Dr. Allyson Merbaum

It was great to be back at @UofTFamilyMed classrooms this morning to teach new faculty about mentoring diverse learners and #allyship. The new #familymedicine residents and medical students are very lucky to work with these bright young preceptors! #meded

📢 Early bird registration for the 2023 DFCM Conference is now open! 📢 Join us in-person on May 11 or virtually on May 12 as we celebrate academic excellence and learn more about the vital partnerships that help us build healthier communities for all: dfcmconference.ca

Patients in the NW Toronto area are finding it difficult to access primary care due to a low number of available physicians. To assist, we have joined @UofTFamilyMed as a teaching hospital site, with the aim that residents become an ongoing source of physicians in our community.

We are excited to announce the 2023 DFCM Conference with the theme "DFCM: Strengthening health systems through academic excellence, connection and collaboration." 📌Save the dates: May 11&12, 2023 📢Call for abstracts now open! For more info, visit: dfcmconference.ca

Congrats to all recipients of our 2022 Pat Mackey People-Centred Care (PCC) Education Award.🎉This award recognizes NYGH staff, physicians, volunteers and Patient Experience Partners who are enhancing our strong culture of PCC: bit.ly/3DzmYbb #NYGHProud

Family physician and DFCM faculty member Dr. Rahul Jain comments on how the pandemic may be contributing to higher rates of high blood pressure due to added stress, inactivity and difficulty accessing health care in this interview with @CTVNews. toronto.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2…

@stephanieyzhou @WXN @HabitatGTA @Sunnybrook @uoftmedicine Congratulations Stephanie!

I am honoured to be recognized as one of Canada's Most Powerful Women by @WXN. It is incredibly inspiring to be part of a diverse group of leaders who are uplifting all women in their own way. Thank you to @HabitatGTA, @Sunnybrook & @uoftmedicine for your support #WXNTop100

Join us on Sept. 20 as we recognize faculty promotions & honours like Academic Family Physician of the Year, Louise Nasmith Award and more at our virtual awards celebration event! 🎉👏 Register here: zoom.us/webinar/regist…

@StMichaelsFdn @WeymanUt @UofTFamilyMed Congratulations Karen - a testament to all you do as a physician, colleague, teacher, leader and more!

Congratulations to Dr. Karen Weyman (@WeymanUt), St. Michael’s extraordinary Chief of Family and Community Medicine, who was named Academic Family Physician of the Year by UofT’s Department of Family and Community Medicine (@UofTFamilyMed).

@UofTFamilyMed @UofT @docdanielle @PcPariser @ahmed_al_awamer @SMcLeod_SREMI @PakesGlobal @CVarnerEmerg Grateful to be amongst this amazing group of academic family physicians, and appreciative of the many mentors and outstanding colleagues who have inspired me to reach this goal

A big congrats to DFMC's 13 incredible faculty members recognized for senior promotion in 2022 to their new positions of Full Professor or Associate Professor @UofT! Read more about each faculty and their work in #familymedicine in our new announcement: dfcm.utoronto.ca/news/celebrati…

The #DFCMConference is beginning shortly! We'll start the day with a welcome from our Faculty Development Program Director @AMerbaum before we hear from our Walter Rosser lecture & inaugural New Horizons speaker @sandrogalea.

@UofTFamilyMed Looking forward to a day of re-connecting with colleagues and learning from and with one another #DFCMconference

The 2022 #DFCMConference kicks off bright and early tomorrow @ 8 am - we're looking forward to seeing everyone there! In the meantime, virtual posters have been made available online. Visit dfcmconference.ca/posters to leave comments/questions and vote for your favourite poster.

The 2022 DFCM Conference is on May 6 this year and our call for abstracts is open! Got a story to tell or a project to share? Submit a workshop/poster by Feb 14. Learn more: dfcmconference.ca

@NatMorson @SandyTecimer Or “I’m not comfortable with that” and “sorry but I don’t hug or kiss hello”

Being the Debbie Downer of my family & friend group re covid sucks.

@ICREConf Congratulations Batya! @BatyaRottmann

Winner of the #ICRE2021 Top What Works paper presentation: Dr. Batya Grundland - Creating and Sustaining the Pivot to Virtual Primary Care: Implementation and Evaluation of the Virtual Care Competency Training Roadmap (ViCCTR) in a large postgraduate residency program

@LatikaNirula @CentreforFacDev @UofTFamilyMed Thanks for the warm welcome and looking forward to many opportunities for collaboration with @LatikaNirula and @CentreforFacDev and the FD Lead group!

@UofTFamilyMed @NYGH_News @NYFHT Thrilled to join the @UofTFamilyMed education team in this exciting role! Thanks @NYGH_News for the lessons learned in faculty collaboration and an amazing 7 years leading postgrad

DFCM is pleased to announce that Dr. Allyson Merbaum has been appointed Faculty Development Program Director. Welcome @AMerbaum! @NYGH_News @NYFHT dfcm.utoronto.ca/news/dr-allyso…