Roundup

Please see below for the following updates:

• Reminders and instructions for Epic Systems Training registration
• AFP Innovation Fund (IF) Call for Proposals – Submission deadline August 21/24
• REMINDER: Submit your 2023/2024 Annual Activity Reports – Active Staff Members ONLY
• REMINDER: 2023/2024 Annual Activity Reports – Courtesy Staff ONLY - Please fill out the online survey

Please see below for the following updates:

• Reminders and instructions for Epic Systems Training registration
• Start winding down activities to prepare for the launch of our new EPR system
• Posting for Medical Director, Palliative Care
• WebCV Decommissioning and Transition Plan
• Story: Medical oncologist seeks to better equip the cancer care workforce around the world
• Join us in honoring Dr. Rob ‘Sarge’ Sargeant’s legacy!
• AFP Innovation Fund (IF) Call for Proposals – Submission deadline August 21/24
• REMINDER: Submit your 2023/2024 Annual Activity Reports – Active Staff Members ONLY
• REMINDER: 2023/2024 Annual Activity Reports – Courtesy Staff ONLY - Please fill out the online survey

Please see below for the following updates:

• Reminders and instructions for Epic Systems Training registration
• Status Update about the Funding of Direct Oral Anticoagulants (DOACs) under the Ontario Drug Benefit Program
• EPIC - Order set Consolidation
• AFP Innovation Fund (IF) Call for Proposals – Submission deadline August 21/24
• REMINDER: Submit your 2023/2024 Annual Activity Reports – Active Staff Members ONLY
• REMINDER: 2023/2024 Annual Activity Reports – Courtesy Staff ONLY - Please fill out the online survey
• Keep up the great work conserving blood culture bottles

Please see below for the following updates:

• Reminders and instructions for Epic Systems Training registration
• Impact to 3T MRI scanner at St. Michael's
• Order set Consolidation
• Review the new policy on Indigenous Reconciliation

Please see below for the following updates:

• Undergraduate Teaching Recruitment (Fitz Academy / GIM Clerkship)
• Message from Jonathan Fetros, VP Clinical: Orla Smith, Senior Clinical Program Director, Medicine Program and Emergency Care Program, has accepted a role at Sunnybrook
• Undergraduate Teaching Recruitment (Fitz Academy / GIM Clerkship)
• A special message from Dr. Walter Montanera
• REMINDER: Submit your 2023/2024 Annual Activity Reports – Active Staff Members
• REMINDER: 2023/2024 Annual Activity Reports – Courtesy Staff - Please fill out the online survey

Please see below for the following updates:

• Leadership Changes in the DOM as of September 1
• Reminders and instructions for Epic Systems Training registration
• Provide your CV and consent to the Elements curation team to transfer your data from WebCV
• Awards & Honours
• REMINDER: Submit your 2023/2024 Annual Activity Reports – Active Staff Members
• REMINDER: 2023/2024 Annual Activity Reports – Courtesy Staff - Please fill out the online survey

Please see below for the following updates:

• Chief Medical Resident Update
• Conserve blood culture bottles to maintain supply
• Epic Systems training registration opened in Unity Health’s Learning Management System (LMS) on June 26
• Video Link: Unboxing EPR devices
• Portfolio changes in Kidney and Metabolism Program
• Awards and Honours

Re:         Higgins Day 2024

Dear Colleagues,

At this week’s Higgins Day event, the thirty-sixth annual H. Patrick Higgins Memorial Scholarship Award of Merit was presented. This award, which is given to the resident with the best research project at the event, consists of a $2,000 prize and a plaque. The section judges this year were Jill Alston, Evelyn Cheung, Adam MacLellan, Lauren King, Ann Young,

James Marriott, Katina Tzanetos, Rachel Shupak as well Dr. Brian Higgins and Dr. Kevin Higgins.  The committee chose the winners from the 15 resident projects presented. 

I am very pleased to announce that Youstina Soliman’s presentation “Associations between socioeconomic status, insulin pump use, and diabetes outcomes among adults with type 1 diabetes in Ontario” was selected.  Her supervisor was Dr. Alanna Weisman from Mount Sinai  Congratulations, Youstina!

The award for research in urban health and substance use support called the William P. Jones III Memorial Scholarship Award was also awarded to Youstina Soliman’s for her presentation “Associations between socioeconomic status, insulin pump use, and diabetes outcomes among adults with type 1 diabetes in Ontario”.

The best presentation prize in the Quality Improvement/Education category was awarded to Mitali Chaudhary titled “Towards a Health Advocacy Curriculum for Hematology Resident Physicians”.

Research category winner is Jami Kronick for her presentation “Ultrasound-Derived Average Kidney Length for Risk Prediction in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease”.

Clinical Vignettes category winner was Petra Famiyeh for her presentation titled “Miliary Tuberculosis Presenting with Meningitis, Tuberculomas, Osteomyelitis, Psoas Abscesses and Pulmonary Involvement”

I also would like to congratulate the winners of the Murray Muirhead Awards: Yuchen Dai PGY1; Michael Youssef PGY2; and at the PGY3 level, Flora Jung. Orly Bogler, Connon Award;  Abdul Al-Hesayen the winner of the Gerald Wong Award for undergraduate teaching excellence award; and the winners of the Dr. Robert Sargeant Postgraduate education award are Seema Marwaha, Kamran Khan, Jeffrey Wang, Ophir Vinik and Laura Walker.

We have also introduced the new Divisional Subspecialty Resident Awards this year.  Congratulations to the winners:

Thank you to everyone who joined our Higgins Day event.  The presentations were of excellent caliber and I hope you enjoyed the afternoon as much as I did.

Congratulations to all!

Please see below for the following updates:

• Reminders and instructions for Epic Systems Training registration opening June 24
• Key actions to conserve blood culture bottles
• Awards and Honours
• Ontario Health Provincial Physician Lead Opportunities: Cardiac, Stroke and Vascular
• Call for Nominations- Jeffrey Lozon Physician Leadership Award

• All Physicians! How to register for Epic training in Elevate
• Announcement from PIC
• New Information - Planned SMH VPN Downtime - June 18 (9-10pm EST)
• Have your input in the next Education Strategic Plan
• City-Wide Medical Grand Rounds: Chair's Address – Wednesday, June 19, 2024 – 12:00pm -1:00pm
• Registration open: Income Support Workshop - July 22, 2024
• REMINDER: Join Us on June 14th, 4:00pm – 6:00pm  -  Interview w/ Dr. Kirsten Patrick, Editor-in-Chief of CMAJ & Networking Reception
• REMINDER: Join us for the SMH DoM - 36th Annual Higgins Day - Resident Research Event
• Internal Call for Applications: Executive Director of LKSKI

Please see below for the following updates:

• Reminder to make alternate travel arrangements in case of TTC strike
• Internal guidance for land acknowledgments at Unity Health
• Jacqueline Chen is the new Senior Clinical Program Director for the Primary & Community Care Program
• Unity Health launching new ShopIT system in July
• Planned SMH VPN Downtime - June 18 (9-10pm EST)
• Nominations for the St. Michael’s Our Shared Values Awards are open now
• Faculty Announcement | PGME Faculty Lead, Admissions & Transition
• Join us on June 14^th, 4:00pm – 6:00pm  -  Interview w/ Dr. Kirsten Patrick, Editor-in-Chief of CMAJ & Networking Reception
• Join us for the SMH DoM - 36th Annual Higgins Day - Resident Research Event
• UT DOM Annual Day