Family Medicine Graduate Student Society
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As we quickly approach the 6th Annual Family Medicine Research Symposium, it’s time to get more excited and to meet our expert panelists. We are delighted to share our first panelist highlight of this week: Dr. Nicholas King! As a reminder, there is no cost associated with attending this symposium. However, we encourage attendees to make a small donation to Resilience Montreal (a community non-profit organization that supports persons experiencing homelessness) upon registeri...ng to RSVP to this event. 100% of all proceeds will be given to this organization. For more information on Resilience Montreal, please visit their webpage here: https://resiliencemontreal.com/home/ Link to RSVP to the symposium and to donate to Resilience Montreal: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/family-medicine-research-sympos Facebook event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/710281922973627/ For more information, please email the FMGSS VP Academic at [email protected] or the FMGSS VP Internal at [email protected].

The virtual polls for the FMGSS 2021-2022 executive committee is now open! Head on over to https://pgss.simplyvoting.com/ to log in and place your vote. The deadline to vote is this Friday, April 30th, 2021 at 00:00. Good luck to the candidates!

UPDATE: Changed Date of the May Family Medicine Research Seminar: NOW ON MAY 14th, 2021!! Call for Moderators: Family Medicine Research Seminars Are you interested in learning how to moderate a seminar? Would you like an opportunity to put your moderating skills to the test? If so, you might be interested in moderating one of the final Department of Family Medicine seminars of the 2020-2021 academic year! Whether you are a novice or skillfully trained, this is a great opportu...nity to lead a discussion. The final moderator position is for the following topic: Friday, May 14, 2021: Primary Care for Elderly People: a career trajectory of the academic family physician. Presented by Dr. Vladimir Khanassov. For more information, please visit the department's research seminars webpage here: https://www.mcgill.ca/familymed/research/seminars. If you are interested in being a moderator, please contact the FMGSS VP Academic at [email protected]

Reminder that the deadline to nominate yourself to run for an executive position within the Family Medicine Graduate Student Society for the 2021-2022 academic year is today (April 15th) at 11:59PM EDT! Good luck! Application form: https://forms.gle/U5h3EJq9o6pHT28Y9

Join us for the 6th annual Family Medicine Research Symposium on May 13, 2021 and May 14, 2021! This 2-day event will occur virtually, so you may participate from wherever you are located. Please see the attached posters for more information and keep an eye out for additional details. --- Rejoignez-nous pour le 6e Symposium annuel de recherche en Médecine de famille les 13 mai 2021 et 14 mai 2021! Cet événement de 2 jours se déroulera virtuellement, vous pourrez donc y participer où que vous soyez. Veuillez consulter les affiches ci-jointes pour plus d'informations et restez à l’affût pour plus les détails.

Call for Moderators: Family Medicine Research Seminars Are you interested in learning how to moderate a seminar? Would you like an opportunity to put your moderating skills to the test? If so, you might be interested in moderating one of our department's research seminars during the 2021 semester! Whether you are a novice or skillfully trained, this is a great opportunity to lead a discussion. ... The general topics are as follows: January 22, 2021: Pregnancy during COVID - Dr. Kathleen Rice February 19, 2021: Spaced Education and Clinical Knowledge - Dr. Roland Grad March 26, 2021: Adolescent Care - Drs. Tracie Barnett & Pierre-Paul Tellie April 23, 2021: PBRN or Patient Engagement - Drs. Peter Nugus & Jeannie Haggerty Friday May 21, 2021 - To be announced Friday June 11, 2021 - To be announced For more information, please visit the department's research seminars webpage here: https://www.mcgill.ca/familymed/research/seminars. If you are interested in being a moderator, please contact the FMGSS VP Academic at [email protected]. Please note that students who have already moderated a Family Medicine research seminar may do so again next semester if they are still interested!

The Family Medicine Graduate Student Society (FMGSS) at McGill University will be hosting graduate students and researchers from various disciplines within primary healthcare (as well as medical students, healthcare professionals, patients, and policy makers) for the 6th Annual Family Medicine Research Symposium. To abide by the current social distancing measures, we will be hosting this conference virtually and will be opening invitations to institutions throughout Canada. I...f you are a student, a research assistant, or a research associate within the Department of Family Medicine at McGill University and would be interested in given an oral presentation, a poster presentation, or a workshop at this year's research symposium, then we are interested in hearing from you! Please fill out this brief survey to let us know what your research interests are and what general area of research your presentation might be a part of: https://docs.google.com//1_ainVFkuvBgZbrO_UCqaVig3OZ8/edit . Date: May 2021 (specific date TBD) Time: TBD For more information, contact the FMGSS VP Academic at [email protected]

The FMGSS has created a new Facebook group to create a space for students to support one another during their FRQS and CIHR funding applications. This group will be used to ask each other questions and peer-review each other's application documents. If you are currently applying for funding, or have successfully applied in the past and would like to volunteer your support, feel free to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2744458349172671/discussion Good luck to everyone applying this cycle!

Right now there are 2 ways to get involved with the Community Health and Social Medicine (CHASM) Incubator, and a million ways to make a difference! We are currently recruiting for new members of our executive team, who help us expand and operate - check out details at https://bit.ly/Joinchasm We are also taking applications for this year's cohort! If you have community health initiative that you're trying to get off the ground, now is your chance! With up to $1,000 in funding, mentorship, and a community curriculum, CHASM can help take you and your project to the next level. Apply here at https://bit.ly/CHASM_2020 Come help us a make a difference; however you can!

The presentation slides used for the FRQS and CIHR workshops have now been uploaded to our website. Please find them here: https://fmgss.ca/academic-events-and-workshops/ . Good luck to everyone applying this cycle!

Join us tomorrow morning for part 2 of the Family Medicine orientation!

REMINDER: The FMGSS will be hosting the final workshop in our funding workshop series today where we will be discussing the CIHR application process for PhD students. Make sure to join us via Zoom from 4PM to 5PM to learn more about CIHR, the application process, and hints and tricks to make your application stand out. As always, make sure to bring your questions and comments!... Zoom link: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/97756358675

REMINDER: CIHR MSc APPLICATION WORKSHOP TODAY The FMGSS' funding workshop series is in full swing! Today, we will be discussing the CIHR application process for MSc students. Make sure to join us via Zoom from 4PM to 5PM to learn more about the CIHR application process and, as always, make sure to bring your questions and comments.... Looking forward to seeing you there! Zoom link: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/95191618780