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July 17th, 2009

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  1. Centre for Faculty Development - Faculty of Medicine, Univ. of Toronto at St. Michael's Hospital:
    Education Scholars Program
    (Application Deadline: November 30, 2009)
     
  2. Save the Date!
    Dept. of Psychiatry - Univ. of Toronto:
    Paul Garfinkel Lecture: Topic: Leadership
    Guest Speaker: Professor Ron Daniels, President, The Johns Hopkins University
    (Event: September 16, 2009)
     
  3. Canadian Action Network for the Advancement, Dissemination and Adoption of Practice-informed Tobacco Treatment (CAN-ADAPTT):
    Transdisciplinary Tobacco Rounds CANCELLED for July & August - CAN-ADAPTT Seed Grant & AGM Info
     

    4. Newest Course and Event Announcements

  4. Hospital for Sick Children:
    Getting to Uptake: Leveraging Social Innovation for Practice Change
    (Event: September 23, 2009)
     
  5. Psychotherapy Program, Dept. of Psychiatry - Univ. of Toronto:
    Day in Applied Psychoanalysis: Addictive Desire: Internet Porn, Sexual Fantasy and Psychoanalysis
    Presented by Norman Doidge and Ann Pellegrini
    (Event: October 3, 2009)
     
  6. Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit (KLARU), Baycrest Hospital:
    9th Annual ConferenceAging at Home: Connecting Research and Clinical Care
    (Event: October 30, 2009)
     

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    Centre for Faculty Development
    Faculty of Medicine,
    Univ. of Toronto at St. Michael's Hospital:

    Education Scholars Program

    The Education Scholars Program application materials are now available on the ESP website. The application for the class beginning in Sept 2010 is November 30, 2009. For further details go to: http://www.cfd.med.utoronto.ca/programs/education-scholars.html

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    *** PLEASE SAVE THE DATE! ***

    You are cordially invited to the
    Paul Garfinkel Lecture:

    Topic: Leadership

    Guest Speaker: Professor Ron Daniels, President, The Johns Hopkins University
    September 16th, 2009, (am)

    *** MARK YOUR CALENDARS ***


     

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    Canadian Action Network for the Advancement, Dissemination and Adoption of Practice-informed Tobacco Treatment
    (CAN-ADAPTT):

    Dear Colleagues,

    This is just a friendly reminder that Tobacco Rounds will NOT be held during the summer months and will resume in September. Please mark the upcoming sessions in your calendar for the academic year 2009/2010, September 18, October 16, and November 20, 2009. All presentations occur in the Meeting Centre (room 2029) at 33 Russell Street on the third Friday of each month from 9:00-10:00 am EASTERN. If you can’t join us in person, don’t hesitate to let me know if you would like to join us via webcast. If you would like to request a copy of past TTR presentations or audio recordings, please feel free to contact me Stephanie Elliott at stephanie_elliott@camh.net or (416) 535-8501 ext.7427.

    CAN-ADAPTT Annual General Meeting
    November 1, 2009, Montréal, Québec, Canada
    CAN-ADAPTT’s 2nd Annual General Meeting will be held as a pre-conference workshop at the 6th Annual National Conference on Tobacco or Health in Montréal, Quebec. There is no cost for the CAN-ADAPTT workshop, however space is limited and pre-registration is required. To register for this workshop, please fill out the online application; Registration for CAN-ADAPTT Workshop. If you have any questions, please contact me stephanie_elliott@camh.net . We look forward to seeing you all in Québec!!  

    CAN-ADAPTT Seed Grant: Deadline December 11th, 2009 at 4:30 pm EASTERN   
    We are pleased to announce or third round of the Seed Grant Competition. We invite collaborative, Canadian researcher-practitioner teams committed to tobacco control to apply for CAN-ADAPTT's Seed Grant. Awards of up to $5,000 are available to facilitate the preparation of a scientific product in tobacco control research. For more information, please click the links to see the CAN-ADAPTT Seed Grant brochure.pdf and the CAN-ADAPTT Seed Grant format.pdf.

    CAN-ADAPTT Website www.can-adaptt.net
    We invite you to visit our website daily to view our most recent Tobacco Control Guidelines, news and events, funding opportunities and to participate in our on-line discussion board. If you are not already a member, please register by completing our short registration form. If you have forgotten your password or are having difficulties, please feel free to contact me Stephanie Elliott at stephanie_elliott@camh.net

    Kind Regards,

    Stephanie Elliott
    Administrative Secretary
    CAN-ADAPTT Project
    175 College Street, rm 112
    Toronto ON, M5T 1P7
    Tel: (416) 535-8501 x7427
    Fax: (416) 599-8265
    www.CAN-ADAPTT.net

    • Newest Course and Event Announcements

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    Getting to Uptake: Leveraging Social Innovation for Practice Change

    The symposium will bring new ideas from business and social media enterprise to a gathering of experts from the children’s sectors to explore how social media innovations and new thinking might leverage organizational or practice change in education and mental health.

    The focus will be on (1) the co-development of new strategies for knowledge translation and practice change, and (2) the re-interpretation of existing strategies that have been applied in one sector but have yet to be adapted for application in another. The existing inventory of knowledge translation strategies is limited and their effectiveness variable. The field must continue with further research on their effectiveness, but the pool of strategies also needs to evolve further. The venue will provide a much needed opportunity to look beyond our own disciplines and work environments to that we might learn from what others are doing elsewhere that may have application in mental health and education. Only then will we be able to further our success in bridging knowledge to practice and to improve knowledge exchange and uptake.

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    • CME Courses 2009

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    • Other Courses and Events

    July 2009

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    Mount Sinai Hospital
    Psychotherapy Institute

     
    COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM OF PSYCHOTHERAPY (CBASP): HOPE FOR CHRONIC DEPRESSION. 

    An interactive workshop using standardized patients; co-taught by Sian Rawkins MD FRCPC and Molyn Leszcz MD FRCPC.
    (June 19 and 20, 2009 & September 11 and 12, 2009)
    Learn to recognize and modify maladaptive interpersonal behaviours of chronically depressed patients with the techniques of CBASP.  For further information and registration details: http://tinyurl.com/ctscwx

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    PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA: AN INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP USING STANDARDIZED PATIENTS

    Co-taught by Clare Pain MD, Lisa Andermann MD & Ruth Lanius MD, PhD.
    (July 17 and 18, 2009 & September 25 and 26, 2009)
    Learn to manage the clinical challenges of trauma clients, Canadian-born to refugees, and learn about the neuroscience of unresolved trauma and affect dysregulation.  For further information and registration details: http://tinyurl.com/d2vtsa

     

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    M E M O:

    To:

    All Residents and Faculty
     

    From:

    Dr. Ari Zaretsky, Residency Program Director
     

    Re:

    Please Mark Your Calendars for Neuroscience Day July 17, 2009: The Neurobiology of PTSD
     

    Dear Colleague,

    On Friday July 17th we will hold our 4th annual Neuroscience Day. The title this year is The Neurobiology of PTSD. Dr. Ruth Lanius, a psychiatrist who has done seminal research on functional brain imaging in PTSD will be presenting a broad overview of this very fascinating and complex topic. All PGY-2 to PGY-5 residents are expected to attend. PGY-1 residents are invited to attend and I hope that many of our faculty will also be there. Faculty should register through the following link: http://www.doodle.com/3tws2xy8ttx3iwht. MAINCERT credits will be offered for this event.

    Time: 9:00-12:00pm (followed by a buffet lunch)
    Location: MSH Auditorium

    Ari Zaretsky MD FRCPC
    Director, Postgraduate Education and Associate Professor
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto

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    Mount Sinai Hospital
    Psychotherapy Institute

     
    COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM OF PSYCHOTHERAPY (CBASP): HOPE FOR CHRONIC DEPRESSION. 

    An interactive workshop using standardized patients; co-taught by Sian Rawkins MD FRCPC and Molyn Leszcz MD FRCPC.
    (June 19 and 20, 2009 & September 11 and 12, 2009)
    Learn to recognize and modify maladaptive interpersonal behaviours of chronically depressed patients with the techniques of CBASP.  For further information and registration details: http://tinyurl.com/ctscwx

    and

    PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA: AN INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP USING STANDARDIZED PATIENTS

    Co-taught by Clare Pain MD, Lisa Andermann MD & Ruth Lanius MD, PhD.
    (July 17 and 18, 2009 & September 25 and 26, 2009)
    Learn to manage the clinical challenges of trauma clients, Canadian-born to refugees, and learn about the neuroscience of unresolved trauma and affect dysregulation.  For further information and registration details: http://tinyurl.com/d2vtsa

     

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    • August 2009

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    Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy:
    Preventing Depressive and Anxiety Relapse
    (8 week Program)

    Mindfulness is a non-judgmental way of paying attention in the present moment. This helps us to relate differently to such conditions as Depression and Anxiety, opening us to possibilities for change. Mindfulness may increase our ability to manage our emotions and to accept that which cannot be changed, reducing our reactivity.

    Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) is a treatment for Depression and Anxiety that examines the relationship between beliefs, thoughts, feelings and behaviours. People suffering from Depression and Anxiety often have thoughts related to feelings of hopelessness and/or helplessness. CBT identifies thoughts as thoughts (rather than the facts we believe them to be) and helps challenge them, opening us to more constructive beliefs, often leading to changes in moods and behaviours.

    This experiential, 8 week course works with mindfulness and CBT. Homework consists of approximately one hour per day of meditation and CBT activities, six days per week. All participants must have a Family Physician and a valid OHIP card. Participants must be currently free of substance misuse.

    Fees: $290.00 (includes all materials and non-MD facilitator). Those with extended health coverage may be covered under Psychological services. Registration required by August 18, 2009

    Dates: Required Orientation/Intake: Tuesday August 25, 2009-3:00pm-5:00pm, Please bring your OHIP card. Course: Tuesdays  September 1, 2009 – October 20, 2009 – 3:00pm-5:00pm. 

    Location: 1466 Bathurst Street, #306, Toronto. Please call Jackie to register: 416-536-5555 or email drrockman@o.aibn.com.

    Facilitators: Patricia Rockman, MD, CCFP, FCFP & Allison McLay, BA, Dip. CS

    Patricia Rockman is a Family Physician, Medical Psychotherapist/Educator working in the areas of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Mindfulness based techniques.

    Allison McLay works in psychological assessment and counselling in the area of Learning Disabilities. She has co-led various MBCT and MBSR programs.
     

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    • September 2009

     
     

    *** PLEASE SAVE THE DATE! ***

    You are cordially invited to the
    Paul Garfinkel Lecture:

    Topic: Leadership

    Guest Speaker: Professor Ron Daniels, President, The Johns Hopkins University
    September 16th, 2009, (am)

    *** MARK YOUR CALENDARS ***


     

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    Getting to Uptake: Leveraging Social Innovation for Practice Change

    The symposium will bring new ideas from business and social media enterprise to a gathering of experts from the children’s sectors to explore how social media innovations and new thinking might leverage organizational or practice change in education and mental health.

    The focus will be on (1) the co-development of new strategies for knowledge translation and practice change, and (2) the re-interpretation of existing strategies that have been applied in one sector but have yet to be adapted for application in another. The existing inventory of knowledge translation strategies is limited and their effectiveness variable. The field must continue with further research on their effectiveness, but the pool of strategies also needs to evolve further. The venue will provide a much needed opportunity to look beyond our own disciplines and work environments to that we might learn from what others are doing elsewhere that may have application in mental health and education. Only then will we be able to further our success in bridging knowledge to practice and to improve knowledge exchange and uptake.

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    • October 2009

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    University of Toronto Centre for Patient Safety:
    2009-2010 Certificate in Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

    Dear Faculty,

    Last year, Drs. Ed Etchells (Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre), Kaveh Shojania (SHSC), Chaim Bell (St. Michael’s Hospital), Anne Matlow (Sick Kids Hospital), and Chris Hayes (St. Michael’s) ran a Certificate Course through the University of Toronto’s Centre for Faculty Development. This course filled to capacity within two weeks of the announcement. The 39 participants came from the Departments of Medicine, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Surgery, Family & Community Medicine, and Radiology and represented all of the core University of Toronto teaching hospitals. Their academic ranks included subspecialty residents and fellows (5), Clinical Associates (2), Lecturers (8), Assistant Professors (14), and Full Professors (3), including one Division Head.  These individuals predominantly came from the Faculty of Medicine, but this year’s course has been modified to increase multidisciplinary participation. 

    The course consists of didactic and interactive sessions roughly 2 Friday afternoons per month from October to May. Interested individuals can also use the course as an opportunity to develop projects in patient safety or quality improvement that they plan to implement in their respective institutions.

    Formal and informal feedback from last year’s course has been uniformly positive, so the course is being offered again under the auspices of both the Centre for Faculty Development and the newly created University of Toronto Centre for Patient Safety. Guest lectures include prominent local and external researchers and decision makers (e.g., from the Ministry of Health), as well as the course directors. 

    The full course description and link to the registration form can be found at http://www.deptmedicine.utoronto.ca/Faculty/patient_safety.htm
      
    Lisa Habib
    Strategic Planning and Implementation Assistant
    Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
    3-805, R. Fraser Elliott Building
    190 Elizabeth St., Toronto, ON M5G 2C4

    p. 416.978.6834
    f. 416.978.7230
    e. lisa.habib@utoronto.ca
    w. www.deptmedicine.utoronto.ca


     
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    • November 2009

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    The Canadian Action Network for the Advancement, Dissemination and Adoption of Practice-informed Tobacco Treatment
    (CAN-ADAPTT)

    Dear colleagues,

    We are pleased to announce the date for CAN-ADAPTT’s 2nd Annual Meeting on November 1, 2009 from 10:30 am - 4:30 pm. This year our event will be held as a pre-conference workshop at the 6th National Conference on Tobacco or Health 6th (November 1 - 4, 2009) in Montréal, Quebec. Please mark these dates in your calendars. There is no cost for the CAN-ADAPTT workshop, however, space is limited and pre-registration is required.

    Registration for the CAN-ADAPTT workshop and/or the National Conference can be completed online through the NCTH website or you may follow the link I have provided below. If you have any questions regarding our annual meeting please feel free to contact me at stephanie_elliott@camh.net  or 416-535-8501 x 7427. We look forward to seeing you all in Québec!!  

    CAN-ADAPTT and NCTH Registration form

    Stephanie Elliott
    Administrative Secretary
    CAN-ADAPTT & Long-Term Care Projects
    175 College Street, rm 112
    Toronto ON, M5T 1P7
    Tel: (416) 535-8501 x7427
    Fax: (416) 599-8265
    www.CAN-ADAPTT.net
    www.smokefreeltc.ca

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    • December 2009

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