Graduate Report
From September 16th – 20th, the Family Medicine Graduate Programs held a very successful launch of the 2024-25 academic year with the on-site portion. There were 7 Masters and 2 PhD students present from across Canada and internationally (e.g. Nigeria, Brazil, Qatar).
During the awards reception the Dr. Wm. Victor Johnston Award, Dr. Martin J. Bass Award in Family Medicine and the Dr. John F. Sangster Graduate Studies Family Medicine Award were given to Drs. Aline de Souza Oliveira and Omolara Lewechi-Uke, Drs. Faria Rubab and Craig Olmstead and Drs. Chioma Onuoha and Makoto Kaneko, respectively. We were extremely pleased to have Gail Bass, the wife of the late Dr. Martin Bass and Toula Gerace-Sangster, the wife of the late Dr. John F. Sangster joined us in presenting the awards. Drs. Bass and Sangster were giants in our Department of Family Medicine as Clinicians, Educators, and Researchers. Their contribution to the Graduate Programs over the years was outstanding.
Dr. Nisha Arora, a recent graduate of our MClSc Program (2023), published a paper from her thesis with her two supervisors, Drs. Sudha Koppula and Judith Belle Brown, titled “Resident and supervisor perceptions of gaining obstetrical competency in Family Medicine: a qualitative descriptive study” in the Canadian Medical Education Journal back in August. Click here for the link.
Our Master’s Program is in its 47th year and the PhD Program is in its 16th year. Together we are helping develop future teachers and researchers in Family Medicine. We have much to be proud of.
