Department of Family Medicine

Congratulations to our 2018 Years of Service Award winners, who are recognised for 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 35 and 45 years of service to the Department of Family Medicine. Recipients will be acknowledged at a ceremony at the Faculty Retreat on October 19.

Dr. John Joanisse, Director of Interprofessionalism with the Bureau des affaires francophone and the Montfort Hospital, is a family doctor with an interest in geriatrics.

What will healthcare look like in 2050? Dr. Rueben Devlin, the former CEO of the Humber River Hospital (which bills itself as “Ontario’s first digital hospital”) asked this question at the OCFP Renew conference in September. This is also the challenge I put to the panel for the Departmental Assembly at our Faculty Retreat. Marie-Hélène Chomienne, Doug Manuel, Jay Mercer and Liz Muggah will tackle this question with attention to health care delivery, teaching and research. Are we preparing our learners for this future?