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What's New?

• Practice U is live with career-focused information for residents or licensed physicians entering into practice in Ontario.
• Ontario Telemedicine Network launches web-based telemedicine service.
• What makes today's medical students and residents tick?
• Income Stabilization program changes: INFOBulletin 11017.
• Physician supply is increasing twice as quickly as the Canadian population.
• Looking to recruit?
  Nurses and doctors are searching on HFOJobs now. Are your positions there? Contact your local Community Partnership Coordinator for help in posting your vacancies.
  
  Don’t forget, Recruiter U has great information on recruitment, retention and much more.
• Good reading
  Where did medical students find their residency matches?

Upcoming Events

• Economic Developers Council of Ontario Conference (EDCO)
  Jan. 31-Feb. 2, 2012—Toronto, ON
• FRMQ Outside Quebec Career Fair
  Feb. 16, 2012—Montreal, QC
• Canadian Paediatric Review
  Mar. 27-30, 2012—Hamilton, ON
• Docs on Ice
  Mar. 29-April 1, 2012—
  Peterborough, ON
• Canadian General Surgery Review
  April 13-15, 2012—Mississauga, ON
• Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association (NOMA) Annual Meeting
  April 25-27, 2012—Kenora, ON
• Rural Ontario Medical Program (ROMP) Workshop
  Spring 2012—TBC
• 2012 Society of Rural Physicians of Canada (SRPC) Rural and Remote Medicine Course
  April 26-28, 2012—Whistler, B.C.
• Canadian Association of Staff Physician Recruiters (CASPR) Annual Conference
  April 30-May 1, 2012—Ottawa, ON

Regional Updates

• There are lots of good happenings in Campbellford! CMH won the 2011 Quality Healthcare Workplace Award – Gold at the OHA HealthAchieve and kudos to Dr. Kevin Nugent for winning the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry’s Naomi Rae-Grant Award.
• Congrats to Robert Biron, President and CEO of Northumberland Hills Hospital, for being the recipient of the 2011 Graduate Leadership Award from the Society of Graduates of the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine’s Department of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation.
• Rouge Valley Health System and Lakeridge Health have woven leadership development into the fabric of their organizations. What a great best practice example.
• Lakeridge Health Oshawa’s new training facility will help to recruit family doctors.
• Have you seen the You Tube video of the MRIval at Rouge Valley Ajax?
• Ross Memorial Hospital achieves full accreditation! Congrats RMH! If that weren’t enough, RMH also received funding support for Physician Assistants.
• Haliburton Highlands Health Services strategic plan in action.
• Congrats to Kawartha Lakes Health Care Initiative on recruiting three new family physicians since October and for officially opening The City of Kawartha Lakes Family Health Team on November 16.
• Congrats to Ontario Shores on their new recruits!
• The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care recently announced funding to support the provincial Primary Care Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) Lead Pilot Program. The creation of the Primary Care LHIN Lead role is intended to strengthen and focus the efforts that local primary care providers and LHINs have made to date to address local challenges. The new Primary Care LHIN lead for Central East LHIN will be announced soon.