Clinical updates, faculty news, and research dispatches from the Department of Medicine at St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto.
Mike Freeman passed away suddenly on September 3 while camping with friends and family in Algonquin Park - a devastating shock to his family, friends, colleagues and the entire St. Michael’s community.
Continuing our series on our faculty members who have been recently promoted, Ramesh Prasad was promoted to Full Professor as of July 1, 2017. Congratulations, Ramesh!
St. Michael’s gives physicians access, if needed, to the following shared systems:
Professor Barry McLellan became executive-in-residence at the Faculty of Medicine on July 1, 2017, after a decade as president and CEO of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Before that he was the chief coroner for Ontario. He spoke with writer Jim Oldfield about his new role, his thoughts on leadership and what he hopes to accomplish at U of T.
DOM Survey: The University DOM faculty survey has now closed. The survey had the highest response rate for a DOM survey to date at >55%. There was excellent representation across the hospitals and job descriptions. The analysis of the results is underway.
U of T Internal Medicine’s residency roll-out of CBD started August 1, 2017!
In 2017-2018 we are piloting CBD; full implementation begins July 1, 2018.
CBD is the Royal College’s version of Competence-Based Medical Education (CBME). Basic tenets:
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