Dr. Chris Frank, who works with Queen’s Family Medicine residents in geriatrics, earned a CFPC Award of Excellence “for his outstanding work in creating and implementing innovative programs, teaching excellence and commitment to mentoring.”

 

Dr. Karen Schultz received a CFPC Award of Excellence, recognizing her “dedication in motivating and mentoring residents at Queen’s University to strive for excellence” and for her “commitment to high-quality clinical practice.”
 

Dr. Walter Rosser earned the CFPC W. Victor Johnston Award, which recognizes a renowned Canadian or international family medicine leader for continuous and enduring contributions to the specialty of family medicine in Canada or abroad. This award honours the memory of the late Dr. W. Victor Johnston, the CFPC’s first Executive Director (1954-1964). Dr. Rosser also received the CFPC’s Life Member Award for 2012.

RESIDENT AWARDS
 

Dr. Hanga Agoston (2011) earned the CFPC Family Medicine Resident Award for Scholarship, which recognizes the outstanding scholarly achievement of one resident from each faculty of family medicine across Canada. 
 

PGY3 Resident Dr. Hannah Shoichet (Emergency Medicine) received the CFPC Resident Leadership award, which recognizes the leadership abilities of outstanding senior family medicine residents from each of the 17 Canadian family medicine residency programs.

Dr. Melissa Welsh (2011) earned the CFPC Bob Robertson Award for the highest mark by a family medicine resident in the CCFP exam.

 

Dr. Jesse Wheeler (2011) earned the CFPC Research Award for Family Medicine Residents for his work titled, "Risk of Obesity at 4-6 Years among Overweight or Obese 18 Month Olds: a Community Based Cohort Study.”

STUDENT AWARDS
 

Amanda Abate (2013) earned the Nycomed/Takeda Family Medicine Scholarship. Takeda created the Family Medicine Scholarship in partnership with the Ontario College of Family Physicians as a result of a Takeda-sponsored forum, “The Family Physician Check-Up,” hosted by the OCFP in September 2003, to address the critical issue of family doctor supply in Canada.
 

Sarah LeBlanc (2013) received the Canadian College of Family Physicians Student Scholarship. This award recognizes outstanding medical students in their second-last year of undergraduate study who have demonstrated an interest or commitment to a career in family medicine. One medical student from each of the 17 Canadian medical schools receives this scholarship.
 

Melanie Rodrigues (2012) earned the Canadian College of Family Physicians Student Leadership award. This award recognizes the leadership abilities of outstanding medical students in their last year of undergraduate study. One medical student from each of the 17 Canadian medical schools receives a Leadership Award.
 

 

Are New Models of Care Fair to All Patients? A Dialogue

Trouton, K; Wilson, R

 

The Art of the Possible: Using CPCSSN Data for Primary Care Research

Keshavjee, K; Martin, K

 

Assessment-oriented Process Evaluation of QIIP Learning Collaboratives

Han, H; Kotecha, J; Webster-Bogaert, S; Paquette-Warren, J; Green, M; Harris, S; Birtwhistle, R

 

Autism Spectrum Disorder: Screening, Diagnosis and Management of Psychiatric and Physical Co-morbidities

Joyce, D; Limbos, M; Grier, E

 

Barriers to Prescribing Medical Marijuana amongst Family Physicians in Ontario

El-Korazati, A; Leung, L

 

Building Capacity through the Integration of Primary Health Care Systems – “Where” Matters

Brown, G

 

Climate Change and Health: Should We Care? Can We Make a Difference?

Abelsohn, A; Vakil, C

 

Developing a Survey to Measure Interpersonal Continuity of Care from the Physician’s Perspective

Schultz, K

 

The Development of the Canadian Primary Health Care Research & Innovation Network

Hogg, W; Kaczorowski, J; Dolovich, L; Birtwhistle, R; Godwin, M; Wong, S; Prentice, M

 

EMR-enabled Clinical Experiences for the Preceptor and Medical Student: Why Adoption Matters

Peirce, C; Bhyat, R; Barber, D; Janzen, TP

 

End-of-Life Discussions in an Academic Family Health Team in Kingston, Ontario

French, R; Zhang, W; Parks, K; Ashton, S; Dumas, M; Haider, A; Leung, L

 

Evaluating the Effectiveness of the “Nightmares” Acute Care Simulation-based Teaching Course

Gilic, F; Blagojevic, A; Epi, M; Stefan, A; Sempowski, I

 

First Five Years in Family Practice

Kerr, J; Maclean, S

 

Head Lice: A Contemporary Review of an Age-old Pest – What to Advise our Patients

Hall Barber, K

 

Impact of QIIP Learning Collaborative Program on Primary Health Care Teams: A Qualitative Study

Han, H; Kotecha, J; Belle Brown, J; Paquette-Warren, J; Yealland, J; Green, M; Harris, S; Russell, G; Webster-Bogaert, S

 

Interpreting the CTFPHC Breast Cancer Screening Guideline

Birtwhistle, R; Bell, N

 

Leadership: Team Effectiveness Using the LEADS Framework for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

DuVall, A; Kerr, J

 

Leadership: Use the LEADS Framework to Create High Morale and Productivity in the Workforce

DuVall, A; Kerr, J

 

Leveraging CPCSSN Data to Guide EMR Data Discipline: How to Improve your EMR

Barber, D; Biro, S; Kotecha, J; Kinsella, L

 

Medication Safety: Making a Case for Medication Reconciliation in Primary Care

Hall Barber, K; Elms, S

 

Optimizing Case Identification in Electronic Medical Records Database

Aghoram, R; Jackson, D; Molnar, F; Postuma, RB; Jette, N; Birtwhistle, R; Williamson, T; Lambert-Lanning, A; Grava-Gubins, I

 

Preventative Medicine for Adults with Developmental Disabilities

Grier, L; Casson, I; Kristjanson, M; Joyce, D; Gemmill, M

 

Privacy and Ethics: An Integrated Approach in Pan-Canadian Public Health Surveillance and Research

Leggett, JA; Manca, D; Kotecha, J; Lambert-Lanning, A

 

Resident Directed Half Day to Facilitate the Manager/Professional Roles and Resident Well-Being

Sempowski, I; Griffiths, J; Hodgetts, G

 

A Survey of Attitudes about the Queen’s Family Health Team Anticoagulation Management Program

Chow, A; Martin, D; Lake, R; Parent, K; Elms, S; Hall Barber, K

 

Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Secondary to Cancer-Related Pain Crisis

Singh, S

 

Taming your EMR Data: Strategies to Get Your Group Practice to Be Consistent and Uniform in Data entry and Utilization

Barber, D; Hall Barber, K

 

Teaching Medical Students and Family Medicine Residents to Care for Patients with Developmental Disabilities

Casson, I; Gemmill, M; Grier, L; Lepp, A; Wolfrom, B; Hennen, B; Sullivan, W

 

Teaching QI: From a Clinical Audit to an Experiential Program in Quality Improvement

Hall Barber, K; Martin, D

 

Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicines amongst Patients in Kingston, Ontario

Ang, J; Leung, L

 

 

A Pilot Study of the Feasibility of the Knee Osteoarthritis Surgery Triage (KOST) Tool for the Stratification of Osteoarthritis Knee Pain in Primary Care

Worley, B; Birtwhistle, R

 

 

Dr. Elizabeth Grier, as Chair of the Developmental Disabilities Program Committee of the CFPC, organized the Developmental Disabilities Networking Meeting.

 

Dr. Jonathan Kerr addressed "Transitioning from Residency to Practice" at the Family Medicine Education Forum.