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December 7, 2022 Family Medicine Grand Rounds - Contemporary approaches to the initiation of buprenorphine-naloxone and depot buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid use disorder
Please join us for Family Medicine Grand Rounds on Wednesday, December 7, to be held via Microsoft TEAMS from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Adam Rocker MD, CCFP (Addiction Medicine) will present, "Contemporary approaches to the initiation of buprenorphine-naloxone and depot buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid use disorder."November 24, 2022 Primary Care Obstetrics Grand Rounds - Clinical, Biochemical and Ultrasound Screening for Preeclampsia and Fetal Growth Restriction
Please join us for Primary Care Obstetrics Grand Rounds on Thursday, November 24, 2022 to be held via Microsoft TEAMS (webinar) from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Lauren Columbus RM and Harrison Banner MD MSc FRCSC will present, "Clinical, Biochemical and Ultrasound Screening for Preeclampsia and Fetal Growth Restriction."November 3, 2022 Palliative Care Grand Rounds - The Changing Face of Palliative Care: Moving from End-of-Life Care to Early Integration
Please join us for Palliative Care Grand Rounds on Thursday, November 3 to be held via ZOOM from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Visiting Professor Dr. Eduardo Bruera will present, "The Changing Face of Palliative Care: Moving from End-of-Life Care to Early Integration."November 2, 2022 Family Medicine Grand Rounds - An Overview of Symptom Management in Patients with End Stage Renal Disease
Please join us for Family Medicine Grand Rounds on Wednesday, November 2, to be held via Microsoft TEAMS from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Kathleen Milne MD, CCFP (PC) will present, "An Overview of Symptom Management in Patients with End Stage Renal Disease."October 12, 2022 Palliative Care Grand Rounds - Moral Distress in Our Work
Please join us for Palliative Care Grand Rounds on Wednesday, October 12, to be held via ZOOM from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Bob Parke, MSW, RSW, MHSc Bioethics will present, "Moral Distress in Our Work."September 21, 2022 Annual Dr. Ian McWhinney Lecture Series
The Department of Family Medicine invites you to the annual Dr. Ian McWhinney Lecture Series. Family and Public Health Physician Specialist, Peel Region Medical Officer of Health during the COVID-19 pandemic, and incoming College of Family Physicians of Canada Executive Director & CEO, Dr. Lawrence Loh (Schulich '06), will present the 2022 McWhinney Lecture.June 22, 2022 Resident Graduation
Our Resident Graduation will be held on Wednesday, June 22, from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. This event will be virtual and will take place via Zoom. More details to follow.June 20, 2022 Life as a Refugee, Building a Community for the Future
Together with our partners, the London Cross Cultural Learner Centre, we will come together to mark World Refugee Day. Western Family Medicine Faculty Dr. Bhooma Bhayana will chair the panel discussion, Dr. Allison Henderson will lead the refugee clinic workshop, and Dr. Kevin Pottie will present on refugee participatory health research and share new guidance for Ukrainian refugees.June 9, 2022 Primary Care Obstetrics Grand Rounds - Progesterone Use for Spontaneous Preterm Birth Prevention
Please join us for Primary Care Obstetrics Grand Rounds on Thursday, June 9, to be held via ZOOM from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Dr. Dorothy Mitkowski will present, "Progesterone Use for Spontaneous Preterm Birth Prevention."June 8, 2022 Resident Project Day
Family Medicine residents will present their projects and commend their achievements at Resident Project Day in June each year. The event hosts up to 200 individuals (family physicians, fellow residents, medical students, allied health professionals and staff) and is an opportunity to bring our distributed teaching sites together and to celebrate the success of our resident projects.June 8, 2022 Palliative Care Grand Rounds - What is it Good For? The Use of Ketamine in Palliative Care
Please join us for Palliative Care Grand Rounds on Wednesday, June 8, to be held via ZOOM from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Drs. Sumeet Bhardwaj and Brendan Cassidy will present, "What is it Good For? The Use of Ketamine in Palliative Care."June 2, 2022 Geriatric Interdisciplinary Grand Rounds - The Neurobiology of Falls
Please join us for Geriatric Interdisciplinary Grand Rounds on Thursday, June 2, to be held via Microsoft Teams from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. Manuel MonteroOdasso will present, "The Neurobiology of Falls."June 1, 2022 Grand Rounds in Family Medicine: Racial Differential Attainment in Medical Education
Please join us for Grand Rounds in Family Medicine on Wednesday, June 1, to be held via ZOOM from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Dr. Anjali Menezes will present, "Racial Differential Attainment in Medical Education."May 18, 2022 Schulich Medicine & Dentistry Awards of Excellence 2022
Join us at the 2022 Awards of Excellence Dinner as we come together to honour the outstanding talent found at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry. Together, we'll enjoy a three-course meal as we celebrate the achievements of fellow faculty and staff.May 12, 2022 Geriatric Interdisciplinary Grand Rounds - Dance Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease
Please join us for Geriatric Interdisciplinary Grand Rounds on Thursday, May 12, to be held via WebEx from 8:00-9:00 a.m. Dr. Jessica Grahn will present, "Dance Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease."May 11, 2022 Palliative Care Journal Club
Please join us for Palliative Care Journal Club on Wednesday, May 11, 2022 to be held via Zoom Videoconferencing from 8:30-9:30 a.m. Sumeet Bhardwaj will present, "Take a “Trip” Down Meaning Lane: The Impact of Psilocybin on Existential."May 11, 2022 Annual Clinical Day in Family Medicine
The 30th Annual Clinical Day in Family Medicine presented by the Citywide Department of Family Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, St. Joseph's Health Care London and the Department of Family Medicine at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University.May 4, 2022 Grand Rounds in Family Medicine - Motivating, Sustaining, and Evolving Family Physician Leaders
Please join us for Grand Rounds in Family Medicine on Wednesday, May 4, to be held via ZOOM from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Judith Belle Brown, will present, "Motivating, Sustaining, and Evolving Family Physician Leaders."April 13, 2022 Palliative Care Grand Rounds - Children at the Bedside: Preparing Kids for the Death of Someone They Care About
Please join us for Palliative Care Grand Rounds on Wednesday, April 13, to be held via Zoom from 8:30-9:30 a.m. Andrea Warnick, RN, MA, Registered Psychotherapist, will present, "Children at the Bedside: Preparing Kids for the Death of Someone They Care About."April 7, 2022 Geriatric Interdisciplinary Grand Rounds - Alzheimer Society Southwest Partners: Your First Link Partner in Dementia Care in Elgin, Middlesex, and Oxford
Please join us for Geriatric Interdisciplinary Grand Rounds on Thursday, April 7, to be held via WebEx from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. Leanne Turner, Nancy O’Regan and Jenn Pruder, will present, "Alzheimer Society Southwest Partners: Your First Link Partner in Dementia Care in Elgin, Middlesex, and Oxford."April 6, 2022 Geriatric Mental Health Education Series
Join us for Geriatric Mental Health Education Series, Serious Mental Illness & Dementia, on Wednesday, April 6, at 10:00 a.m. via Zoom.April 6, 2022 Grand Rounds in Family Medicine - PEER Simplified Guideline: Management of Chronic Pain in Primary Care
Please join us for Grand Rounds in Family Medicine on Wednesday, April 6, to be held via ZOOM from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Jennifer P. Young and Samantha Moe will present, "PEER Simplified Guideline: Management of Chronic Pain in Primary Care."March 30, 2022 Resident Assessments of their Clinical Supervisors: Do they Impact Teaching and Learning?
Join us on Wednesday, March 30, for our monthly Family Medicine Faculty Development session via Zoom. Dr. Kathryn Myers will present, "Resident Assessments of their Clinical Supervisors: Do they Impact Teaching and Learning?"March 10, 2022 Primary Care Obstetrics Grand Rounds: Skin-to-Skin Contact in Cesarean Section: Providing Evidence-based Care
Please join us for Primary Care Obstetrics Grand Rounds on Thursday, March 10, to be held via ZOOM (webinar) from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Meagan Furnivall, RM, MSc, will present, "Skin-to-Skin Contact in Cesarean Section: Providing Evidence-based Care."March 9, 2022 Palliative Care Grand Rounds - Neuropalliative Care and Advanced Atypical Parkinsonism
Please join us for Palliative Care Grand Rounds on Wednesday, March 9, to be held via Zoom from 8:30-9:30 a.m. Dr. Teneille Gofton, Associate Professor, MD FRCPC, will present, "Neuropalliative Care and Advanced Atypical Parkinsonism".March 3, 2022 Western Day
Western Day is celebrated every year around the anniversary of the University’s founding in 1878. It’s a time for alumni, students, faculty and staff – wherever they are in the world – to come together and be #purpleandproud.March 3, 2022 Geriatric Interdisciplinary Grand Rounds - Spinal Stenosis and Rehabilitation
Please join us for Geriatric Interdisciplinary Grand Rounds on Thursday, March 3, to be held via WebEx from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. Tom Miller will present, "Spinal Stenosis and Rehabilitation".March 2, 2022 Grand Rounds in Family Medicine - Indigenous Health in the London Area
Please join us for Grand Rounds in Family Medicine on Wednesday, March 2, to be held via ZOOM (webinar) from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Representatives from the Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre and Atlohsa Family Healing Services will present, "Indigenous Health in the London Area".February 23, 2022 Practice-based Research Network Session #2
Join us on Wednesday, February 23, for our monthly Family Medicine Faculty Development session via Zoom. Drs. Sonny Cejic, Bridget Ryan, Amanda Terry will present, "Practice-based Research Network Session #2."February 9, 2022 Palliative Care Journal Club
Please join us for Palliative Care Journal Club on Wednesday, February 9, to be held via Zoom Videoconferencing from 8:30-9:30 a.m. Phillip Tremblay, MD CCFP (PC) will present, "An Immigrant's Journey: Does where you're from affect what your end-of-life journey looks like?"February 3, 2022 Geriatric Interdisciplinary Grand Rounds – St. Joseph’s Post-Acute Covid-19 Program
Join us on Thursday, February 3, 2022, for Geriatric Interdisciplinary Grand Rounds to be held via WebEx from 8:00-9:00 a.m. Shannon McGuire and Dana Bergman, will present, "St. Joseph’s Post-Acute Covid-19 Program".February 2, 2022 Grand Rounds in Family Medicine - Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Join us on Wednesday, February 2, for Grand Rounds in Family Medicine to be held via Zoom from 8:30-9:30 a.m. Dr. Tania Rubaiyyat, MD, CFPC, Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine Clinical Team Leader, Byron Family Medical Centre, will present, "Irritable Bowel Syndrome".January 26, 2022 Western University Family Medicine Resident Q&A
Join us on Wednesday, January 26, for a Q&A with current family medicine residents at Western University.January 19, 2022 Western University Family Medicine Information Session #2
Join our Program Directors and Residents to learn more about Western University's Family Medicine Residency Program. This session will include both a live presentation and Q&A period.January 14, 2022 The Active Ingredient: why -- now more than ever -- physical activity needs to be a public health priority
Join us on Friday, January 14, from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. for a Schulich New Faculty Lecture to be held via ZOOM meeting. Dr. Jane Thornton and Dr. Saverio Stranges, will present, "The Active Ingredient: why -- now more than ever -- physical activity needs to be a public health priority".January, 6, 2022 SGS Geriatric Grand Rounds
Please join us for SGS Geriatric Grand Rounds on January 6, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. via WebEx.January 5, 2022 Family Medicine Grand Rounds - Assessing Fitness to Drive in Dementia by Family Physicians
Join us on Wednesday, January 5, from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. for Family Medicine Grand Rounds to be held via ZOOM meeting. Dr. Mark Rapoport, MD, FRCP, will present, "Assessing Fitness to Drive in Dementia by Family Physicians".
