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PARO is pleased to share this invitation from the Black Resident Physicians' of Ontario (BRPO) with our members. PARO is committed to helping create a medical culture that is diverse, inclusive and equitable and feel it is important for medical learners to be a part of important conversations and actions that will help to influence medical culture moving forward to achieve...
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PARO's Clinical Teaching Award recognizes the essential role that good clinical teachers play in the training of new physicians. Dr. Shoba Sujana Kumar, University of Toronto Dr. Shoba Sujana Kumar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto and has an MSc in Community Health and Medical Education. She is an active teacher in both undergraduate...
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Sent by Dr. Ryan Giroux, PARO President, on June 25, 2020 As we near the end of this academic year and many of us prepare for the start of a new one, I wanted to take this opportunity to provide you with another Work Alert. By way of introduction, my name is Dr. Ryan Giroux and I have the honour...
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PARO's Clinical Teaching Award recognizes the essential role that good clinical teachers play in the training of new physicians Dr. Kyle Carter, Western Dr. Carter is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Western University, with a full-time clinical academic appointment teaching family medicine at the Southwest Middlesex Health Centre and emergency medicine at St. Thomas Elgin General...
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May 29, 2020 – Message from Dr. Anthea Lafreniere, PARO President When I received the call late yesterday afternoon telling me that the government had decided not to include residents and other essential frontline health workers in their pandemic pay plan, I was at the hospital serving patients. Like many of you, I had been at the hospital in the...
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On May 25th, a letter was sent to Premier Doug Ford from a broad group of healthcare employer stakeholders regarding support for residents and other healthcare workers who are currently excluded from the list of workers eligible for pandemic pay. This includes the CEO of the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA/CAHO) and others, including the Association of Family Health Teams of...
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May 22, 2020 - Message from Dr. Anthea Lafreniere, PARO President Thank you to each and every one of you who is managing through the pandemic. We know from the survey that we launched just how much this has impacted your lives. We had the largest response in 24 hours to any survey that we have run in our 50...
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PARO's Clinical Teaching Award recognizes the essential role that good clinical teachers play in the training of new physicians Dr. Jason Leclair, University of Ottawa Dr. Jason Leclair has a primary care practice at the Central Ottawa Family Medicine Associates and is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa. Dr. Leclair has a community family medicine resident...
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PARO’s Clinical Teaching Award recognizes the essential role that good clinical teachers play in the training of new physicians. Dr. Yi Ning Strube, Queen’s University Dr. Yi Ning Strube is the Director of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus Service, and is an Associate Professor, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus at Queen's University, Departments of Ophthalmology and Pediatrics. What has fuelled your passion for teaching? I was lucky enough to have...
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PARO’s Clinical Teaching Award recognizes the essential role that good clinical teachers play in the training of new physicians Dr. Edward Etchells, University of Toronto Dr. Etchells is the Medical Director of Information Services, and a staff physician with the Division of General Internal Medicine at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. He is a senior mentor at the Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient...
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