Primary & Integrated Healthcare Innovation Network

Primary Healthcare Research Partnership Award

Manitoba Primary and Integrated Healthcare Innovation Network is still accepting applications for the Manitoba Primary & Integrated Healthcare Innovation Network Primary Healthcare Research Partnership Award.

Welcome

Please join us in welcoming the following team members:

• Dr. Sherwin Gacutan as education director for Family Medicine Rural – Boundary Trails

• Rhonda Payne as program administrator for our Family Medicine Rural – Interlake/Selkirk Program

Please also extend a special welcome to Dr. Rebecca Whitley, a physician who is a recent graduate of our urban family medicine program. Dr. Whitley is joining Kildonan Medical Centre.

Congratulations

Dr. Aaron Jattan was promoted from lecturer to assistant professor. Dr. Jattan serves as education director, FM-CTU, St. Boniface Hospital and postgraduate lead, academic curriculum.

Top 2020 studies relevant to primary care

From the PEER team

Betsy Thomas, Samantha Moe, Christina S. Korownyk, Adrienne J. Lindblad, Michael R. Kolber, Jamison Falk, Allison Paige, Jennifer Potter, Anthony Train, Justin Weresch and G. Michael AllanCanadian Family Physician April 2021, 67 (4) 255-259; DOI: https://doi.org/10.46747/cfp.6704255

Grand Rounds

Thursday, June 3, 2021
07:30a.m. – 08:30a.m.
1.0 Mainpro+ credits
Zoom - register now

This event was co-developed with the CPD Medicine Program, University of Manitoba and was planned to achieve scientific integrity, objectivity and balance. This one-credit-per-hour Group Learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been approved by the CPD Medicine Program, University of Manitoba for up to 1.0 Mainpro+ credits.

Participants who attends via an interactive session should only claim credit for the actual number of hours attended. The University of Manitoba CPD Medicine Program is fully accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Continuing Medical Education (CACME).

Department of Family Medicine Faculty Development

What's New in the FM Residency Curriculum

Wednesday, June 2, 2021
10:00am – 12:00pm
2.0 Mainpro+ credits**
Zoom - register now

If you teach family medicine residents, join us for this online session looking at the following new elements of the DFM residency curriculum.

• Virtual Precepting – one year in

• 106 Priority Topics – What's to know?

• CFPC CanMEDS – Family Medicine Indigenous Health Supplement

• Narrative comments in assessment – why they matter and how to write effective comments

Speakers: TBA

** This event was co-developed with the CPD Medicine Program, University of Manitoba and was planned to achieve scientific integrity, objectivity and balance. This one-credit-per-hour Group Learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been approved by the CPD Medicine Program, University of Manitoba for up to 2.0 Mainpro+ credits. This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by the CPD Medicine Program, University of Manitoba.

Participants should only claim credit for the actual number of hours attended. The University of Manitoba CPD Medicine Program is fully accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Continuing Medical Education (CACME).