Welcome from the Moderator

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Welcome from Dr. Chester Morris, Specialist Journal Club moderator, 2012-13.

Welcome fellow Specialist Journal Club participants. My name is Chester Morris and I will be the moderator of the journal club for this year. I am a general internal medicine specialist in Port Alberni and a senior associate at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.

I recently returned to BC ( 2 years ago) from working in Africa for 10 years in various areas, most recently in South Africa on the training of medical staff and the use of mHealth.

This session is for the introduction of participants and to review and discuss the learning objectives for the journal club.

Proposed learning objectives are:

  1. Analyze and critique five journal articles for the quality of the author(s) hypotheses, methods, results, and/or conclusions presented;
  2. To review pertinent clinical topics or explore new advances in internal medicine through online discussion
  3. To discuss concepts in journal articles that relate to your own clinical experiences and discuss relevance of journal article concepts to your own clinical practice.

If there are questions on the objectives please let us know.

Overall the forum will be much richer with active discussion as the papers are the starting point and the sharing of practice tips and pitfalls, personal experience, and approaches, are the real content of the forum.

We are also looking forward to input on the material and topics we cover and as much as is possible will respond to the expressed needs of you the participant. Feel free to let us know how we can make this online experience better.

Lastly,

1. Please introduce yourselves and

2. Please click on the table below to provide your feedback on the journal club session topics. These topics were suggested by participants on the registration form.

Journal Club Members

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(Moderator) – Dr. Chester Morris completed his residency at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He is interested in medical education, infectious diseases and internal medicine.

Dr. Heather Anderson completed her residency in Edmonton and Calgary, finishing in 2007. She is interested in hospital-based Internal Medicine and Critical Care.

Dr. Kathryn Bell completed her residency training at UBC, Vancouver. She is interested in Geriatric Medicine.

Dr. Avtar Dhillon completed his residency training in 2002. He is interested in Cardiology and Diabetes topics.

Dr. Anastasia Forbes completed her residency at UBC in Geriatric Medicine.

Dr. John Galbraith is a Medical Microbiologist and completed his residency at the University of Alberta. He is interested in Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.

Dr. Neil Gibson completed his residency training at McMaster University. He is interested in General Internal Medicine.

Dr. Jennifer Grace completed her residency training at UBC. She is interested in stroke and cardiology.

Dr. Nasim Mahmoudi completed her residency training at UBC. She is interested in General Internal Medicine.

Dr. Jesse Morantz completed his residency training in New York.

Dr. Kristen Marosi completed her residency at McGill and fellowship at UBC. She is interested in General Internal Medicine.

Dr. William Martin completed his residency training at WSVAH Chicago. He is interested in Neurology and Systemic Disease.

Dr. Scott McKee completed his residency training at UW Seattle. He is interested in General Internal Medicine and Critical Care issues.

Dr. David Ostrow completed his residency in both Montreal and Winnipeg. He is interested in Internal Medicine.

Dr. Wai Son completed his residency at Memorial University. He is interested in cardiology.

Dr. Trace Thomas completed his residency training at UBC.

Dr. Dorothy Williams completed her residency in Edmonton, Alberta. She is interested in Geriatrics.

Dr. Ali Zentner completed her residency training in Calgary. She is interested in Obesity and Diabetes.

Start a New Post

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If you would like to start a new post in one of the Journal Club sessions, please fill out the following form to request your new post. UBC CPD admin will upload the new post on your behalf.

“Why would I start a new post?”, you ask? Well, rather than add to the long chain of replies to the moderator’s original post about a journal article, you can start a new conversation (i.e. “post”) about the article.  This is highly encouraged!

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Session One – Coming Soon!

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Session 1 will begin on Monday, October 15th. The UBC Admin team will send you a reminder to log in and download the first journal article that day. The article will be selected by the club moderator, Dr. Chester Morris, and will be a new, practice-changing article on one of the “Top 5” topics identified in the Introductory Session.

You will have six weeks to read the article, and you will receive CME credits for posting a minimum of two (2) replies or new threads per session.

If you have not yet introduced yourself to the group, please feel free to do so now by visiting the Meet Your Colleagues section of the website.

If you would like to start a new post, please click here

 

Session Two – Coming Soon!

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Please stay tuned! Session 2 will run for six weeks starting on November 26, 2012.

The UBC Admin team will send you a reminder to log in and download the first journal article that day. The article will be selected by the club moderator, Dr. Chester Morris, and will be a new, practice-changing article on one of the “Top 5″ topics identified in the Introductory Session.

You will have six weeks to read the article, and you will receive CME credits for posting a minimum of two (2) replies or new threads per session.

If you would like to start a new post, please click here

About the Club

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This online journal club is designed for specialists practicing in Internal Medicine. The format of a collegial journal club makes it an easy and convenient method to review recent journal articles and discuss them with a peer group. It also provides an opportunity to connect with recognized physician leaders and your colleagues on specific topics.

Quick facts about the club:

  • It runs from Fall 2012 to Spring 2013
  • It has a user-friendly platform that is accessible from any computer and anytime
  • You will achieve up to 17.0 MOC Section 1 study credits for the full series and Section 2 study credits for documenting further learning activities. Note: you must post at least two replies per journal club session to obtain maximum credits.

Accreditation:
The UBC CPD Specialist Journal Club in Internal Medicine is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.