Research Days
Jun 25th, 2012 by Martin Dawes
A quite amazing couple of days last week. At the research day held on UBC campus we heard presentations covering very variable aspects of community based comprehensive care research. The presenters were a mixture of professionals including academic faculty, CIHR funded researchers, clinical scholars and unfunded family doctors. Then on Friday we heard the presentations from the residents. I realize it is unfair to pick on one presentation but let me assure you this is just an example of the standard of presentations. Imagine taking 6 home based exercise for common musculoskeletal problems. Then you identify the evidence that supports them and ensure that they are effective; next you create a video of those exercises and a simple text to accompany this. After all that work you then test this by creating a web site and evaluate the impact of this on professionals referrals to conventional sources of management. This was all achieved by one of the UBC residents and presented at the residents research day on Friday. The amount of collective work that went into all the residents scholarly projects is worthy of public recognition and I sincerely applaud ALL the residents for their presentations and the work that went to that day. Congratulations and good luck as you approach the end of the residency program.
From those starting their careers as family physicians to one who is reducing his involvement. Stan Lubin has been awarded Clinical Professor Emeritus status as he steps down from the UBC clinic where he has been a valued clinical teacher and we wish him well for the future.
I had the privilege to take part in the Chilliwack faculty development day on Saturday. Sunshine and evidence based medicine was the order of the day. I partnered with James McCormack as we went over the critical appraisal and doing evidence based practice for real – it can be done in ten minutes! I came away impressed by the knowledge and enthusiasm of this group of preceptors and am grateful for the opportunity to share positive discussions about the future of family practice.
Martin Dawes