• Announcement - Dr. John Graham, Director - Cardiac Investigation Unit
• Upgrade FortiClient VPN by Nov. 27 to avoid workflow disruption
• Reporting Patient Safety Events to Safety First- Tip Sheet
• EPIC – Project Connect
• Newly launched ARESA education and resources
• 2024 Social Responsibility Award
• Recording: Medical Grand Rounds- Documentation Practices- Melanie de Wit, UHT General Counsel – November, 22, 2023

It is with great pleasure that we announce Dr. John Graham as the Director, Cardiac Investigation Unit (CIU), St. Michael's Hospital Site of Unity Health Toronto. John brings a wealth of expertise in complex PCI and experience in the cardiac catheterization environment and has done a fantastic job as our STEMI lead. We would like to thank Dr. Neil Fam for his prior stellar leadership of the CIU. Dr. Fam, as Director, Structural Heart Program will continue to provide support and leadership to our growing program.  Together with Marie Fulcher, Clinical Leader Manager and Drs. Graham and Fam, this cardiac leadership team will work to ensure SMH and Unity Health remain a world-class destination for patients for complex PCI work, diagnostic angiography, hemodynamics assessment and structural intervention.

Please join us in congratulating John as he joins the Heart, Lung and Vascular (HLV) Leadership team and takes on this prestigious and important role.

Dr. Kim Connelly, Division Head, Cardiology

Dr. Howard Leong- Poi, Medical Director, Heart, Lung & Vascular

Desa Hobbs, Senior Director, Heart, Lung & Vascular

Unity Health has been alerted to a high-risk vulnerability with FortiClient – the VPN used by many Unity Health staff, physicians and learners to access our network systems. To mitigate this concern, all Unity Health staff, physicians and learners who use FortiClient are instructed to upgrade to the latest version of the VPN by Monday, November 27.

Instructions on how to upgrade to the latest version of FortiClient can be found in the attached document.

Please note: Staff, physicians and learners who do not upgrade to the latest version of FortiClient by Nov. 27 may experience connectivity issues. Please upgrade your VPN before Monday to avoid disruption.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Vivek Paul, Operations Leader,  IT Security.

Please refer to the Safety First Tip Sheet for Reporting Patient Safety Events.

Thank you to DOM members who have signed up for a role with the rollout of the new EPR – EPIC.  A reminder to those of you with a contracted role that pays a stipend, these funds need to flow through the SMPA as it is income.  We have learned that UHT is providing you with direct payment. Please either forward the payments to the SMPA or report the income to Jessie Zhao.  

The Council on Anti-Racism, Equity and Social Accountability (CARESA) Education Working Group is a multi-disciplinary group whose purpose is to uphold Unity Health Toronto’s vision for embedding anti-racism, equity, and social accountability (ARESA) into the culture of the organization through education and training. In 2022-2023 this Working Group’s objectives focused on developing and implementing foundational ARESA Education & Training initiatives. In addition, the office of ARESA has partnered with the Education portfolio to develop tools to support Unity Health staff, physicians, learners and volunteers to address micro-aggressions and other forms of discriminatory mistreatment in the workplace.

Click here for a briefing note for leaders with information about the Renewed Equity Orientation Module and the Mistreatment Toolkit. Please engage in these learning opportunities, integrate the tools into your workplace, and share them with your peers and teams. Please contact [email protected] for more information and additional education offerings.

Sent on behalf of Dr. Meredith Giuliani, Associate Dean, Postgraduate Medical Education, University of Toronto

Dear Colleagues,
The purpose of the Social Responsibility Award is to recognize the outstanding contributions of faculty members and postgraduate trainees in the development and/or implementation of socially responsible initiatives, programs or research related to postgraduate medical education.
 
Up to two awards will be presented annually, acknowledging one faculty member and one postgraduate trainee (resident or fellow). Each will receive a certificate with a financial prize.
 
Winners will be notified in March and faculty winners will be recognized at the Faculty’s Annual Educational Achievement Day in June 2024.
 
Eligibility for this award is as follows:

Faculty

Any faculty member, in any department, who participates in the education of postgraduate trainees at the University of Toronto.

Resident/Fellow

Any resident/fellow currently registered with PGME.

Application packages should include the Nomination Form and completed Checklist. The deadline for submission of completed packages to the PGME Office is Friday, January 19, 2024. Please submit your package by email to Arlene McKinley at [email protected]. 
 
Additional award information can be found at the PGME website. 
 
If you have any questions, contact Arlene McKinley at [email protected].

Please see the recording link for yesterday’s Grand Rounds with Melanie De Wit – UHT General Council

https://vimeo.com/887385759?share=copy

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