Author: UBC Abbotsford-Mission Family Practice Residency Program

Conferences that promote collaboration and an interdisciplinary approach always catch my attention. The Annual Crossroads Interdisciplinary Health Research Conference is a national, student-led health and wellness research conference taking place March 15-16, 2019 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Submit an abstract and learn more here.

“If you’d asked me what the political priorities would be, it wouldn’t have been legalizing cannabis. It would have been investing in school food.”

Dalhousie University Professor Sara Kirk in The Dark Side of Canada’s New Food Guide – Many Canadians Can’t Follow It

“Canada Health Infoway, the pan-Canadian institution reporting to provincial and territorial governments that is charged with promoting digital health solutions, should be given the specific mandate to select and improve one electronic health record — with the input of patients and clinicians — that will be used across primary care sites in Canada. Provinces and territories should fund only this electronic health record for primary care. If we are truly committed to improving the health of Canadians, a bold move such as this is needed.”

Dr. Nav Persaud on A National Electronic Health Record for Primary Care.

UBC Killam Teaching Prizes are UBC’s most prestigious teaching awards. The Prizes are awarded annually, and are supported by the UBC Killam Endowment Fund. The Prizes recognize excellent teaching in the MD Undergraduate Program, undergraduate science programs, Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy programs, B.M.L.Sc. program, residency programs, schools and graduate programs within the Faculty.

For the 2017-2018 academic year, the Faculty of Medicine will receive four UBC Killam Teaching Prizes of $5,000 each. The prizes will be presented at 2019 Spring Convocation, with award certificates presented at the 2019 Annual Awards Reception in the fall.

Deadline to submit nomination form: Friday February 15, 2019 at 4:30 pm
Nomination Overview & Form

For more information, please contact Ms. Sissi Wang, Executive Assistant, Office of the EADE, at 604-827-3574 or eade.assist@ubc.ca

We’ve added a few more books to our Site Office Library! These educational resources include:

• Teaching in the Hospital by Jeff Wiese, MD
• Teaching in your Office: A Guide to Instructing Medical Students and Residents by Patrick Alguire, MD, Dawn DeWitt, MD, Linda Pinsky, MD, and Gary Ferenchick, MD
• Clinical Education in the Health Professions by Clare Delany and Elizabeth Molloy

If you’d like to check them out, please let Ann or Susan know that you’re interested.

Thank you!

Jacqueline

Headed to Bozeman, Montana for the Wilderness Medicine Conference in February! Conferences are a great opportunity to network with others, showcase your research, gather new paradigms, share ideas, learn about the latest technology, and tinker with state-of-the-art tools. It’s always a bonus if you have a few extra days to connect with the host city and immerse yourself in a new culture. Events that may pique your interest this year:

Alberta College of Family Physicians: ACFP2019
American Academy for Family Physicians: AAFP2019
Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference: APMEC2019
BC College of Family Physicians: BCCFP2019
BC Rural Health Conference: RHC2019
Canadian Conference on Medical Education: CCME2019
Family Medicine Forum: FMF2019
Health Care Education Association: HCEA2019
Innovations in Medical Education Conference: IME2019
International Association for Medical Education: AMEE 2019
Manitoba College of Family Physicians: MCFP2019
Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine: HMS2019
Ottawa Conference: Ottawa2020
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners: GP19
Society for Public Health Education: SOPHE2019
Stanford Medicine X: CHANGE2019
TED Vancouver: TED2019
The International Conference on Residency Education: ICRE 2019

To learn more about what’s happening closer to home, check out UBC’s Faculty of Medicine Calendar of Events or UBC’s CPD Conferences.

Warm regards,

Jacqueline

Join President Santa J. Ono for UBC Connects, a new public lecture series featuring the world’s most esteemed thought leaders. UBC connects the dots — and people — to shed light on the world’s most pressing issues. February’s featured speaker is Michael Pollan on “Food, plants and psychedelics: Revolutionary approaches to human health and well-being”. Learn more here!

Big news on the UBC front! CHIME telescope detects second-ever repeating fast radio burst! I think it’s Dave. He seems to pop up every 9 years right? 2001…2010…2019!

Here’s what else caught my eye this week:

Interpersonal medicine already exists. It’s called family medicine.

“There is a danger that our growing exposure to beautifully presented images of food having detrimental consequences.” Eating with our eyes: From visual hunger to digital satiation.

Physical activity and sedentary behaviour in kids.

Amphetamine- and Opioid-Affected Births: Incidence, Outcomes, and Costs, United States, 2004–2015.

Why a medieval woman had lapis lazuli hidden in her teeth.

Doctors as patients.

UBC CHES Event! Lies, Damned Lies, and Surveys (Jan 16).

What do surgery and airline travel have in common?

Best medical apps (so far)

The International Performing Arts Vancouver PuSh Festival is back! (various venues, Jan 17–Feb 3).

Need to improve your leadership style? Two things you can do right now.

Have a great weekend and enjoy some time outdoors!

Jacqueline

“Perhaps the greatest long-term potential of AI in health systems is the development of a massive data infrastructure to support nearest-neighbor analysis, another application of AI used to identify ‘digital twins.’ If each person’s comprehensive biologic, anatomic, physiologic, environmental, socioeconomic, and behavioral data, including treatment and outcomes, were entered, an extraordinary learning system would be created.”

Eric J. Topol on High-Performance Medicine: The Convergence of Human and Artificial Intelligence. A 2019 must-read!

“Building learning organizations requires basic changes in thinking and behaviour that overturn conventional and reactionary beliefs. Shifting from a fragmented, competitive and reactive organization to one that is systemic, cooperative and creative also requires a ‘Galilean shift’ toward building ‘communities of commitment.’ In this regard, commitment goes beyond personal loyalty to include a commitment to societal changes through one’s organization.”

Fred Kofman & Peter Senge on Communities of Commitment: The Heart of Learning Organizations.