2020 edition

Richard Budgell (Labrador Inuit) was appointed as a Professor of Practice in the Department of Family Medicine in May 2020. He had a career of more than 30 years in the Government of Canada, from 2015 to 2020 as the Executive Director of the Quebec regional office of the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Indigenous Services Canada, which funds and supports health programs and services in Indigenous communities throughout Quebec. In Family Medicine, his focus is on Inuit inclusion; improving cultural safety for Inuit; developing Inuit-related curriculum; and other Indigenous subjects.

Alex M. McComber, Kanien’keha:ka is an Assistant Professor with the McGill Dept. of Family Medicine since 2017 and lecturer with the McGill Faculty of Education. He has been associated with the Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project since 1994. His areas of expertise and interest include diabetes prevention, Indigenous health promotion, youth and academic mentorship, community mobilization, personal empowerment, patient partnership in health research and Indigenous research methodology.

Workshop Learning Objectives

At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

1. Understand a framework for advancing equity and diversity in the Department of Family Medicine as it relates to Indigenous health.
2. Identify teaching practices and programs that support a culturally appropriate and safe learning environment.
3. Reflect on personal changes that could increase cultural awareness, safety and humility as it relates to Indigenous Communities.
4. Develop a list of ideas for change/new directions the department can take related to Indigenous inclusion.

Moderators

Dr. Isabelle Vedel MD, PhD is a public health physician and an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McGill University, MSc program director and co-director of research. She is also an investigator at the Lady Davis Institute at the Sir Mortimer B. Davis - Jewish General Hospital. She did her post-doctoral fellowship in health service research in chronic disease management (health care services organization, health management, information technology) at McGill University (2012). She is a FRQS Clinical Research Scholar 2 and a Dawson Scholar.

Dr. Isabelle Vedel’s research interests are mainly in health care organization and primary health care services for persons with multiple chronic diseases, particularly persons living with dementia. , She leads the pan-Canadian and international team ROSA: Research on Organization of healthcare Services for Alzheimers.

Dr. Alexandra de Pokomandy (MDCM MSc), is a clinician researcher at the McGill University Health Center and associate professor in the Department of Family Medicine of McGill Univerisity. He research program includes clinical and epidemiological studies on prevention of comorbidities in marginalised communities, with a particular focus on people living with HIV and HPV-related cancers.

Speakers

Dr. Mark Yaffe

Full Professor and Clinician Scientist; Based at St. Mary’s Hospital for 40 years; former Chief of its Department of Family Medicine and Director of its Family Medicine Centre; first full-time Post-Graduate Residency Program Director for McGill Family Medicine; Author of over 100 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters; Ad hoc manuscript reviewer for 31 journals; Editorial Board of Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect.

Dr. Peter Nugus

Dr. Peter Nugus is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Institute of Health Sciences Education. He is, with Dr. Jeannie Haggerty, Co-Director of the McGill Primary Care Practice-based Research Network. He is a sociologist and ethnographer, researching care coordination, work-based learning, organizational change, policy as practice, and research skill development.

Dr. Tracie Barnett

Dr Barnett is FRQS Senior Career Award Scholar trained in Epidemiology and Health Promotion, and is on the executive committee of the Cardiometabolic, Diabetes and Obesity Research Network. The overarching aim of Dr. Barnett’s program of research focuses on investigating the influence of features of built and social environments on ​lifestyle behaviors and how these can be leveraged to promote health.

Dr. Amalia Issa

Amalia M. Issa, PhD, MPH is an internationally renowned scientist and founding Director of the Personalized Precision Medicine & Targeted Therapeutics CenterTM, one of the world’s first entities in this field. She is currently a tenured Professor and formerly Chair of Health Policy & Public Health at the University of the Sciences and an Adjunct Professor of Family Medicine at McGill, where she enjoys collaborating with wonderful colleagues and mentoring graduate students. For more than 20 years, Dr Issa has led a multidisciplinary team effort to investigate the integration of precision medicine into healthcare delivery. Notably, Dr. Issa pioneered precision medicine decision science, and developed innovative tools for studying decision making about precision medicine technologies. She envisions a future where precision medicine leads to fewer people suffering from the global burden of serious adverse drug reactions. She has served in several academic leadership roles, has numerous publications and presentations, and has received many awards and honours for her work, including most recently being named to the list of Canadian Women in Global Health.

Dr. Roland Grad

Roland Grad is a practicing family doctor and clinician-scientist. His research centers around knowledge translation and medical education, with a focus on how health professionals use research-based information.

Christian Ruchon

Christian Ruchon obtained his Master’s degree at the Department of Family Medicine at McGill University where he studied the occurrence of evidence reversal in randomized controlled trials relevant to primary care. He now works as a Knowledge Translation Coordinator for the Method Development component of the Quebec SPOR SUPPORT Unit. Christian is passionate about quality improvement, research literacy, and evidence-based medicine.

Dr. Bertrand Lebouché

Bertrand Lebouché, MD, PhD est chercheur-clinicien, spécialiste en soins primaires pour les personnes vivant avec le VIH et/ou l’hépatite C dans le service des maladies virales chroniques à l'hôpital Glen au CUSM. Il est aussi professeur agrégé dans le département de médecine de famille à l'université McGill. Il développe actuellement une nouvelle mesure patient connectée et adapte une application mobile OPAL pour améliorer le parcours de soins VIH et suivre les patients COVID-19 à distance.

Dr. Anne Cockcroft

Dr Cockcroft is a professor in the Department of Family Medicine. She is a physician with a background in respiratory and occupational medicine. Her participatory research with disadvantaged groups, mainly in Africa and Asia, has a focus on integrated knowledge translation and exchange. Her recent work includes prevention of gender violence and HIV and male involvement to improve maternal and child health.

Dr. Alayne Adams

Alayne Adams, PhD, is an Associate Professor and Population and Global Health Program Director in the Department of Family Medicine. Her work focuses on understanding and addressing health and healthcare inequities, both locally and globally.

Dr. Pierre Pluye

Pierre Pluye MD PhD is Professor, Department of Family Medicine, McGill University; Associate Member of the School of Information Studies, McGill University; Director, Method Development, Quebec SPOR SUPPORT Unit (Patient Oriented Research); and Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. He has expertise in mixed methods research and mixed studies reviews (including quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods studies). His research program is aimed to better understand and improve web-based information outcomes on clinicians, managers, patients and the public.

Workshop learning objectives

At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

-Identify various research projects in the Department of Family Medicine

-Recognize the novel contribution of these projects to the discipline of Family Medicine

-Describe the impact of research findings on clinical care

Dre  Thériault : diplômée en médecine de l’Université de Montréal, Dre  Thériault a terminé sa résidence en médecine de famille à l’Université McGill en 1996, puis a complété un diplôme en soins de santé factuels de l’Université d’Oxford en 2013.

De 2016 à 2019, elle a occupé le poste de vice-doyenne adjointe à la Formation médicale décentralisée de la Faculté de médecine, chargée de superviser la formation des étudiants et résidents dans les milieux d’enseignement en régions rurales ou isolées. Elle œuvre depuis plus de 19 ans comme clinicienne enseignante en médecine de famille en Outaouais et comme médecin-conseil en santé publique à la direction de la santé publique de l’Outaouais. En 2016, elle a également été directrice des services professionnels du CSSS de Gatineau.

Elle siège au Groupe d’étude canadien sur les soins de santé préventifs et est coresponsable des soins primaires pour Choisir avec soin Canada, en plus de s’impliquer dans la version française du programme « Practicing Wisely ».

Depuis 2019, elle est directrice du volet Rôle du médecin et experte de contenu en épidémiologie et médecine factuelle au Campus Outaouais.

Neb Kovacina, MDCM, CCFP, MHSc, est médecin de famille et enseignant au GMF-U St Mary’s. Il est le directeur du programme d’Amélioration continue de la qualité au département de médecine familiale de l’Université McGill. En 2017, il a terminé une maîtrise en administration des services de santé à l’Université de Toronto, avec un projet en télémédecine et autres approches innovatrices dans l’organisation des soins au Women’s College Hospital. Ses intérêts sont la co-gestion clinico-administrative, le leadership médical et l’équité en santé.

En 2020, il a travaillé comme médecin-coordonnateur au CHSLD Grace Dart à Montréal et comme médecin-conseil pour la brigade PCI-Biosécurité de la Direction régionale de santé publique de Montréal. Il continue à travailler sur le terrain en support à la brigade de la DRSP pour faciliter l’implantation des principes de la biosécurité dans les CHLSD de la région de Montréal.

Dre Dominique Archambault est un médecin de famille attachée au GMF-U de Châteauguay depuis son ouverture en 2009.

Diplômée de l'Université de Montréal en médecine de famille en 1991, elle a fait carrière comme clinicienne à l'hôpital Anna Laberge de Châteauguay jusqu'à tout récemment. Elle a pratiqué à l'hospitalisation, à l'urgence, aux soins palliatifs et en gériatrie active. Elle fût impliquée entre autres comme Chef de Département de Médecine générale de l'hôpital et en formation médicale continue. Elle fût directrice médicale du GMF U Jardins Roussillon de Châteauguay de 2009 à 2019. En plus de sa pratique active comme clinicienne et enseignante au GMF U Jardins-Roussillon, elle est actuellement Directrice de la Formation Médicale Décentralisée, attachée au Département de Médecine de Famille de l'Université McGill, et s'intéresse aux divers enjeux de la formation et de la relève médicale en milieu rural.

François Venne est médecin de famille et professeur adjoint de clinique au Département de médecine de famille de l’Université McGill. Il enseigne aux résidents en médecine de famille du GMF-U de la Vallée-de-l’Or depuis 2018. Il pratique à l’hospitalisation, en gériatrie, en soins palliatifs ainsi qu’en médecine des toxicomanies.

Workshop Learning Objectives

At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

-Summarize clinical innovations in the Department of Family Medicine

-Analyse the impact of clinical innovations on patient care

Julie Kristof holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from McGill University and an MBA from the University of Toronto. She has been a professional in the area of Communications & Strategic Planning since 1995, working in Toronto, Halifax, and Montreal for a variety of major public and private sector clients. She is the proud mother of two children, one of whom has significant medical issues.

Julie has been involved in community since her teens and her role as a health advocate became more prominent with her daughter’s illness. She is heavily involved in the Montreal Jewish Genetic Disease Fund, working to raise awareness of genetic disease and improve access to testing (www.testjgd.com). Since the beginning of the pandemic she has been virtually navigating the health and education systems to advocate for her daughter.

Emma Glaser recently graduated from her family medicine residency at Saint-Mary’s hospital, at McGill. She completed her medical training at the University of Montreal with an MD-MSc. Her clinical research focuses on patient-professional communication, specifically evaluating tools and communication skills that promote patient empowerment. Emma is currently working with the team for capacity building at Réseau-1 Quebec (a primary care research network) and is creating a podcast with them in order to critically appraise primary care research. After her fellowship in maternal-child health, Emma will start her practice at the GMF-U Bordeaux-Cartierville at the University of Montreal, where she will pursue teaching, research and her clinical work.

Ms. Diana Colby is Director of Communications at McGill University’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Diana has more than 30 years of communications experience in the public and private sectors, 12 of which have been with McGill. Her expertise spans organizational communications, public relations, media strategy, branding, marketing and issues management. She currently leads a team of eight professionals, offering services from web, graphic design and social media through to story writing and translation. She also oversees and liaises with 10 satellite communicators located in the Faculty’s schools and units. Prior to joining McGill, Diana was Manager/Strategic Advisor, Communications, for a major aerospace organizatoin. She is a graduate of Concordia University: BA, Specialization – Communications & Journalism; Certificate, Teaching English as a Second Language; Certificate, Digital Photography; Diploma, Digital Imaging.

Workshop Learning Objectives

At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

-Explain the specific communication challenges we face with the rapid transition to a virtual clinical environment and on-line teaching.

-Describe three skills that are important to effective online communication in teaching, research, or patient care.

-Identify two changes you could make to improve your online communication skills.