Amendment to the rules for visiting electives
In April 2023, the AFMC Board of Directors approved the recommendation from the AFMC Committee on UGME that starting in the Fall of 2023 the following rules apply to visiting electives:
Medical schools do their part to tackle the opioid crisis
The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada in collaboration with the 17 faculties of medicine across Canada are responding to the surge of overdoses and opioid-related deaths in Canada by leading the creation of a Canada-wide, bilingual, comprehensive, and competency-based curricula for current and future physicians in pain management, opioid use disorder and addiction medicine.
The International Day at ICAM
Leadership and Innovation in Unprecedented Times: The Only Way Forward is “One Health” for all One Health is an approach that recognizes that the health of people is closely connected to the health of animals and our shared environment. On Saturday, April 15, 2023, after Opening Remarks by Dr. Margaret Steele, Chair of the AFMC Board […]
The Medical Education Plenary Sessions at ICAM
In Service to Our Communities and Populations: Generalism and Whole Person Care Generalism is a philosophy of care distinguished by a commitment to the breadth of practice within each discipline and collaboration with the larger health care team in order to respond to patient and community needs. On Sunday, April 16, 2023, Dr. Sarah Newbery, […]
Health Research at ICAM
The Canadian Student Health Research Forum (CSHRF) will now be embedded within the ICAM research pillar.
Opening Plenary: Mentorship Matters
Mentorship will be the theme of the opening plenary session of the International Congress on Academic Medicine (ICAM).
Gold Humanism Lecture
The AFMC Gold Humanism Award and Lecture was created in 2018 to emphasize, reinforce and enhance the importance of humanistic qualities among medical school students and faculty. The recipient of 2023 AFMC Gold Humanism Award is Dr. Julie Bruneau.
Learner Forum: Supporting Learner Success
How can we, as clinicians, educators and researchers, change our practices to better support learner success? When we asked the ICAM Learner Experience Group, this is the question they wanted addressed.
ICAM Accreditation Symposium
Accreditation, locally and globally, is experiencing profound changes.
Addressing Black health and wellness in academic medicine
The AFMC Board has approved the creation of a Committee on Black Health, Innovation and Advancement to provide support and advice to the AFMC Board, through the Standing Committee on Social Accountability (SCSA), on strategic and operational matters related to Black health and wellness in academic medicine.