Please see below for the following updates:

• Chief Medical Residents Update
• EPAs in the MD Program
• SMH DOM Awards
• Announcements – February 2023 (Congratulations to, New Division Head of Respirology, Postings)
• Compensation for COVID-19 related work for February 2023 - Due March 3rd, 2023

We are very pleased to announce that Daniel Huang has been selected to be our 2024-2025 Chief Resident.

Orly Bogler will be our incoming Chief Resident for the next academic year 2023-2024.

A very special thanks to our current Chief, Grace Wang.  The Chief Residents are a key part of the medicine residency team, providing invaluable leadership, teaching and support for our trainees. Our incoming chiefs join a strong tradition of resident leadership, and we look forward to their contributions to the Department of Medicine.

Dear Colleagues:

The MD Program is embarking on a 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.

Similar to EPAs in PGME, the MD program will be using Elentra as the IT platform. The guideline is for 50% of EPAs to be completed by faculty, with the remainder to be completed by residents, fellows and clinical associates. The MD program and PGME have collaborated to align the workflow and processes associated with EPA completion. However, it should be noted that clerks will be rated on a 4-point rating scale (as opposed to the 5-point scale in PGME), and no milestones are assessed.

A newsletter, together with Qs and As, for residents and fellows is attached. Questions related to this initiative can be directed to the MD Program Office of Evaluation and Assessment.

Sincerely,

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]

Congratulations to…

• New Division Head of Respirology
• Postings

Congratulations to…

• Anne Stephenson, who received a research grant and two prestigious awards from Cystic Fibrosis Canada!

o   Her 3-year grant for her research project entitled: “Getting older and wiser: the complexities of ageing with cystic fibrosis”

o   2023 Cathleen Morrison Research Impact Award

o   Robbie Awardee for Most Promising New Research Project

• Reena Pattani, Reza Vosoughi, Vera Dounaevskaia, Dharini Mahendira, Kevin Gough, Jason An and Martin Schreiber who have all received a University of Toronto MD Program Teaching Award of Excellence for the 2021-2022 academic year
• Ahmed Bayoumi, who has been awarded the Fondation Baxter and Alma Ricard Chair in Inner City Health for a second term
• Camilla Wong, who was awarded the Dr. Vincent J. Hughes Humanitarian Award from the Medical Staff Association at St. Michael's Hospital
• Malika Sharma, who is the recipient of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine’s 2023 Robert Sheppard Award for Health Equity and Social Justice
• Karen Burns, who was chosen by the American Thoracic Society (ATS) Awards Committee to receive the annual ATS Recognition Award for Scientific Accomplishments at the ATS 2023 International Conference in Washington, DC.

Division of Respirology Update

Congratulations to Chris Li who is the successful candidate for the role of Head, Division of Respirology at SMH. Chris has been a leader in postgraduate education for the division over the past ten years, implementing many improvements to optimize the learner experience.  As a Clinician Teacher, Chris has been involved with the education of learners at all levels and has created career pathways for them through his excellent mentorship. We are delighted that Chris will take on this next level of leadership for St. Michael’s!  Chris will transition into this role as of September 5, 2023.

Thank you to the members of the Search Committee (Chung-Wai Chow, Anju Anand, Desa Hobbs, Anne Stephenson, Nick Vozoris and Kieran McIntyre) for their thoughtful input.

And our heartfelt thanks goes out to Liz Tullis for her excellent leadership of the division for a remarkable 18 years!  We look forward to thanking Liz at this year’s DOM annual event!

Postings

Please visit https://www.smhdom.com/documents/job-postings to see positions available in the SMH DOM

Please submit your COVID hours worked for February 2023 to Jessica Comilang or Julia Stratta by end of day Friday March 3^rd.  If you do submit hours, you must complete both Schedule A & Schedule B and the total number of hours should match.  Schedules are attached.