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May/June 2004


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CONTENTS

Office of the Chair

Research

Education

Honours and Awards

Appointments

Students

Alumni

Other Notables

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CONTENTS

Office of the Chair


  • CMAJ Website Receives 25,000 Hits on Canadian Adverse Events Study
  • Vivek Goel Appointed Provost and Vice President
  • Research Day Awards

Research


  • Baker and Norton Release Results of First National Study of Adverse Events
  • Bonney and Baker Review Federal and Provincial Patient Safety Initiatives
  • Raisa Deber on Taking Our Medicine: Who Should Pay for What?
  • Kevin Leonard Identifies Critical Success Factors for New Technology Adoption
  • Williams Warns of Problems Facing Community Support Agencies in Downtown Toronto
  • Bronskill, Anderson and Team Find High Use of Antipsychotics in Nursing Homes
  • Audrey Laporte: A Research and Teaching Profile

Education


  • Fall 2004 Physician Leadership Program

Honours and Awards


  • Dr. Zakus Receives Honourary Professorship from Kunming Medical College in China
  • Dr. Dave Davis Recognized for Contributions to Academic Medicine
  • CISEPO Awarded Canadian Red Cross Power of Humanity Award
  • Michael Schull Receives Young Investigator Award
  • Wendy Levinson Appointed Sir John and Lady Eaton Professor and Chair of Department of Medicine
  • Grants
    • Primary Health Care Transition Fund Grants
    • Jadad Co-Investigator on New Tele-Homecare Study for Chronically Ill

Appointments


  • New Faculty Appointments

Students


  • 3rd Annual Pre-convocation Brunch Enjoyed by All
  • The Department of HPME Proudly Presents the Class of 2004 – June Convocation
  • Warren Winkelman Receives the COACH Steven Huesing Scholarship
  • Dennis Ko Receives Heart and Stroke Foundation Grant for AMI Study
  • Major Stephan Plourde Named as 2004 Robert Wood Johnson Award Winner

Alumni


  • Electronic Society of Graduates Newsletter Launched
  • Alumni Education Day
  • Shirlee Sharky Profiled in Healthcare Quarterly
  • Jackie Whittingham Takes on New Director Position at WoodGreen Community Services
  • Alumni Profiles - Tony Dagnone: Health Care is a Team Sport

Other Notables


  • Peter Coyte Appointed Scientific Chair of the 6th International Conference on the Scientific Basis of Health Services
  • Deber Brings Clarity to Private versus Public Healthcare In Election Debates

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