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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

• Want to keep up on what our local hospitals are doing? Follow them on Twitter!
  - @MSHospital
  (Markham Stouffville Hospital)
  - @yorkcentralh
  (York Central)
  - @NYGH_News
  (North York General Hospital)
• The Physician Recruitment & Retention Committee in Alliston held its annual Physician Appreciation evening at the town’s beautiful Gibson Centre. Dr. Safar and Dr. Khalil were welcomed to the community.
• Met with the East Gwillimbury Recruitment Advisory Committee in October to discuss expected community growth and need for more family physicians in the area.
• Many new specialists and family physicians have made York Region and South Simcoe County their home recently – a big welcome to them all!
• Humber River Regional Hospital unveiled the design of its new facility at Keele and 401. The completion date for the new facility is 2015. And speaking of new, have you seen how quickly the new expansion of Markham Stouffville is going?
• Together with U of T’s Faculty of Medicine, Postgraduate Department, HFO MRA developed an abstract for a poster presentation at the upcoming Canadian Conference in Medicine Education (CCME)in Banff, AB. We are thrilled to announce the abstract was accepted and will be presented under the education innovation category entitled “Practice Ontario -- Collaboration between the University of Toronto and HealthForceOntario Marketing and Recruitment Agency (HFO MRA) to develop a Customized Career Service for U of T Residents”.
• Practice Ontario is going strong at University of Toronto with over 15 presentations scheduled in 2012 for different residency programs. Our presentations promote Ontario practice opportunities!
• 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 LHIN will be announced soon.