The Department of Family Medicine has been working to deliver excellence in teaching and learning not only for student and residents, but also to academic staff through continuing medical education and faculty development. To this end, for the first time this fall, physicians enrolled as preceptors in the Longitudinal Family Medicine Experience (LFME) course will benefit from an online distanced-blended program of their own, the Preceptor Learning Program (PLP), to help them become better clinical educators.

The Department of Family Medicine, on behalf of the Research on Organization of Healthcare Services for Alzheimer's (ROSA) team, to present the first issue of its newsletter. 

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We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Marion Dove to the position of Chair of the Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, effective November 1, 2019. Dr. Dove takes over from Dr. Howard Bergman, who fulfilled this role with distinction since 2012. Dr. Bergman was recently appointed Assistant Dean, International Affairs. We would like to take this opportunity to once again thank Dr. Bergman for his leadership and his dedication to the Department of Family Medicine, which has grown enormously in both size and prestige under his tenure.

The Department of Family Medicine is thrilled to welcome Dr. Catherine Jarvis as the new Director of Faculty Development.

Dr. Jarvis holds an MD from the University of Alberta and completed her residency training in Family Medicine at McGill University, followed by fellowship training in Maternal-Child Health and Palliative Care. She has been a member of the Department’s Faculty Development Committee and was promoted to the rank of Assistant Professor in 2018.

Job Description 
The Family Medicine Distributed Medical Education Program Director oversees the Distributed Medical Education Program for the Department of Family Medicine and is the main resource person to rural training sites. S/he reports directly to the Chair of the Department of Family Medicine. The expected time commitment is an average of 1.5 days per week (0.3 FTE).

General Responsibilities

The Department of Family Medicine is thrilled to welcome Dr. Katia Faustini as the new Longitudinal Family Medicine Experience (LFME) Assistant Course Director, effective September 1, 2019.

The McGill Department of Family Medicine is happy to announce the addition of Dr. Alayne Adams as Associate Professor (tenure-track), effective September 1, 2019.

Dr. Adams is an applied social scientist with expertise in global urban health and nutrition, health systems research and social determinants of health in Africa and South Asia. She holds a doctorate degree in Human Nutrition and Anthropology from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and she has completed postdoctoral work at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.