Postgraduate Medical Education

From the time that COVID-19 moved many classes online, educators at the Faculty of Medicine have kept the curriculum on track via virtual platforms like MS Teams, Zoom and TOH Weblink.

For new medical residents in the Department of Emergency Medicine (EM) at uOttawa and The Ottawa Hospital, program directors Dr. Michael Ho and Dr. Lisa Thurgur said that the program hasn’t missed a beat in delivering quality education.

We are pleased to announce this year's Program Administrator Award for Excellence recipient is Rachel Glennie of the University of Ottawa.

"I’ve seen how devastating this disease can be to many different individuals. There is no way to accurately predict who will get mild symptoms versus who will die. As such, we need to be hyper-vigilant to protect who we can from potential infection."

— Dr. Alan Chaput

As the number of diagnosed COVID-19 cases in Ottawa continued to rise in April, we checked in with Dr. Lorne Wiesenfeld, Vice-Dean of Postgraduate Medical Education at the Faculty of Medicine and a practicing emergency physician at the Ottawa Hospital. This is the second of two instalments.

As the number of diagnosed COVID-19 cases in Ottawa continues to rise, we checked in with Dr. Lorne Wiesenfeld, Vice-Dean of Postgraduate Medical Education at the Faculty of Medicine and a practicing emergency physician at the Ottawa Hospital.