Edward Etchells, MD, MSc, FRCPC

Staff Internist, Women’s College Hospital & Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto

2023 Levinson Lecture

Diagnostic Thinking

Edward Etchells, MD, MSc, FRCPC

Staff Internist, Women’s College Hospital & Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto

Learning objectives:

At the end of the presentation, participants should be able to:

1. Describe the diagnostic thinking process,
2. Review common pitfalls in diagnostic thinking, and
3. Assess methods to improve our diagnostic thinking.

Registration required:

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing your personal link for joining the meeting.

No recording:

This event will not be recorded.

Q&A:

Questions will be accepted via the Zoom chat and by virtually raising your hand.

Accreditation:

City Wide Medical Grand Rounds is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Evaluation & Attendance:

Attendance for Maintenance of Certification credit will only be tracked if evaluation and attendance surveys are completed.

Printable poster

Bourne Auguste, MD, MSc, FRCPC

Staff Nephrologist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto

2023 Lecture in Black Health honouring Dr. Miriam Rossi

Addressing Racial Disparities in Kidney Disease: Challenges and Possible Solutions

Bourne Auguste, MD, MSc, FRCPC

Staff Nephrologist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto

Learning objectives:

At the end of the presentation, participants should be able to:

1. Describe the burden of kidney disease in the Black population,
2. Differentiate the impact of systemic racism and race-based medicine using clinical algorithms has on kidney disease care, and
3. Reflect on individual clinical practices to reduce implicit biases that lead to disparities in care.

Recording:

Printable poster

Lorraine Lipscombe, MDCM, MSc, FRCPC

Professor, Department of Medicine

Temerty Faculty of Medicine and IHPME, Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Staff Physician, Women’s College Hospital

Director, Novo Nordisk Network for Healthy Populations

University of Toronto

2022 F.M. Hill Lecture

Sugar and Spice: Issues and Challenges for Diabetes in Women

Lorraine Lipscombe, MDCM, MSc, FRCPC

Professor, Department of Medicine
Temerty Faculty of Medicine and IHPME, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Staff Physician, Women’s College Hospital
Director, Novo Nordisk Network for Healthy Populations
University of Toronto

Learning objectives:

At the end of the presentation, participants should be able to:

1. Describe the epidemiology of diabetes in women,
2. Demonstrate unique aspects of how diabetes affects women, and
3. Illustrate windows of opportunity to reduce diabetes-related risks.

Recording:

Printable poster

Bruce A. Perkins MD, MPH

Professor, Division of Endocrinology

Director, Leadership Sinai Centre for Diabetes, Sinai Health

&

Susanna Mak MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Department Division Director, Cardiology

Director, Anna Prosserman Heart Function Clinic, Sinai Health

The Expanding Multiverse of Sodium-Glucose Linked Transporter Inhibition (SGLTi) In and Beyond Diabetes

Bruce A. Perkins MD, MPH

Professor, Division of Endocrinology 
Director, Leadership Sinai Centre for Diabetes, Sinai Health

Susanna Mak MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Department Division Director, Cardiology
Director, Anna Prosserman Heart Function Clinic, Sinai Health

Learning objectives:

At the end of the presentation, participants should be able to:

1. Explain the mechanisms of glucose-lowering, and kidney and heart protection from SGLTi,
2. Describe the rapidly-evolving impact of SGLTi clinical trials on diabetes, renal, and cardiovascular practice, and
3. Identify key findings from SGLTi trials meant to overcome limitations in type 1 diabetes care.

Accreditation:

City Wide Medical Grand Rounds is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Printable poster:

CWMGR Poster - 22-09-21

James Raphael Gavin III, MD, PhD

Chief Medical Officer, Healing Our Village, Inc.

Clinical Professor of Medicine, Emory University

2022 Barnet Berris Lecture

The Quest for Closing Disparity Gaps in Diabetes Care: Implications of Biology vs Racism

James Raphael Gavin III, MD, PhD

Chief Medical Officer, Healing Our Village, Inc.
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Emory University

Learning objectives:

At the end of the presentation, participants should be able to:

1. Recognize the differences in the diabetes burden and trends between indigenous Canadians and non-indigenous persons
2. Describe the spectrum of factors that account for these differences including biological, socioeconomic, and historically based biases
3. Summarize how wealth gaps have driven health gaps in marginalized populations
4. Indicate the key changes that are required to close the disparity gaps in diabetes care, including more intentional appreciation of the contributions of racism

Recording:

Evaluation & Attendance:

Attendance for Maintenance of Certification credit will only be tracked if evaluation and attendance surveys are completed.

Printable poster

Marissa Joseph, MD, MScCH, FRCPC

Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Department of Medicine

Medical Director, RKS Dermatology Centre, Women’s College Hospital

2022 Lecture in Black Health

Dermatology and Black Skin: Diversity, Differences and Disparities in Care

Marissa Joseph, MD, MScCH, FRCPC, FRCPC

Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Department of Medicine
Medical Director, RKS Dermatology Centre, Women’s College Hospital

Learning objectives:

At the end of the presentation, participants should be able to:

1. Recognize how lack of representation impacts and creates inequities in the management of skin disease in patients with Black skin,
2. Describe differences in the clinical presentation and outcomes of selected dermatologic diseases in Black skin, and
3. Reflect on strategies to address the current unmet needs in Dermatologic treatment of Black Skin.

Recording:

Accreditation:

City Wide Medical Grand Rounds is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Printable poster

1-2 PM: Keynote Presentation

"Quality Improvement and Sickle Cell Disease: What's 'better' and how do we get there?"
Dr. Jennifer Bryan, Ms. Serena Thompson, & Ms. Ruth Appiah-Boateng

2-2:10 PM: Break

2:10-3:45: Project Presentations

CQuIPS, Canada’s leading quality improvement and patient safety training centre, is looking to add an Education Lead to its leadership team.

CQuIPS, Canada’s leading quality improvement and patient safety training centre, is looking to add an Education Lead to its leadership team. This individual will play a key role in the development, organization and scholarship of its education programs. They will be involved in curriculum development and evaluation, and education research. They will also work towards the Centre’s key themes of health system resilience and health equity through learner recruitment, faculty development and education programming.

The successful candidate will receive an annual stipend to support this work. The position is for a 3-year term with the opportunity to renew and will require a commitment of 0.1 FTE.

The individual must have either:

• Advanced training in QIPS (e.g., certificate, MSc in QIPS, etc.) with a strong interest in education; OR
• Advanced training in education (e.g., certificate, MEd, etc.) with a strong interest in QIPS.

The application deadline for the position is December 17, 2021. Learn more and apply: https://cquips.ca/call-for-applications-cquips-education-lead/

About CQuIPS

The Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (CQuIPS) is an extra-departmental unit of the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine, supported jointly by Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children and Women’s College Hospital. CQuIPS has an international reputation as a leading centre in building capacity among healthcare providers and leaders to implement change at a health-system level to improve the quality of care that patients and families experience. The CQuIPS strategic plan for 2020-2024 lists learning as one of its three domains of work, with the other two being scholarship and networking. CQuIPS currently delivers two longitudinal QI education courses for healthcare providers, a Co-Learning QI program for physician trainees, and a Fellowship course for healthcare providers and QI researchers. The Centre also supports the Veterans Affairs Quality Scholars program in Toronto and has partnerships with the IHPME Masters QIPS program.

This grants program aims to support Medical Education Scholarship (MEdS) projects with a defined and timely objective, and will have a preference for pilot projects aiming to generate data for applications to external funding agencies. The funding available for any individual project will range from $5,000 to $10,000, depending on the period of funding required. Up to $25,000 will be awarded for each competition.

The MEdS team will be accepting short proposals (maximum three pages) with a deadline of March 31, 2023.

Submissions will receive preference if they relate to our 2023 Priority areas:

• Promoting research and scholarship in areas of equity, diversity, and inclusion;
• Competency-based medical education; and
• Innovations in teaching and assessments of teaching effectiveness.

Project proposals that extend beyond these priority areas will also be considered.

Click here to read the detailed competition guidelines, eligibility and proposal requirements [PDF]

• Click here to download the Grant Competition Cover Page [PDF]

This grants program aims to support Medical Education Scholarship (MEdS) projects with a defined and timely objective, and will have a preference for pilot projects aiming to generate data for applications to external funding agencies. The funding available for any individual project will range from $5,000 to $10,000, depending on the period of funding required.

The MEdS team will be accepting short proposals (maximum three pages) with a deadline of November 11, 2022.

Submissions will receive preference if they relate to our 2022 Priority areas:

• Promoting research and scholarship in areas of equity, diversity, and inclusion;
• Competency-based medical education; and
• Innovations in teaching and assessments of teaching effectiveness.

Project proposals that extend beyond these priority areas will also be considered.

Click here to read the detailed competition guidelines, eligibility and proposal requirements [PDF]

• Click here to download the Grant Competition Cover Page [PDF]

Contact

Dr. Ryan Brydges (ryan.brydges@utoronto.ca), Dr. Christie Lee (Christie.Lee@sinaihealth.ca) and Judy Tran (judy.tran@utoronto.ca)