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Event

Family Medicine Academic Day 2026

Wednesday, June 3, 2026 08:30to16:30
2200 Rue Mansfield, (Centre Mont-Royal), Montreal, H3A 3R8, CA
Price: 
Free

Family Medicine Academic Day is an initiative of the Department of Family Medicine, bringing together residents, graduate students, and clinicians to showcase high-quality scholarship. Held annually, the event highlights a diverse range of work from innovative research to impactful quality improvement projects, all rooted in the real-world practice of primary care.

Agenda

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7.30Ìý²¹³¾Ìý Breakfast and check-in Mezannine
8.30 am Welcome and Plenary Symposia Theatre
9.30 am -Ìý10.30 am Workshops Session 1: Ìý
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Engaging our patients

Co-design and contextualization of cultural safety in long-term residential services for Inuit with reduced autonomy in Nunavik:ÌýNatalia Reinoso Chávez (Graduate Student)

Participatory dementia prevention: narratives of change shed light on mechanisms of potential impact:ÌýAnne Cockcroft, Full Professor at the Department of Family Medicine (Research).

A Breath of Fresh Air: Advancing Green Inhaler Use in Healthcare:ÌýDiana Gueorguieva, Firas Mubaid, Albert Shalmiev (Residents-Lakeshore).

Salon Cartier II
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Research methods and medical education

Improving Residents’ Management of Patients Presenting with Chronic Pain:ÌýJamie Halperin, Clémence Noiseux, Megan Eva (Residents-Mednam).

An Approach to Ensuring Community Responsive Training in Family Medicine:ÌýKeith Todd, Assistant Professor at the Department of Family Medicine (PBRN).

Why are you here: Improving the Reason for Consultation:ÌýNicholas Karabatsos, Zachary Shulman, Charles-David Dubois, Francesco Pisegna, Jan-Louis Henning (Residents-Jewish General Hospital).

Salon International I
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Mental Health and Community Services

Implementation of the South Asian Diabetes Prevention Program: Preliminary Findings from a Qualitative Case Study:ÌýAravind Raj (Graduate Student).

Bureaucracy: Chronic Pain, and Poverty: Disability-Related Income Support as Structural Violence:ÌýKathleen Rice, Associate Professor at the Department of Family Medicine (Research).

Weighing Our Options: A Quality Improvement Study of Obesity Management in Primary Care:ÌýGabrielle Osana, and Christina Khoury (Residents-Metro).

Salon International II
10.30 am

Coffee/ Poster Session 1

Salon Cartier I
11.30 am -Ìý12.15 pm

Workshops Session 2:

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Healthcare records & services

Optimisation du taux de dépistage du cancer du col de l’utérus par VPH:ÌýLaurie St. Onge, Kathryn McCracken (Residents- Vaudreuil)

Models and Enactment of Gender-Affirming Care in Family Medicine:ÌýJoshua Ramos (Graduate Student).

Closed Loop? Analysis of CRDS specialist report returns to CLSC Cote des Neiges:ÌýSarah Daraj Mohamed, Manal Illoul, Estelle Tran (Residents- Cote-DesNeiges).

Salon Cartier II
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Health of older adults

Understanding Quality of Life in Dementia: A Qualitative Exploration of People Living with Dementia and Care Partners:ÌýMarwa Ilali (Graduate Student).

Absence of annual contacts with family physicians among community-dwelling people with dementia: Predictions and implications:ÌýDeniz Cetin-Sahin and Hao Zhang (Research).

AAA screening in primary care academic centers:ÌýAmeer Attiya, Leila Adibmehr, David Adem, Thomas Forlini, Armin-Shahin Safai-Naini (Residents-Jewish General Hospital).

Salon International I
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Guidelines

Mise en Å“uvre des lignes directrices 2025 d’Hypertension Canada en soins primaires : une étude d’amélioration de la qualité:ÌýPierre-Marc Dion, Katherine Desrosiers, Christine Paquette-Cannalonga (Residents-Gatineau).

How Willing Are Clinicians To Incorporate Shared Decision Making? :ÌýRoland Grad, Associate Professor at the Department of Family Medicine (PBRN).

Screening for MASLD-related liver fibrosis in primary care:ÌýTian Ren Chu, Houda Fquihi et Jennifer Ruskey (Residents-Parc Extension).

Salon International II
12.15Ìýpm

Lunch (Salon International Foyer)

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1.30 pm -Ìý2.30 pm Workshops Session 3: Ìý
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Infections and Antibiotics

Healthcare Coverage and HIV Care Continuum Outcomes Among Newly Registered Patients at the Chronic Viral Illness Service (CVIS), 91ºÚÁÏÍø Health Centre (MUHC):ÌýKathy Nodzynski (Graduate Student).

The Pandemic pREparedness engaging Primary cARe and Emergency Departments (PREPARED) Study: A Quebec Update:ÌýMachelle Wilchesky, Assistant Professor at the Department of Family Medicine (PBRN).

Fake News: Penicillin Allergy Stratification and Delabeling:ÌýYing Chen, Jenny Wang, Ioana Ruxandra Zamfir (Resident-St.Mary's).

Salon Cartier II
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Pain and Loss

Pain free, harm free: exploring and optimizing hip fracture analgesia in the ER:ÌýAngie Saloman, Sophie-Andrée Vinet, Juliette Begin (Resident-FM Emergency Medicine).

Material Deprivation and its Sociodemographic and Clinical Correlates Among Treatment-Naïve Migrants with HIV Receiving Free ART: The ASAP Cohort:ÌýMoustafa Laymouna (Graduate Student).

Hearing the voices of bereaved caregivers by improving end-of-life care at home using community-based participatory research: A project update:ÌýKarin Fink (PBRN).

Salon International I
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Health of young people

L'utilisation des Bronchodilatateurs dans la PEC des bronchiolites chez les enfants 0-2 ans à l'Hôpital et au GMF de la Vallée-de-l'Or:ÌýHadia Rehailia (Resident- Val d'Or).

Towards a humanistic health system for refugees and asylum seekers? Developing a clinical practice sensitive to diversity among family medicine residents: mapping and pilot reflective groups:ÌýCharlotte Serrano (PBRN).

Amélioration de la documentation des plans d’action pour le traitement de l’asthme pédiatrique:ÌýAnne Sophie Plate, Yasmine Moussaid, Maia Michaud (Residents-Chateauguay).

Salon International II
2.30 pm Coffee/ Poster Session 2 (Location:ÌýSalon Cartier I) Ìý
3 pm - 4pm Workshops Session 4: Ìý
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Technology and networks

Ofys Hours Are Over: Getting patients online with SOFY (EMR) portal:ÌýBrowyn Monty, Cedric Kafie, Sana Al Najjari (Residents- Queen Elizabeth).

Family Physicians’ Acceptance and Training Needs of AI-enabled Tools for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Prediction in Women:ÌýDiaa Chalati (Graduate Student).

When Digital Tools Burden Care: Reframing Primary Care Technology through Evidence and Co-Design:ÌýNeb Kovacina and Marwa Ilali (PBRN).

Salon Cartier II
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Health care services & trajectories

Les prises en charge des ITSS au GMF-U et à l'urgence de Val-d'Or: Évaluer la qualité du dépistage de la chlamydia et de la gonorrhée en soins primaires:ÌýTrang Pham et Chandabaya Hauzaree (Résidents- Val d'Or)

Improving information transfer practice between hospitals and primary care for older adults:ÌýDimitri Yang and Martina Alkot (Research).

A Single World Intervention Simulation approach for informing equitable health policy:ÌýNia Kang (Graduate Student).

Salon International I
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Integrating Core Principles of Family Medicine

Sunny Side Up: A Recipe for Sun Safety:ÌýSofianne Gabrielli, Mihai Mesko, Kayla Wong (Resident-St.Mary's).

Experimental studies testing interventions to promote cultural safety, interculturality or antiracism in healthcare: a systematic review:ÌýIvan Sarmiento (Research).

Lived Experiences of Dementia Care Access and Navigation Among First-Generation Chinese Immigrants in Quebec: A Qualitative Descriptive Study:ÌýWinda Hao (Graduate Student).

Salon International II
4 pm Conclusion and Plenary Symposia Theatre
4.30 pm Cocktail Salon International Foyer
This event is organized in collaboration with the following programs:
  • the Family Medicine Postgraduate Residency Program
  • the 91ºÚÁÏÍø Primary Care Practice Based Research Network (PBRN)
  • the Family Medicine Graduate Students Society (FMGSS)

(Please note that this event is only open to members of the Department of Family Medicine.)

View the full photo gallery from last year's event, captured by Joni Dufour and Owen Egan:ÌýPhoto Album – Academic Day 2025

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