As site Evaluation Lead for QBOL I am very excited to be part of this program. We have a state of the art electronic portfolio, developed by Queens DFM, to track resident progress and identify learning needs. We are going to be able to provide an excellent and well rounded, and relevant (no longer spending time holding retractors, staying up all night managing acutely ill neonates in the NICU) program that will produce family physicians who are able to participate in the full spectrum of patient care. We have great tools to help us teach and evaluate our residents!
Here is a link that will introduce you to some teaching tools.
Documenting the start of the new Queen's Family Medicine training site based in the Region of Durham and the hospitals of Lakeridge Health. Here, you will be able to find out about what we offer as a site in terms of curriculum, communities, and activities.
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Teaching
It is amazing how far teaching knowledge in family medicine has come since I was in residency! After attending workshops on teaching procedural skills, motivational interviewing, narrative (and the importance of reflection in life and making change), and magic, I feel energized to get back to the office and practice! It was great to meet several energetic medical students who seemed excited about our new horizontal program and our "sorting hat". I look forward to the arrival of our first residents!
QBOL was at the FMF 2011, Montreal
We had a great time at the Family Medicine Forum held in Montreal this week. Excellent teaching sessions and the chance to meet and learn from many of the great Family Medicine teachers across Canada. Almost 4,000 people to rub elbows with over four days!
Félicitations to the CFPC and to Montreal for organizing this event.
Félicitations to the CFPC and to Montreal for organizing this event.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Help Wanted!
This post is just an FYI that we are now looking to hire an organized, enthusiastic person as our QBOL Site Assistant. This is a full time position supporting our QBOL site locally with an office in the new LHEARN Centre at Lakeridge Health Oshawa. Joining our team at this time will give the successful candidate time to participate in some of our preparations, assist in recruiting our first batch of residents, and to become acclimated to the people, places, and processes that will be part of QBOL.
If you or somebody you know is interested, you can find more information through the Queen's University Human Resources page at www.hr.queensu.ca, click on "Job Opportunities" and then proceed to find our listing under "Available Positions: External Candidates". Also pay attention to the link on "How to Apply".
(If you are having difficulty, please follow this link which will take you to the actual posting which outlines the candidate requirements and job responsibilities although you will still need to go through the instructions outlined from the Human Resources website to apply.)
If you or somebody you know is interested, you can find more information through the Queen's University Human Resources page at www.hr.queensu.ca, click on "Job Opportunities" and then proceed to find our listing under "Available Positions: External Candidates". Also pay attention to the link on "How to Apply".
(If you are having difficulty, please follow this link which will take you to the actual posting which outlines the candidate requirements and job responsibilities although you will still need to go through the instructions outlined from the Human Resources website to apply.)
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Accredited*
So it was a lot of effort but it was worth it!
The accreditation team gave a very positive report for Queen's Department of Family Medicine (as well as most of the specialty programs) after spending much of last week visiting the various teaching sites and meeting with the teachers and learners. I will provide a link to Dean Reznik's blog which goes into more detail about the feedback that was given.
A big congratulations to everybody on this success!
* - the asterisk indicates that, while the accreditation team gave a glowing review of most of the programs including Family Medicine, the official (and final) decision is not announced until early in the new year.
The accreditation team gave a very positive report for Queen's Department of Family Medicine (as well as most of the specialty programs) after spending much of last week visiting the various teaching sites and meeting with the teachers and learners. I will provide a link to Dean Reznik's blog which goes into more detail about the feedback that was given.
A big congratulations to everybody on this success!
* - the asterisk indicates that, while the accreditation team gave a glowing review of most of the programs including Family Medicine, the official (and final) decision is not announced until early in the new year.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Article: Hands-on 'LHEARNing'
Just trying something different today. Below should be a link that will take you to an online version of the print story that ran in the local paper regarding the grand opening of the LHEARN Centre last month. I hope to get some pictures of the LHEARN Centre up on the blog later this week.
Monday, September 12, 2011
CaRMS is in the air!
So our QBOL site committee has been busy preparing our CaRMS submission for the upcoming cohort of graduating medical students. If it hasn't already been posted, you should be able to see what we came up with on the CaRMS web site shortly.
If you cannot wait to see what we've been up to, I have updated the pages of this blog to reflect how our curriculum is shaping up. You will find them categorized according to their Domain of Clinical Care (DOCC - previously called CRAGs) along the left here.
Below that, you will find a variety of links; the majority are offered to help you familiarize yourself with the area.
We are looking forward to this week's LHEARN grand opening (maybe I'll try to take and post some photos this Wednesday!) immediately followed by a Queen's DFM Faculty Development session.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or wish to join us for any of our events.
If you cannot wait to see what we've been up to, I have updated the pages of this blog to reflect how our curriculum is shaping up. You will find them categorized according to their Domain of Clinical Care (DOCC - previously called CRAGs) along the left here.
Below that, you will find a variety of links; the majority are offered to help you familiarize yourself with the area.
We are looking forward to this week's LHEARN grand opening (maybe I'll try to take and post some photos this Wednesday!) immediately followed by a Queen's DFM Faculty Development session.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or wish to join us for any of our events.
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