Nia Kang is a PhD candidate in the Department of Family Medicine at McGill University. Her dissertation positions statistical indices as conditional interpretations shaped by context, as opposed to their conventional perception of being objective and intrinsic properties. She is co-supervised by Prof. Tibor Schuster and Prof. Isabelle Vedel. Her PhD was supported by the Alzheimer Society of Canada Doctoral Research Award.

Optimization and Impact: Advancing Research, Teaching and Leadership in Family Medicine
The Department of Family Medicine’s Retreat is an annual event that brings together faculty members, researchers and clinicians to connect, collaborate and reflect on the future of family medicine. The retreat features keynote presentations, panel discussions, workshops and team-building activities that promote innovation in our discipline. This year's theme is titled Optimization and Impact: Advancing Research, Teaching and Leadership in Family Medicine.

This event is organized by our Distributed Medical Education (DME) team and will highlight the unique value of rural teaching, followed by two engaging sessions to strengthen your teaching skills.
Registration will open end of August/September.
Date, time and location
We will be hosting an online rural retreat this year.
When: Friday October 23 at 8 am to 12 pm.
Where: Online via Zoom.
Learning Objectives
At the end of the activity, I will be able to:
The Special Joint Grand Rounds in Medicine, Psychiatry and Family Medicine are an accredited group learning activity as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
To learn more about the Bergman/Pilon Lectureship in Aging, please visit: https://healthenews.mcgill.ca/launching-the-annual-bergman-pilon-lecture...
This book club–style discussion will explore caregiving as a foundational aspect of family medicine, encouraging reflection on the meaning of care in both professional and personal contexts while considering how patient-centred approaches can be integrated into clinical practice, research and teaching.
Event title: The Soul of Care
Speaker: Arthur Kleinman, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Anthropology at Harvard University.
Date: Wednesday November 4, 12 - 1.30 p.m.