Med.E.Mail
Weekly Information from the Dean’s Offices
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
March 22, 2004
Volume 12, Number 26
IN THIS ISSUE:
 FAST FACULTY FACT
 ONTARIO MEDICAL ASSOCIATION/MEDICAL STAFF ASSOCIATION
SURVEY OF CLINICAL FACULTY
 COLIN R. WOOLF CONTINUING EDUCATION AWARDS
 HONOURS AND AWARDS
 APPOINTMENTS
 BROWN BAG ETHICS DISCUSSION - CAMH
 EVENTS AND LINKS TO EVENT WEBSITES
 LINKS TO OTHER NEWSLETTERS/WEBSITES
FAST FACULTY FACT
A major strength of the Faculty is the strong support of the educational mission from
our hospital partners. Cohesion, cooperation and harmonization of purpose are
facilitated by two key multi-institutional committees – TAHSC and HUEC.
 TAHSC: Created in 1992, the Toronto Academic Health Science Council (TAHSC)
membership includes the CEOs of each fully affiliated teaching hospital, the Dean
of Medicine/Vice-Provost, Relations with Health Care Institutions, the Chair of the
Council of Health Science and Social Work Deans (currently the Dean of
Pharmacy), and the President of the University. TAHSC has been an important
vehicle for dealing with issues of mutual interest.
 HUEC: In 2001 the Faculty created the Hospital University Education Committee
(HUEC). Advisory to the Dean and chaired by the Associate Dean, Postgraduate
Medical Education, HUEC’s membership consists of key educational leaders from
the campus and the hospitals – hospital Vice-Presidents Education, all Associate
Deans, and selected clinical chairs. HUEC played a key role during the SARS
outbreak last spring. It has produced an influential report on the distribution of
the costs of undergraduate and postgraduate medical education within the
Faculty of Medicine and its teaching hospitals, implemented an educational ethics
policy, and developed a Faculty teaching award program.
ONTARIO MEDICAL ASSOCIATION/MEDICAL STAFF ASSOCIATION SURVEY
OF CLINICAL FACULTY (Message from Dr Paul Dorian)
Virtually all academic physicians in Toronto will by now have received a letter from
Dr David Pattenden, CEO of the OMA, regarding a 5-question web-based survey
about their views on the relationship between clinical faculty and the university. The
OMA initiated this survey at the request of the medical staff associations [MSAs] at
the nine teaching hospitals fully-affiliated with the University of Toronto.
Last year, the Provost's Task Force on Clinical Faculty tabled proposals to clarify our
status and formalize our role in policy formulation. The Task Force recommendations
were endorsed by the executives of hospital MSAs and Medical Advisory Committees.
However, the University of Toronto Faculty Association [UTFA] has not agreed that
clinical faculty should deal directly with the University outside of UTFA's general
Memorandum of Agreement with the University. This is clearly undemocratic
because, as the OMA has noted, UTFA does not allow clinical faculty to become full
voting members and has no record of engaging or representing clinical faculty
collectively.
MSAs strongly favour the new policies as providing an important first step towards
direct representation for clinical faculty in dealing with the Administration. The MSAs
accordingly urge all clinical faculty to complete this 5-minute survey.
Paul Dorian, President, St Michael's Hospital MSA and Chair, Clinical Teachers
Association of Toronto
NOTE: The survey form and links to background information on the issue are located
at: http://www.oma.org/membersurvey/ClinicalfacultySurvey.asp
You will need your OMA membership number to access the survey. In the User Name
box, type in your seven digit OMA Membership Identification Number without
hyphens or spaces (If you are unaware of this number, please contact OMA
Membership Services at 416-340-2987 or 1-800-268-7215 ext. 2987). In the
Password box, type in your date of birth as a six-digit number (year, month, day).
For example, if you were born on March 8, 1941, type in 410308. The OMA has
assured us that individual response will be held in strict confidence, and that all
responses will be grouped together in the analyses and reporting of results.
COLIN R. WOOLF CONTINUING EDUCATION AWARDS
The 2002-2003 Faculty of Medicine Colin R. Woolf Continuing Education Awards have
been awarded. The Awards will be presented at the Faculty of Medicine Education
Day on Monday, May 3. The following faculty have received Woolf Awards:
 Ian Witterick (Department of Otolaryngology) - the Woolf Award for Long Term
Contribution to Continuing Education
 Wendy Roberts (Department of Paediatrics) - the Woolf Award for Teaching
Excellence
 Jay Keystone (Department of Medicine) - the Woolf award for Course
Coordination
HONOURS AND AWARDS
Brendan Dickson (Postgraduate Medical Trainee, Laboratory Medicine and
Pathobiology) received the Peter Cruse Award of the Royal College of Physicians and
Surgeons and Associated Medical Services for Best Presentation in the History of
Medicine arising from work done as an undergraduate MD student. Dr Dickson's
paper was entitled, "Venous thrombosis: On the history of Virchow's triad".
Charles Tator (Department of Surgery) was inducted into the Terry Fox Hall of
Fame in November. Dr. Tator was recognized for his accomplishments over the years
that include the establishment of Think First Canada and for his contributions to the
field of prevention of spinal cord injuries.
APPOINTMENTS
Abdallah Daar (Department of Public Health Sciences) was appointed as the
McLaughlin Centre for Molecular Medicine’s Director of Ethics and Policy, effective
January 1, 2004 for a five-year term, renewable on review. Dr. Daar is also Director
of the Program in Applied Ethics and Biotechnology at the UofT Joint Centre for
Bioethics. The McLaughlin Centre seeks to become an international leader in the
application of molecular medicine to clinical practice and the Ethics and Policy
Program will play an integral role in this endeavour.
Colin MacArthur (Department of Paediatrics) has been appointed Vice-President,
Research at the Bloorview MacMillan Children’s Centre, effective April 5, 2004. In
addition to this position, he will lead Bloorview MacMillan Children’s Centre Research
Institute as Director, as well as strengthen Bloorview MacMillan’s affiliation with the
UofT and its role as an academic health sciences centre. Dr. MacArthur is currently
Director of the Paediatric Outcomes Research Team in the Department of Paediatics
at the Hospital for Sick Children and Senior Scientist in the Population Health
Sciences Program in the Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute.
Philip Marsden (Department of Medicine) has been reappointed as Keenan Chair in
Medical Research at St. Michael's Hospital for a further five-year term, February 1,
2004 to January 31, 2009.
BROWN BAG ETHICS DISCUSSION - CAMH
On Thursday, March 25, the Brown Bag Ethics Discussion at the Centre for Addiction
and Mental Health (CAMH) will feature Bernard Dickens (Faculty of Law) presenting
on the topic, "An update on the Health Canada Research Ethics Board". The
discussion will be held from noon to 1:00 p.m. in room 801 at CAMH - Clarke site
(250 College Street). Bring your own lunch - coffee will be served. The Brown Bag
Ethics discussions, sponsored by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, are
open to all members of the research community.
EVENTS AND LINKS TO EVENT WEBSITES
 Faculty of Medicine Educational Achievement Event - annual forum
celebrating excellence in teaching - all faculty invited - keynote address (Good to
Great Medical Education) by Gary Donnington (Southern Illinois University,
Illinois), poster presentations from Dean’s Excellence Fund projects - Monday,
May 3, 2004, 3:00 to 7:00 p.m., 89 Chestnut Street (formerly the Colony Hotel):
Allison Hardisty 416-946-8067 or a.hardisty@utoronto.ca.
 Faculty Development Grand Rounds - Centre for Faculty Development,
Faculty of Medicine, UofT at Saint Michael’s Hospital – Teaching as a Social
Practice: Implications for Faculty Development – Marcel D’Eon (University of
Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) – Tuesday, April 6, 2004, noon to
1:00 p.m.: http://www.cfd.med.utoronto.ca/rounds.htm or
carpenterd@smh.toronto.on.ca
 Faculty Development Workshop - Centre for Faculty Development,
Faculty of Medicine, UofT at Saint Michael’s Hospital – Teaching and
Learning Technical Skills – Stan Hamstra (Department of Surgery) and Richard
Pittini (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology) – Tuesday, March 23, 2004,
1:00 to 5:00 p.m., Surgical Skills Centre, Mt. Sinai Hospital:
carpenterd@smh.toronto.on.ca or
http://www.cfd.med.utoronto.ca/workshops.htm
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Faculty Development Workshop - Centre for Faculty Development,
Faculty of Medicine, UofT at Saint Michael’s Hospital – Small Group
Teaching – Denyse Richardson (Department of Medicine) and Danny Panisko
(Department of Medicine) – Thursday, April 29, 2004, 8:00 a.m. to noon:
carpenterd@smh.toronto.on.ca or
http://www.cfd.med.utoronto.ca/workshops.htm
Faculty Development Workshop - Centre for Faculty Development,
Faculty of Medicine, UofT at Saint Michael’s Hospital – Divergent Case
Based Teaching Method – Helene Polatajko (Department of Occupational
Therapy) – Tuesday, June 8, 2004, 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. and Thursday, June 10,
2004, 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.: carpenterd@smh.toronto.on.ca or
http://www.cfd.med.utoronto.ca/workshops.htm
Donalda J. McGeachy Memorial Lecture Series – Faculty of Medicine
Graduate Department of Speech-Language Pathology – “An Evidence-Based
Approach to Clinical Practice in Communication Disorders” – Christine Dollaghan
(University of Pittsburgh) - Friday, May 28, 2004, 8:30 a.m. to noon, Mount Sinai
Hospital (18th Floor – Ben Sadowski Auditorium), 600 University Avenue, no cost
to participants: slp.rsvp@utoronto.ca
11th Biennial Canadian Neurooncology Meeting - Multi-disciplinary meeting
of basic and clinician scientists plus affiliated health care workers in
neurooncology - Invited speakers plus oral and poster presentations - May 28 to
30, 2004, Toronto: http://www.ccns.org/home.html#neuro_oncology or
sandi.amaral@uhn.on.ca
29th Edna W. Park Lecture - UofT Household Science and Nutritional
Sciences Alumni Association - Feeding for the Future - the major impact of
early nutrition on long-term health - Alan Lucas (MRC Childhood Nutrition
Research Centre Institute of Child Health, London, U.K.) - March 25, 2004,
Sanford Fleming Building, room 1105, 5:30 p.m. – further info at 416-813-7844
(Debbie O'Connor): http://www.utoronto.ca/nutrisci/CurrentEdnaPark.html
Changing Dynamics of Stroke Prevention and Management- for
neurologists, family physicians, internists and residents - fully interactive session
on secondary stroke prevention - Friday March 26, 2004, 7:30 to 10:00 a.m. Le
Royal Meridien King Edward Hotel, 37 King St. East, Windsor Ballroom-Lower
Level - to register contact Hollie Mullins, mullinsh@smh.toronto.on.ca or 416864-6060 x. 2815
UofT Knowledge Media Design Institute International Conference - Open
Source and Free Software: Concepts, Controversies and Solutions – including a
session on Open Source Systems in Health Care Computing with David Ryan
(Department of Physical Therapy) - May 9 to 11, 2004:
http://osconf.kmdi.utoronto.ca/panel_health.html
Continuing Medical Education Congress 2004 – Toronto, May 15 to 18, 2004
- Final Program now on website: www.cmecongress.org
Mini-Med School –Faculty of Medicine Continuing Education Office - spring
session: February 19 to April 8, 2004: www.mini-med.utoronto.ca
XIIIth International Vascular Biology Meeting - June 1 to 5, 2004, Westin
Harbour Castle Hotel, Toronto: www.ivbm2004.ca
Faculty of Medicine Continuing Education - Saturday at the University
2003/2004 - For general practitioners, family physicians, general internists, and
nurse practitioners - March 27, 2004: ce.med@utoronto.ca or
www.cme.utoronto.ca
Faculty of Medicine Continuing Education courses:
http://www.cme.utoronto.ca/education/listing.html
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LINKS TO OTHER NEWSLETTERS/WEBSITES
 Edward Bronfman Family Foundation Research Clinic in Secondary
Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (EBFFRC):
http://www.mtsinai.on.ca/EBFFRC/default.htm
 Faculty of Nursing Research Office:
http://www.nursing.utoronto.ca/research/
 Centre for Faculty Development, Faculty of Medicine, UofT at St.
Michael’s Hospital: www.cfd.med.utoronto.ca
 CHSRF/CIHR Health Services Chair: Health Care Settings and Canadians
www.hcerc.utoronto.ca
 Faculty of Medicine Magazine - UToronto Medicine:
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/medicine/uum/
 Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences Centre Colposcopy
website: www.colposcopy.com
 Canadian Interventional Radiology Association: www.car.ca/cira
 Health Care, Technology and Place (hct&p) CIHR Strategic Research and
Training Initiative: www.hctp.utoronto.ca
 Department of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation - bi-monthly
newsletter - NewsBytes: www.utoronto.ca/hpme/
 From Medicare to Home and Community (M-THAC) Research Unit:
www.m-thac.org.
 CCBR website: http://ccbr.med.utoronto.ca
 Canadian Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Team (a CIHR-IHRT research
team headquartered at ICES/SWCHSC): www.ccort.ca
 UofT Faculty of Medicine Clinician Investigator Program:
www.utoronto.ca/cip/about.html
 Sunnybrook and Women's Clinical Epidemiology Unit and Institute
for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (CEU/ICES) - Conjoint Evaluative
Sciences Rounds: www.ices.on.ca
 UofT Surgical Skills Centre at Mount Sinai Hospital: www.utoronto.ca/ssc
 Wasser Pain Management Centre at Mount Sinai Hospital:
www.mtsinai.on.ca/wasser
 Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and newsletter: www.torontorehab.com
 Institute for Work and Health: www.iwh.on.ca/ - Newsletter At Work:
www.iwh.on.ca/Pages/Publications/Newsletters/latest_iss.html
 Faculty of Medicine Research Office: www.medresearch.utoronto.ca / Funding
Opportunities: www.medresearch.utoronto.ca/a_5.html#fundopps
 Hospital for Sick Children / HSC Research Institute: www.sickkids.ca.
 Bloorview MacMillan Children's Centre:
http://www.bloorviewmacmillan.on.ca
 Ontario Rehabilitation Technology Consortium: http://www.assistivex.com /
www.htx.ca
 Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science: www.utoronto.ca/gdrs
 Department of Otolaryngology newsletter: www.utoronto.ca/otolaryngology
 Division of Neurosurgery semi-annual newsletter - The Neurotransmitter:
www.sickkids.ca/neurosurgery/Transmit.asp +
http://ots.utoronto.ca/users/howardg/neurosurge.html
 Office of International Surgery: www.utoronto.ca/ois/
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Knowledge Translation Program (Continuing Education) newsletter Knowledge to Practice: www.ktp.utoronto.ca/newsletter/index/htm
 Ontario HIV Epidemiologic Monitoring Unit - Department of Public Health
Sciences: http://www.phs.utoronto.ca/ohemu
 Wilson Centre for Research in Education: http://cre.med.utoronto.ca/
 Banting and Best Diabetes Centre: www.bbdc.org
 UofT Department of Anaesthesia newsletter: www.utoronto.ca/anaesthesia
 Heart and Stroke / Richard Lewar Centre of Excellence: www.hsrlce.on.ca
 Department of Physical Therapy - News - PT Weekly: www.utoronto.ca/pt
 Baycrest websites
 Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care: www.baycrest.org
 Baycrest Nursing Centre of Excellence: www.ncoe.ws
 Baycrest Collaborative Research Prog:www.collaborativeresearchprogram.com
 Baycrest Rotman Research Institute: www.rotman-baycrest.on.ca
 Rapid Response Radiotherapy Program (at Toronto Sunnybrook Regional
Cancer Centre) newsletter - HOT SPOT: www.tsrcc.on.ca/rrrp.htm
 Mount Sinai Hospital, Department of Family Medicine Research newsletter:
http://www.mtsinai.on.ca/familymedicine/research
 UofT Centre for the Study of Pain: http://www.utoronto.ca/pain/
 Centre for International Health: http://intlhealth.med.utoronto.ca/
 Program in Proteomics and Bioinformatics: http://p-b.med.utoronto.ca/
 Department of Psychiatry Education Program Newsletter - bi-monthly:
www.utbeta.net
 Centre for Research in Women's Health: http://www.crwh.org
 Department of Public Health Sciences – weekly newsletter – PHS Update:
www.phs.utoronto.ca
 Joint Centre for Bioethics: www.utoronto.ca/jcb/
 Institute of Medical Science News and Views:
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/ims/news.htm
 Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology newsletter:
www.utoronto.ca/LabMedPathobiology
 Program in Neuroscience Newsletter:
www.utoronto.ca/neurosci/newsletter/htm
 Gerstein Science Information Centre newsletters - Gerstein homepage under
"keeping current": www.library.utoronto.ca/gerstein/
 UofT Maternal, Infant and Reproductive Health Research Unit:
www.utoronto.ca/miru
 Department of Family and Community Medicine - monthly bulletin:
http://dfcm19.med.utoronto.ca/
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