Reshaping research priorities to match the massive crises we face

Kaveh G. Shojania, MD

Professor and Vice-Chair, Quality & Innovation, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
CQuIPS Senior Scholar

Learning objectives:

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

1. Appreciate the rarity with which biomedical research results in therapies that meaningfully improve health;
2. Understand that the same applies to most efforts to improve the healthcare system; and,
3. Recognize the importance of fundamentally reshaping research priorities to match the massive health crises we face.

Recording:

This event will be recorded and posted to YouTube for educational purposes. By participating, you agree to being included in this recording.

Printable poster:

cwmgr_poster_-_21-03-24.pdf

The Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Virtual City Wide Rounds

Date: Monday, April 26th, 2021

Time: 6:30- 7:30 PM

Topic: NASH

Speaker: Dr. Phillip Newsome, Professor of Liver Medicine

Location: Video conference (Zoom)

More details will follow. . .

The Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Virtual City Wide Rounds

Date: Wednesday, February 24th, 2021

Time: 7:00- 9:00 PM

Topic: Microscopic Colitis - More Than Meets the Eye

Speaker: Dr. John K. Marshall (CAG Visiting Clinical Professor)

Location: Video conference (Zoom)

Inaugural Lecture in Black Health, honouring Dr. Miriam Rossi

Racism and Obesity Bias in Medicine, Similarities and Challenges

Sean Wharton, MD, FRCPC, Pharm. D

Medical Director, Wharton Medical Clinic
Adjunct Professor McMaster University and York University
Staff Internist Juravinski Hospital, Women's College Hospital

Learning objectives:

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

1. describe bias and its effect on medical care,
2. take steps towards minimizing bias within their practice, and
3. identify systemic racism within society and medicine.

Recording:

Meeting connection information:

Join Zoom meeting
Passcode: 760718

Dial-in information:
Canada:
  +1-647-374-4685 Toronto
  +1-647-558-0588 Toronto
  +1-204-272-7920
  +1-438-809-7799
  +1-587-328-1099
  +1-778-907-2071
USA:
  +1-253-215-8782 
  +1-301-715-8592
  +1-312-626-6799
  +1-346-248-7799
  +1-646-876-9923
  +1-669-900-6833
Webinar ID: 985 2424 6092
Passcode: 760718
International dial-in numbers.

Recording:

This event will be recorded and posted to YouTube for educational purposes. By participating, you agree to being included in this recording.

Q&A:

Questions will be accepted via the Zoom Q&A tool.

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 CWMGR poster_-_21-01-20.pdf

100 Years of Innovation — The Insulin Story

Daniel Drucker, MD

Senior Scientist, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health
Professor of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto

Learning objectives:

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

1. Recount the key elements leading to the discovery and commercialization of insulin;
2. Reflect on the roles of collaboration in the insulin story;
3. Translate into practice pivotal developments in the insulin innovation story, and;
4. Contemplate options for the scientific celebration of the discovery of insulin.

Zoom connection information:

Join Zoom Meeting
Passcode: 153784

Dial-in information:
  +1 647 374 4685 Toronto
  +1 647 558 0588 Toronto
  +1 778 907 2071 Canada
  +1 204 272 7920 Canada
  +1 438 809 7799 Canada
  +1 587 328 1099 Canada

Webinar ID: 995 4890 5243
Passcode: 153784
International numbers available

Recording:

This event will be recorded and posted to YouTube for educational purposes. By participating, you agree to being included in this recording.

Q&A:

Questions will be accepted via the Zoom Q&A tool.

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:

cwmgr_poster_-_21-02-17.pdf

F.M. Hill Lecture

Shifting the Focus: Increasing the visibility of older women in clinical research and care

Paula Rochon MD, MPH

Vice President, Research, Women’s College Hospital
Professor, Department of Medicine & RTOERO Chair in Geriatric Medicine, University of Toronto

Learning objectives:

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

1. Describe what aging looks like today and highlight inequities that exist for older women,
2. Consider why older women need to be considered separately in research, and
3. Realize how sex and gender considerations translate into improved health and wellness for older women.

Recording:

Evaluation & Attendance (live event only):

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

Printable poster:

cwmgr_poster_-_20-11-18.pdf

Event: The Inaugural Dr. Norman Marcon City Wide Endoscopy Rounds 

Date: Wednesday, December 9th, 2020 at 7:00 pm 

Topic: Polyp resection, EMR, ESD, FTR, and WTH (What the Hell)

Speaker: Dr. Gregory Haber MD FRCP(C)

Teaching in Synchronous Online Environments (with a focus on Zoom)

Heather Mac Neill, MD, BScPT, MScCH(HPTE), FRCPC

Faculty Lead, Educational Technologies, Office of Continuing Professional Development,
Co-Instructor, Educational Technology for Health Professional Education, DLSPH
Medical Director of Stroke Rehab, and Physiatrist, Sinai Health System
Associate Professor, DoM, University of Toronto
@HeatherMacNeil2

Jason Liang, BKin, MD

PGY5, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
@liangjason

Kataryna Nemethy

eLearning Developer and Instructional Designer,
Baycrest Health Sciences
@kat_nemethy

Learning Objectives:

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

1. Demonstrate interactive features of synchronous technologies (e.g. Zoom) in teaching
2. Recite practical tips and learning considerations for online synchronous learning
3. Contrast the advantages and disadvantages of synchronous online learning

Rounds recording available here.

Evaluation & Attendance:

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

cwmgr_poster_-_20-09-16.pdf

Copyright:

Speaker biographies

Heather MacNeill is an associate professor in the Department of Medicine, University of Toronto. She is faculty lead, educational technologies, in the Office of Continuing Professional Development, Faculty of Medicine, at University of Toronto, and co-instructor of Educational Technology for Health Professional Education master’s course through the Dalla Lana School of Public Health. She has been researching and teaching about educational technologies for over 10 years and is the recipient of the Fox award and Fred Fallis award for her work in this area.

Clinically, she is a physiatrist and the medical director of Stroke Rehabilitation at Bridgepoint Active Healthcare, Sinai Health System.

Jason Liang is a former chief resident in the Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Toronto. Prior to residency, he obtained a Bachelor of Kinesiology degree from the University of British Columbia and completed medical school at the University of Toronto. He has recently completed a longitudinal Leadership Certificate Program geared towards equipping postgraduate trainees with knowledge and skills to contribute to local and systems level improvements in health care. Over the course of his residency, he has participated in several teaching initiatives and hopes to be able to apply these experiences to his interest in educational technologies, curriculum design and academic neurorehabilitation.

Kataryna Nemethy is an eLearning developer and instructional designer at Baycrest Health Sciences with over 10 years experience in the field of eLearning, instructional design and educational technologies. As a graduate of Biomedical Sciences at University of Toronto, she is passionate about the interface between education, technology and design. She co-instructs Educational Technology for Health Professional Education (Edutech HPE) in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at University of Toronto and continues to freelance as an instructional designer, eLearning developer and medical illustrator/animator. https://www.knemethy.com/

Levinson Lecture

Neuroprotection therapies for Parkinson's disease: “One drug does not fit all”

Anthony E. Lang, OC, FRCPC, FAAN, FCAHS, FRSC

Director, Edmond J. Safra Program in Parkinson’s Disease, the Morton and Gloria Shulman Movement Disorders Clinic and the Rossy Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Centre, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network and the University of Toronto
Lily Safra Chair in Movement Disorders, University Health Network
Jack Clark Chair for Parkinson’s Disease Research, University of Toronto
Senior Scientist, Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network
Principle Investigator, Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Toronto

Learning Objectives:

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

1. Explain the basis for considering one drug vs combination therapy in disease modification for Parkinson’s disease,
2. Recognize the broad heterogeneity of Parkinson’s disease and explain possible reasons for this,
3. Explain the various different proposed mechanisms underlying Parkinson’s disease pathogenesis,
4. Debate reasons for thinking that Parkinson’s disease represents a single vs multiple diseases, and
5. Propose reasons for considering the use of multiple drugs in disease modification and how these might be studied with respect to drug development and clinical trials.

Video recording:

Accreditation (live event only):

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:

cwmgr_poster_-_20-10-28.pdf

Reducing Hallway Medicine

Tara O’Brien, MD, FRCPC, MSc

Associate Professor
General Internal Medicine

Sam Sabbah, MD, MSc, FRCPC

Assistant Professor
Emergency Medicine

Robert Wu, MD, MSc, FRCPC

Associate Professor
General Internal Medicine

Learning Objectives:

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

1. Describe the challenges in ED, GIM contributing to Hallway medicine and the consequences,
2. Describe and assess the impact of a rapid referral intervention in the context of Hallway medicine, and
3. Reflect on their own impact to Hallway medicine.

Hosted at:

• UHN – Toronto General Hospital
  Medical Education, Eaton Ground 025/026

Interactive videoconference:

• Baycrest
  Telehealth boardroom
• Michael Garron
  G20029 Chest Centre
• Sinai Health
  Bridgepoint: G.001
  Mount Sinai Hospital: 18th floor Auditorium
• Sunnybrook
  Bayview: McLaughlin Lecture Theatre, EG 61
  St. John's Rehab: S3 332
• Trillium Health Partners
  Credit Valley: PRCC Conference Room IF509
  Mississauga: Front Porch "A"
• Unity Health
  St. Joseph's: Sunnyside Building Room 2S.257
  St. Michael’s: LKSKI Keenan Research Centre auditorium, 2nd fl.
• University Health Network
  Toronto Western: Main auditorium, 2W 401
• West Park
  R3 Sunroom
• Women's College
  Room 6214

Webcast available here

Q&A:

Questions will be accepted via email at christian.base@utoronto.ca and Twitter.

Evaluation & Attendance:

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

Printable Poster: 

CWMGR Poster - 20-02-19