Department of Medicine Weekly Roundup - Thursday March 16

Please see below for the following updates:

• SMH Rheumatology Division Head
• Complete your CMaRS annual re-appointment by March 31
• March Launch of EPAs in the MD Program
• SMH DFCM Grand Rounds
• New video chat application available on bedside terminals at St. Michael’s
• Education Opportunity - Patient Safety Education Modules
• Reminder: SMH DOM Awards - Deadline: March 31, 2023
• Reminder: Nominations for Murray Muirhead Awards – Deadline: April 14, 2023

Dear Colleagues,

Please join me in congratulating Dharini Mahendira who is the successful candidate for the role of Head, Division of Rheumatology at SMH. We are very fortunate to have Dharini in this role and I know that under her leadership and with the amazing individuals in this Division, the future of the Division is extremely bright! Dharini’s skilled teaching and leadership will be terrific assets in this role. Moreover, her links nationally will facilitate recruitment to the Division! As Dharini has been Interim Head since July 2022, she will transition into this role immediately.

Thank you to the members of the Search Committee (Heather McDonald-Blumer, Laurie Thomas, Stephanie Yang and Ophir Vinik) for their thoughtful input.

Sincerely,

Sharon

CMaRS annual re-appointments for 2023-24 will go live the week of Feb. 21. The deadline to complete is March 31.

The following courses will be mandatory for reappointment and, if completed as of Dec. 1, 2022, will be counted on CMaRS: 

• Fire Safety and Security
• WHMIS and Health and Safety
• Integrated Privacy and Cyber Security
• Domestic Violence

To complete the modules, please visit the Learning Centre and log in using your profession and license information as follows:

• Physicians: “md” + License Number (i.e. md12345)
• Midwives: “mw” + License Number (i.e. mw12345)
• Dentists: “dd”  + License Number (i.e. dd12345) 

For LMS password resets please contact Medical Affairs:

• St. Michael’s and St. Joseph’s: Narisha Jiwa
• Providence: Tracy Pellerin

 Please note the following information to make your experience seamless:

• Please use Google Chrome browser
• Disable pop-up blockers
• Do not access through Forti-token remote access, please login directly to the public site

To disable pop-up blockers in Google Chrome:

• Click the open menu button (three vertical dots) in the upper right
• Select “settings”
• Scroll to the “Privacy and Security” section and then click “Site Settings”
• Click “Pop-ups and Redirects”
• Click “Site can send pop-ups and use redirects”
• Close and relaunch Google Chrome

 Dear Colleagues,

Further to our February communication, the MD Program has launched their pilot of Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) for clerkship students beginning in March 2023 with a plan for full implementation as of September 2023. 

There are 12 EPAs for clerkship students developed by the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC), common to all specialties.

The March newsletter is attached, and more details can be found here.  Questions related to this initiative can be directed to the MD Program Office of Evaluation and Assessment at [email protected]

Sincerely,

Dear DoM Members,

The SMH DFCM are looking for presenters for their Grand Rounds which occur at least two Thursdays a month, from 8:00-9:00am. 

Over the years, your departments have contributed enormously to the provision of stimulating, relevant and engaging Grand Rounds to the family physicians in our department as well as to our colleagues at St. Joe's and in the community. They are often attended by our family medicine residents and many health discipline colleagues.  

If you would like any additional information, please feel free to contact me or our wonderful Grand Rounds administrator Ed Ang ([email protected]). We are happy to help find a suitable date for presentations and answer any questions.

Kindest regards,

Thea 

As of March 13, all integrated bedside terminals (IBTs) at St. Michael’s have a free new application called ‘Family Video Chat,’ which allows patients to video chat with friends and family through the terminal. With the app launched, patients can obtain and share a link with their loved ones, which will generate a new video chat.

All Clinical Leader Managers at St. Michael’s have been informed of the new app and received a variety of education materials. If you have any questions, please connect with your CLM or reach out to our IBT vendor, Health Hub, at 1-866-223-3686.

We are excited to announce the launch of 3 Patient Safety Education Modules.  Open to all staff and physicians, these interactive and virtual Modules were created to build knowledge in Patient Safety and help apply a Patient Safety lens to our day-to-day work.

1. Patient Safety Culture – Wednesday March 29 2023, 1pm-2pm

2. Human Factors – Wednesday April 26 2023, 1pm-2:30pm

3. Patient Safety Event Review – Wednesday May 31 2023, 1pm-2pm

Each Module has a specific focus and staff can register for one, two or all three. You do not need to attend Module 1 to attend Module 2 or 3; a participation certificate is granted for each Module completed. In addition, participants are awarded a patient safety Lanyard Pin if all 3 Modules are attended.

Please see attached flyer for Zoom registration details, and please share broadly with your staff.

Many thanks!

Warmly

Johanna

A reminder that nominations are being accepted for the Dr. Michael Freeman Award for Integrity and Professionalism, the Dr. Michael Ward Award for Mentorship, and the SMHDOM Master Clinician Award.  You are encouraged to take a moment to consider who amongst your colleagues would be honoured by a nomination for one of these awards! More information can be found here: https://www.smhdom.com/awards  and attached.

The deadline for nominations is March 31, 2023 for all 3 awards. If you have any questions, please reach out to [email protected]

Dear Members of the Department of Medicine,

A Reminder that the nominations for the Murray Muirhead Award are being accepted.  The Murray Muirhead Award rewards those who demonstrate the qualities which he exemplified: exceptional clinical skills, academic excellence and humanity in the practice of medicine. Please see the attached file to read about his life. Three awards are given out annually to one resident at each of the PGY1, PGY2 and PGY3 levels. 

The awards are determined based on the combined opinions of both the housestaff and the attending staff. For the residents, only those based at St. Michael's Hospital are eligible to receive and vote for the award. Please rank up to 3 individuals who you feel best demonstrate the qualities described above at each of the three levels and return your response by email [email protected] by April 14.