September/ October 2024 Newsletter

    • Chair's Message
      It seems every year I tell myself a story that I am more organized heading into September and the fall season, and it won’t feel nearly as busy or pass as quickly as the previous year.  And then every year, September is as crazy as ever! I cannot believe we are already into the home stretch of October.

    • Undergraduate Report
      The new academic year is in full swing, and the FM UG committee is excited to be reconnecting with our class reps. This year, our London team placed 155 students into primary care practices for the Year 1 Longitudinal Clinical Experience program; Windsor placements are also being finalized. In LCE, students spend 32 hours of their first year observing patient care delivery in one generalist clinic.  Thank you to the faculty who support these early clinical learners through LCE.

    • Postgraduate Report
      The PG Team extends their congratulations and welcome to Dr. Hiba El-Fayoumi who has been appointed as the IMG Coordinator...Preceptor evaluations providing a summary of anonymized evaluations submitted by residents over the previous few years were released in August through One45...Reminder that the purpose of the Faculty Advisor Program is to provide longitudinal mentoring, and educational support and guidance for our residents. 

    • Graduate Report
      From September 16 – 20, the Family Medicine Graduate Programs held a very successful launch of the 2024-25 academic year with the on-site portion. There were seven Masters and two PhD students present from across Canada and internationally. 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.

    • Research Report
      The Department of Family Medicine is pleased to invite applications for the Unnur Brown Leadership Award in Health Policy.  The Award Criteria and Application Form can be found here. Please note, the deadline to receive applications has been extended to 11:59pm on October 30th. 

    • Department Spotlight: Melissa Veens
      The Department of Family Medicine would like to introduce Melissa Veens in the role of Postgraduate Program Coordinator Scheduling and Enhanced Skills.

    • TUTOR-PHC 2025
      This call for applications for TUTOR-PHC 2025 is open to graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, mid-career clinicians, and decision makers in primary health care.

    • Meet the Chief Residents
      Drs. Abdullah Haroon, Mohmeet Singh Brar and Rachel Haywood are the 2024/2025 Family Medicine chief residents. They serve as an important resource to the Department and resident body, and act as mentors, leaders and advocates for the program. Meet each of our resident leaders in this profile series.