2015-2016 Annual Report
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Annual Report | 2015 • 2016 OUR VISION The Department of Family Medicine at Queen’s University is a leader, striving for excellence in patient-centred health care, education and research. TABLE OF CONTENTS MESSAGE FROM THE DEPARTMENT HEAD 4 ACCOLADES Department Awards and Accomplishments 5 EDUCATION Message from the Program Chief 8 Postgraduate Education PGY 1&2 13 Kingston-Thousand Islands Site 16 Belleville-Quinte Site 17 Peterborough-Kawartha Site 19 Queen’s Bowmanville-Oshawa-Lakeridge Site 21 Public Health and Preventive Medicine 22 Enhanced Skills 26 Undergraduate Education 29 CLINICAL SERVICES Queen’s Family Health Team 34 RESEARCH Centre for Studies in Primary Care 40 INSIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY MEDICINE Human Resources 48 Faculty Development 50 Faculty Recruitment 52 Information Management Committee 52 Risk Management, Physical Plant and Workplace Safety 53 Partnerships and Planning Activities 54 THE DFM IN THE COMMUNITY Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Program 56 THE DFM GLOBALLY Global Health Curriculum 60 Falkland Islands-Queen’s FM Enhanced Training Program 62 WONCA Promotes Value of Family Doctors 63 DEPARTMENT FACULTY AND STAFF 64 DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY MEDICINE Annual Report 2015 - 2016 3 MESSAGE FROM THE DEPARTMENT HEAD It has been a year of significant achievement in To our postgraduate trainees, I would like the Queen’s Department of Family Medicine, to express thanks for making this a dynamic notwithstanding unexpected funding constraints. environment in which to work. Your contributions Funding reductions are a reality. Chief among are critical to our success and to the care of our them was the failed negotiations between the patients. Ontario Medical Association and the Ministry of Dr. Shayna Watson’s exceptional leadership as Health and Long-term Care, which resulted in fee Undergraduate Program Director has contributed cuts to physician services. The department also significantly to the rewarding experience saw its educational activities’ funding tightened, Queen’s medical students enjoy in our discipline. leading us to strategically readjust our resources. Again, the role of our community preceptors in Dr. Glenn Brown With that in mind, we have begun reviewing providing superb clinical experiences is central Department Head all our activities with the view to identifying to medical education at Queen’s University. efficiencies and developing revenue streams to We also appreciate the insight and support of support our valued programs and services. While Dr. Tony Sanfilippo, Associate Dean, Queen’s I predict these current and ongoing financial Undergraduate Medicine Program, for ensuring challenges will remain with us for some time, all medical students receive an early and I remain confident that the department is well foundational family medicine experience. positioned to address them. The department’s Centre for Studies in Primary It is important to note that the adjustments we Care continues to thrive under the leadership have made have not affected the quality of our of Dr. Richard Birtwhistle. The research centre educational offerings nor restricted our clinical has successfully secured funding for a variety services. We can rise to these challenges because of projects, and we continue to see our funded of exceptional faculty and staff members who are research grow. willing and able to meet them. Our clinical program, the platform on which In her role as Postgraduate Program Director, we teach our learners, serves the needs of our Dr. Karen Schultz’s constant strive for excellence community well. Dr. Karen Hall Barber continues serves to motivate the entire education team. In to expand our clinical services, and keeps quality every conversation I have with our postgraduate improvement a priority. trainees, I am reminded that the backbone of our The department continues to receive honours education program is the exceptional teaching that reflect our leadership to our profession, our that our family physicians provide. The role of our communities, our students and our patients. community physicians in sharing their professional I encourage you to read a list of Accolades expertise and ensuring the strength of the medical (opposite) as testament to these successes. profession for future generations is remarkable. I express sincere thanks to the community Something that stands out for me this year is the physicians who continue to play this pivotal role. number of faculty members and residents who Of course, I also extend thanks to our specialist have spoken to me about our collegial working colleagues, who provide clinical experiences in our environment. It is clear that this declared goodwill teaching hospitals and our community settings. and shared commitment to our mission propel us We get tremendous feedback from our residents to support our talented, passionate colleagues. about these rotations and the continuing effort of I think we all feel honoured to play a role in this our colleagues to tailor some of their educational important enterprise, and I certainly share this time to residents’ specific needs. sentiment. 4 ACCOLADES Dr. Meg Gemmill, the department’s Intellectual and Promotions to Associate Professor Developmental Disabilities Program Director, earned Queen’s Dr. Ian Casson: Effective July 1, 2016 (Assistant Professor with Undergraduate Medical Education’s (UGME) teaching award for Queen’s Department of Family Medicine since 1989) the 2014-2015 academic year. Dr. Gemmill teaches the second- Dr. Ruth Dubin: Effective July 1, 2016 (Adjunct 1 Lecturer with year UGME Clinical and Communication Skills Program. Queen’s Department of Family Medicine from 1988 to 2011 and Dr. Michael Green, Associate Director, Centre for Studies in Adjunct 1 Assistant Professor since 2011) Primary Care, was granted a $770,000 IMPACT Award to assess Dr. Karen Hall Barber: Effective July 1, 2015 (Assistant Professor diabetes among Ontario’s First Nations peoples. The three-year with Queen’s Department of Family Medicine since 2007) project, funded through the Ontario SPOR SUPPORT Unit, is a partnership with the Chiefs of Ontario, the Northern Ontario Awards and Accomplishments School of Medicine, Nipissing University and the Institute for Dr. Richard Birtwhistle, Director of the Centre for Studies in Clinical Evaluative Studies. Dr. Green also co-authored Health Primary Care, and Dr. Walter Rosser, Chair of the Canadian and Health Care Implications of Systemic Racism on Indigenous Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network’s Surveillance and Peoples in Canada, prepared by the CFPC’s Indigenous Health Research Standing Committee (SRSC), were named among Working Group and Indigenous Physicians Association of the College of Family Physicians of Canada’s Top 20 Pioneers of Canada, in which systemic racism is identified as a major Family Medicine Research in Canada. Dr. Birtwhistle received this barrier to positive relationships between family physicians and honour in recognition of his work with the Canadian Primary Indigenous patients and their care. Care Sentinel Surveillance Network (CPSSN); Dr. Rosser for his Dr. Liz Grier, senior advisor for the department’s Intellectual research with Practice Based Research Networks (PBRNs) and and Developmental Disabilities Program, received the College research in non-university-affiliated practices. of Family Physicians of Canada’s 2015 Bruce Halliday Award for The College also bestowed upon Dr. Birtwhistle a Lifetime Care of the Disabled. This award recognizes the achievements Achievement Award in Family Medicine Research. of a family physician who is making an exceptional contribution to the welfare of the disabled in his or her community through Dr. Ian Casson co-authored a report in Intellectual and practice, teaching, research or advocacy. Developmental Disabilities about the need for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to receive regular Francine Janiuk, QFHT Nursing Manager, completed her Master health checks, and has played a lead role in developing a Health in Public Administration (MPA) degree at Queen’s. With a focus Checks toolkit to help primary health-care providers in caring for on policy analysis, development and implementation, this this patient population. The Health Checks program, developed three-year part-time program is a bridge between the worlds of by the Health Care Access Research and Developmental academia and public affairs. Disabilities (H-CARDD) program, is part of a larger research study Dr. Nadia Knarr, Belleville-Quinte site faculty member and Dr. Casson led in conjunction with the Centre for Addiction and Queen’s residency program graduate, was elected to the College Mental Health. The Health Checks program was piloted at the of Family Physicians of Canada’s 2015-2016 Board of Directors. QFHT and St. Michael’s Academic Family Health Team. Dr. Robert Webster, Site Director, Belleville-Quinte site, Sherri Elms, QFHT pharmacist, and Dr. Karen Hall Barber, was one of 40 physicians accepted into the Ontario Medical QFHT lead physician, received their Master of Science in Association-Canadian Medical Association Physician Leadership Healthcare Quality (MScHQ) at Queen’s. This interdisciplinary Development Program for 2015-2016. This master’s program was part-time program specializes in linking theory and practice established in 2010 to address the ongoing physician leadership in quality, risk and safety in health care. It’s the only program needs within the OMA, as well as to create a community of