In last week’s Council of the Federation meeting in Victoria, B.C., Canadian premiers announced the establishment of a Health Care Innovation Working Group to find common ground in the renewal of the health system — by July. As specialists, we have a pivotal role in the reform process and our voices must be heard. Canadians expect us to be part of the reform process.
Introducing the KeyLIME podcast : Key Literature in Medical Education
KeyLIME, the number-needed-to-listen is one.
Are you up to date with medical education literature?
The KeyLIME podcast presents important and innovative articles that will impact your approach to medical education. In clinical medicine, the number-needed-to-read (NNR) is 14. You would need to read 14 articles from the top clinical journals to find one methodologically sound, clinically important manuscript. KeyLIME does this work for you.
What is the KeyLIME podcast?
Every two weeks, for about ten minutes, Jason R. Frank, MD, MA(Ed), FRCPC, Linda Snell, MD, MHPE, FRCPC, FACP, and Jonathan Sherbino, MD, MEd, FRCPC present and discuss the key points of a medical education article. Each podcast is accompanied by a pdf abstract you can download and refer back to the key points discussed in the podcast.
Recommend resources for fellow program directors and win!
Read a research article that helped your practice? Find a good resource on assessment, curricula or faculty development? Share these recommendations with other program directors across Canada. Learn more.
MOC Program activity submissions are due January 31, 2012
Why not get a head start and log in to the new MAINPORT today. The CEO invites you to explore the many improvements we’ve made to deliver a more streamlined experience for users. You’ll find a broader range of activities, more opportunities to earn credit, and many avenues of support available to you as you get to know this new tool.
Educational Design: A CanMEDS guide for the health professions
The CanMEDS and Faculty Development Team has created a systematic yet flexible framework for developing and redesigning curricula in their latest publication Educational Design: A CanMEDS guide for the health professions. Front line medical educators, regardless of title, are frequently required to produce curricula. The challenge they face is to efficiently produce a curriculum with little training or guidance in fundamental educational design. Educational Design serves as a how-to guide on creating education programs, whether a simple workshop to a full clinical rotation. This resource covers topics from needs assessment to program evaluation as well as faculty development and overcoming barriers to change.
The Enterprise Project Management Office: Enabling the organization. Learn more
December 5, 2011
National Physician Survey (NPS)
On behalf of the National Physician Survey (NPS) partners we are pleased to share the survey results by specialty. This new data and information will be available as of December 2, 2011 on the NPS website (www.nationalphysiciansurvey.ca).
In his latest message, the CEO discusses the Royal College’s new strategic plan that will serve as a guide towards our goal of better health for Canadians. Aptly titled, The Goal That Matters Most, it describes in broad terms how the Royal College will move forward as a health-system leader during an era of growing challenges in Canadian health care. The plan includes new mission and vision statements and a refined set of key result areas.
Dr. Vivian McAlister represents the Royal College on Remembrance Day
Ottawa, Ont., November 11, 2011– Today the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada recognized and celebrated the service of all military men and women, including Fellows who have served in military conflicts, during the 2011 National Remembrance Day Ceremony in Ottawa, Ont.
Major Vivian Charles McAlister, MB, FRCSC, laid a ceremonial wreath at the National War Memorial during Canada’s largest remembrance event. A general surgeon with expertise in combat surgery, Dr. McAlister has delivered treatment to soldiers and civilians throughout Canada and abroad. He has deployed three times to Afghanistan and once to Haiti, where he worked in the Canadian Field Hospital.
The Royal College honours a long legacy of service in military conflicts, including World Wars I and II, Korea and Afghanistan. The organization is deeply proud of its many members who have or are currently sacrificing their time, energy and personal safety for their country. We are all indebted to the service of these Fellows.
October 26, 2011
Message from the CEO
The importance of scholarship…
In his latest message, the CEO discusses the importance of scholarship as a value embraced by Fellows. He also invites you to explore the new online Centre for Learning In Practice (CLIP) micro-site. The site includes a comprehensive central resource for tutorials and materials focused on continuing professional development, research skills and grants, ethics, searchable databases and datasets and evidence-based medicine, to name just a few.
In his latest message, the CEO announces the new Royal College web portal that presents you with a secure sign-in area tailored to your professional needs. You will find information pertinent to your concerns, a link to MAINPORT on every page, and links to other valuable resources such as RACs and bioethics training.
Learn more about the Royal College’s new web portal.
September 9, 2011 - ICRE
ICRE 2011 a success!
Thank you to the more than 1,500 attendees who joined us in Quebec City. More
August 31, 2011
Message from the CEO
Forging a pan-Canadian consensus on residents' duty hours
In his latest message, the CEO highlights the Royal College’s leadership in forging a pan-Canadian consensus on residents’ duty hours. This is an issue that will impact all Fellows – not just residents – as it could affect the number of hours you must devote to your practice, and ultimately patient care.
Ottawa, Ont., November 11, 2011– Today the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada recognized and celebrated the service of all military men and women, including Fellows who have served in military conflicts, during the 2011 National Remembrance Day Ceremony in Ottawa, Ont.