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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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PARO's Clinical Teaching Award recognizes the essential role that good clinical teachers play in the training of new physicians Dr. Michelle Morais, McMaster University After earning her Bachelor of Science (with Honours) at the University of New Brunswick, Dr. Michelle Morais went on to obtain her Medical Degree at Memorial University. She completed her residency and subsequent fellowship training at McMaster University....
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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. Bryan MacLeod, Northern Ontario School of Medicine Bryan MacLeod is the Medical Director for SJCG’s Chronic Pain Management Program and the Chair of SJCG ECHO Chronic Pain Interprofessional Medical Education Program. He cut his teeth as a rural family doc in Marathon Ontario...
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April 29, 2020 - Message from Dr. Anthea Lafreniere, PARO President We were very pleased on Saturday to hear the Premier announce the Government’s plan to provide pandemic pay for Ontario’s frontline workers fighting COVID-19. I was, however, greatly disheartened when we saw the list of health care workers and realized that residents were not included. By Monday, we learned...
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April 24, 2020 – Message from Dr. Anthea Lafreniere, PARO President PPE I’m pleased to tell you that, in response to PARO’s concerns about protections for residents who refuse unsafe work, our employer has now provided us with Ontario Health’s recommendations for COVID-19 work refusals. One of the principles set out by Ontario Health is that, ‘no employee shall suffer...
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Dr. Chris Charles, PARO Treasurer and a PGY 4 in Anaesthesia, was recently interviewed by Best Health as part of their Day In The Quarantine Life Series. Dr. Charles shared his typical day working on the frontline in Toronto during COVID. To read the article, click here.
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April 9, 2020 – Message from Dr. Anthea Lafreniere, PARO President I have a few important updates related to your training and work in Ontario during the COVID-19 pandemic. We continue to add information to our COVID-19 web page as it becomes available, including changes in policies or recommendations, so please check the site often. To ensure that all of our members...
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Updated April 8th, 2020 The following guidelines are consistent with the laws in Ontario. However, we do not want our members to be putting themselves at risk of infection. For this reason, our CEO and PARO President are seeking assurance from CAHO, your employer, that if a Hospital is unable to provide appropriate PPE and a resident feels that it is...
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We know that lots of programs have started to implement new scheduling models in order to minimize resident exposure, prevent burnout, and ensure service provision during COVID-19. We've identified a number of models across the province do this well, and have included on our dedicated COVID-19 page in order to share best practices. If you or your program are trying...
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