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For those of you who were unable to attend the Everything about Electives Talk held on Friday, you can still listen to this talk as we audio-recorded the session (you will need to turn up the volume!). The file can be accessed by downloading it from:http://www.sendspace.com/file/cx868z.
Please let us know if you have any problems accessing the file.
Cheers,
Alex & Faazil
MAA Lounge (MSB):
Monday 11:30-1
Tuesday 12-1
Wednesday 11-1
Thursday 12-1
Toronto General Hospital (Main lobby)
Friday 12-3
Monday Jan 19 12-3
St. Michael’s Hospital (Victoria Lobby)
Friday 12-3
Monday Jan 19 12-3
If you have any questions, please direct them to meds1t2@gmail.com.
Thank you,
Mathew and Melanie
1T2 Class Presidents
Here is a topic list of the upcoming Career Nights that we will be organizing in conjunction with the Office of Student Affairs (Diana Alli and Carol Bisnath), 1T2 Class Presidents (Mel Beswick and Mat Leonardi), and the Program Directors of Postgraduate Medical Education.
Program directors have been asked to provide short presentations on their specialty, focusing on important issues including:
-what practice life is like
-lifestyle expectations
-financial/academic/medical satisfaction and benefits
-advantages and disadvantages
-academic vs. community practice
-job shadowing experiences and key staff to contact
-mentorship opportunities with residents
Monday January 12
-Emergency Medicine
-Opthalmology
-Otolaryngology (ENT)
-Radiation Oncology
Monday January 19
-Surgery: Cardiac, General, Neuro, Orthopedic, Plastic, Thoracic, Urology
Monday January 26
-Dermatology
-Occupational Medicine
-Neurology
-Pediatric Neurology
-Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
-Psychiatry
Monday February 2
-Family Medicine
-Community Medicine
-Obstetrics & Gynecology
Monday February 9
-Internal Medicine
-Geriatric Medicine
-Nuclear Medicine
-Diagnostic Imaging
Monday February 23
-Anesthesia
-Laboratory Medicine (Pathology)
-Medical Genetics
-Pediatrics
Monday March 2
-Overview on Residency & Career Planning
Monday March 9
-Careers in Medicine
All Career Nights will take place between 5:30 to 8:00 pm, with presentations until 7:00 pm and moderated small group question sessions until 8:00 pm.
Please let us know if there are any specific questions that you want addressed in a specific presentation by emailing meds1t1@gmail.com.
Download 2007-2008 Clerkship Information Booklet here: cin-clerkship-course-info
(Taken from the Facebook Invite: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=7264684307&ref=share)
Date: Saturday, January 17, 2009
Time: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Location: University of Toronto, St. George Campus
City/Town: Toronto, ON
Contact Info
Email: healthlawconference@gmail.com
Headlines in the west cry foul over the closure of a provincial needle exchange program. Human rights advocates clash with policy makers in the south over mandatory pregnancy screening for transmissible diseases. Hospital strikes in the east protest new hiring policies in healthcare facilities. As examples of present and emerging controversies in healthcare, these scenarios depict a rapidly approaching future where changing healthcare environments pose professionally interdependent problems and, in turn, demand cross-disciplinary solutions.
Though the provision of quality health care and the intricacies of our legal system are inseparable, students of these fields are rarely adequately taught about the issues that lie at their crossroads. Indeed, the pressures on modern curricula have left little room for the exploration, education, and engagement of healthcare and law students in the intricate issues that lie at the nexus of healthcare and law. Yet never has it been more vital for future healthcare workers and lawyers to come together to gain an understanding of the perspectives unique to each profession and the potentials for collaborative solutions. While these can be addressed by working professionals, it is essential that this interaction take place now, among the students of these professions, as future collaborations on medico-legal issues will succeed only to the extent that practitioners can experientially relate to the benefits of past interactions.
The First Annual Health Law Conference
We therefore propose to host the First Annual Health Law Conference: Interprofessional Responses to Medico-Legal Challenges here at the University of Toronto. This will be a one-day conference which will bring together students from the Faculties of Nursing, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Social Work, Law, and Medicine – which includes Medicine, Speech Language Pathology, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Medical Radiation Sciences – to explore, educate, and engage them in an interprofessional dialogue focused on three key themes: Public Health, Reproductive Rights, and Healthcare Policy. Students will have the opportunity to delve into these issues with leading researchers and policy makers in each field, engage in discussions with expert panels, reinforce their learning through breakout sessions, and network with fellow students throughout the event. By encouraging these discussions between future healthcare and legal professionals, this conference will emphasize the necessary but often ignored collaboration that is not only of interest to students, but also one which is infrequently and inadequately addressed through regular curricula. Most importantly though, the sharing of thoughts and debate on the complex issues situated at the crossroads of these professions will lead to more informed and responsive healthcare teams and ultimately, improved patient care.
Which issues will this conference address?
The topic of this year’s conference is embodied in its subtitle: Interprofessional Responses to Medico-Legal Challenges. Specifically, we will explore three principle themes:
1. Public Health
When does harm reduction become harm promotion?
2. Reproductive Rights
What are the ethical implications of reproductive technologies?
3. Healthcare Policy
To what extent should euthanasia be legalized?
These three themes were chosen to encourage conference participants to view the debates and presentations included in the event as a chance to both appreciate the interdependent nature of medico-legal issues and to encourage debate on potential resolutions.
In order to inform participants of necessary background information and stimulate informed discussions, each theme will begin with a keynote speaker followed by a question and answer session led by an expert panel representing both the health and legal professions and lastly, end off with case-based breakout sessions. Question and answer periods following speaker presentations will provide students with an opportunity to voice their opinions and appreciate differing viewpoints.
Hi 1T1s,
If you are interested in purchasing a copy of Toronto Notes 2009, please make cheques payable to “The Toronto Notes for Medical Students Inc.” by November 30. In the Memo, please (proudly) identify what class you’re in.
We (Sam and Nigel) can collect your cheques whenever you see us.
If you have questions for the Chief Editors, Sagar Dugani and Danica Lam, contact them at chiefeditors@torontonotes.ca.
Hey everyone,
We wanted to pass along an update from Andrew Brown, Sr. Vice President of Education (MedSoc position), which discusses a number of curriculum initiatives he shared with us at our last Class Council meeting.
Annual Report Card on Undergraduate Medical Education
The report Card is an initiative of the Student Curriculum Evaluation Committee (SCEC). The Annual Student Report Card on Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) is a meant to serve two purposes. The first is to provide the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto with a comprehensive picture of how students perceive their institution. This will be accomplished by a student lead independent review of the medical education program, student services, the environment for learning, and the adequacy of educational resources. The second is to provide students with an account of how the university is working to meet their needs as learners. This is the first year such an initiative has been created and is posed to work hand in hand with the Faculty’s new Curriculum Evaluation Committee. The initiative will involve all members of SCEC and produce a short survey for dissemination to all four years in late January.
Transcription Referendum
In the next few weeks a student referendum will be held on the issue of grade transcription. The referendum will consist of two questions:
1. Are you adequately informed to make a choice? Yes/No
2. Are you in favour of replacing the current form of grade transcription (HPF) with Credit/No Credit for all four year of your medical education? Yes/No
Prior to the referendum, a background paper presenting the arguments for and against will be disseminated to all students. In addition, lunch time information sessions will be held to provide more information. This is a non-binding referendum and the details of the change, the new marks threshold, increasing the number of awards etc., will be debated at Faculty council after the referendum.
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