Highlights from Med//E-News: The McGILL FACULTY OF MEDICINE ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER

• Upcoming patient safety workshop celebrates five years September 12, 2019
  An innovative upcoming workshop that will be held on November 21 and on December 5, which puts patient safety first, celebrates its fifth anniversary this month thanks to dedicated partnerships between the Faculty of Medicine and its clinical partners. “It’s really motivating to hear people getting engaged and wanting to take this back to their […]
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• Four Burning Questions about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Health Care with Dr. John Hughes September 12, 2019
  Dr. Hughes will be among the keynote speakers for the launch of the Faculty of Medicine’s 2019 Continuing Professional Development season, along with Dr. David Fleiszer, Dr. Nancy Posel and Dr. Kamran Kafi.  The speakers will deliver a talk entitled “From EMR to AI: Computational Technology and the Changing Face of Medicine” on September 26, […]
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• Institute of Health Sciences Education Member recognized by students for wellness leadership September 11, 2019
  Institute of Health Sciences Education member Dr. Mylène Dandavino was awarded the 2019 Wellness Award for Clinical Teachers by the Medical Student Wellness Committee this summer for her leadership in role-modelling wellness. The student-voted award is given by the graduating class to a “clinical teacher that best models a commendable work-life balance through expert professionalism, […]
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• Dr. David Ragsdale appointed Research Integrity Officer September 11, 2019
  Dr. Martha Crago, Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation, is pleased to announce that Dr. David Ragsdale, Associate Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at The Neuro, and Associate Member, Department of Physiology, is temporarily appointed as McGill’s Research Integrity Officer, commencing on September 1, 2019. Dr. Ragsdale replaces Dr. Christina Wolfson during her sabbatical for a […]
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• Department of Family Medicine Newsletter – August 2019 September 9, 2019
  We are pleased to announce that the August 2019 issue of the Department of Family Medicine Newsletter is now available online! Read more ►  
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• Welcome to the Physical & Occupational Therapy Classes of 2021 and 2024! September 6, 2019
  This year, 235 future rehabilitation clinicians were welcomed into the McGill University’s School of Physical & Occupational Therapy professional programs. Three orientation sessions, lead by the Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy Program Directors and administrative staff, were held to welcome the students. McGill is the only institution in Canada that welcomes students into their programs via […]
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• A Canadian First: Research Project will study blows to the head in University Football September 6, 2019
  McGill University is participating in a new research project titled Tête première (head first), led by the team of neuropsychologist Dr. Louis De Beaumont, a researcher at the CIUSSS du Nord-de-l'Île-de-Montréal research centre and a professor in the Department of Surgery at Université de Montréal. The project will assess the brain's capacities to sustain blows to the head […]
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