June 2010 | Issue 1

Local health-care news from your Community Partnership Coordinator

Jill Cappa
Community Partnership Coordinator
Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant
LHIN region
j.cappa@healthforceontario.ca

Welcome to the inaugural edition of CPC Source, Hamilton
Niagara Haldimand Brant LHIN region. This e-newsletter is
intended to keep you up-to-date on health human resources
in the province and your region. If you have any questions
or require assistance please don’t hesitate to contact me.

• The Wave 5 application process for 30 new Family Health Teams
  is now being issued. The application deadline is 5 p.m. on June 25.
  The Ministry of Health and Long Term Care has resource documents
  to assist with your application.
• The Wave 3 application process for 14 new Nurse Practitioner-led
  clinics is now being issued. The application deadline is 5 p.m.
  on June 25.
• The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care has announced two
  new initiatives:
• HealthForceOntario Northern and Rural Recruitment and
  Retention Initiative (HFO N3R)
• HealthForceOntario Return of Service Program
  (HFO ROS)
• Looking for summer locums? Post your opportunities on HFOJobs. 
  Don’t forget, we can do the posting for you.
• Practice Ontario is a new dedicated job search service, created by
  HFO MRA, for postgraduate medical residents. PracticeOntario @
  U of T is the first medical school to launch this service.

• Dr. David Dec, a family physician in Niagara Falls, received
  the ROMP Larkin Health Professional Education Award for
  2010.This award recognizes an individual for their outstanding
  commitment and dedication to community-based health
  professional education and/or the promotion of the health
  professions within Ontario’s rural and smaller urban communities
  as a career. Congratulations David! Keep up the great work!
• The Halton McMaster Family Health Centre in Burlington had its
  official opening. It is an official teaching site and currently works
  with residents and medical students. The new centre will allow for
  an expansion of McMaster’s teaching program.
• College of Family Physicians of Canada — Emergency Medicine
  Program physicians or Emergency Medicine physicians are
  urgently needed in the local hospitals. Any physicians interested
  in filling shifts, please contact me for more details.
• The first joint appointment between a LHIN and a School of
  Medicine was recently announced—a collaboration between
  HNHB LHIN and McMaster University’s Faculty of Health
  Sciences (see Latest News)

• Community Partnership Program
• Recruiter U – Best Practices Toolkit
• HFOJobs

Stronger Together: Collaboration
in Health Human Resources Symposium
June 17, 2010
This one-day symposium is your opportunity
to learn from Ontario’s HHR leaders in a
collegial and stimulating setting.
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Health Professionals Recruitment Tour
September 23 - October 21, 2010
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I would be pleased to include any news or
events you would like to promote in the next
edition of CPC Source coming this fall.
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