Vol 30, No 4 (2007) Supplement - Royal College Abstracts

Table of Contents

Best practices and innovations in CanMEDS education - Pratiques exemplaires dans l'enseignement des compétences CanMEDS

1. Communication skills training in orthopaedics
K. Lundine, J. Lockyer, C. Hutchison, R. Buckley S27
2. Use of a health advocacy essay to improve competence
M. Borgaonkar, D. Pace, P. Jeon S27-S28
3. Interactive online software documenting and corroborating exposure to CanMEDS Roles
Y. Lamarche, L. P. Perrault, G. Beauchamp, J.-F. Renaud, S. Lamarche, M. Carrier S28
4. Leadership in postgraduate medicine: Results from the first annual chief resident leadership workshop
S. Verma, R. Zulla, J. Mikhael, A. Natsheh, S. Glover Takahashi, L. Muharuma, J. McIlory S28-S29
5. A needs assessment for a CanMEDS-based curriculum in ambulatory care for internal medicine residents in Canada
R. Wong, S. Roff S29-S30
6. CanMEDSification: The role of postgraduate medicine office in supporting the learning and teaching of CanMEDs Roles
S. Glover Takahashi, S. Verma, L. Muharuma, R. Zulla S30
7. Présentation d'un portfolio électronique pour la formation et l'évaluation des compétences CanMEDS en obstétrique-gynécologie
M.-J. Dupuis, D. Girardot S30-S31
8. Modelling and teaching collaboration: The interprofessional education in geriatric care project
R. Grymonpre, E. Boustcha, M. Nelson, A. Booth, A. De Jaeger, F. Jensen, T. Sullivan, J. Swinamer, L. Weinberg S31
9. Innovation in research instruction: Pilot testing of team learning to promote peer reviewed grantwriting by clinician trainees
F. Warnock, J. Sibley S32
10. Designing an online curriculum supporting risk management and patient safety
T. Gondocz, G. Wallace S33-S34

Health policy - Politique en matiére de la santé (11-21)

11. Who is in charge? Introducing criteria to evaluate health human resource (HHR) policy documents
D. Rosenfield, C. Abrahams, S. Verma S33
12. Disclosure of medical errors: A view through a global lens
J. Kalra, H. Neufeld, A. Mulla S33-S34
13. The impact of government regulation of ambulatory surgical facilities on access to elective surgical procedures
E. Fric-Shamji, M. Shamji S34
14. Influences on choice of a generalist career in general surgery, general internal medicine and general pediatrics
C. Chung, L. Nickell S34-S35
15. Meeting challenges in the delivery of surgical care
L. Sigurdson S35-S36
16. Postgraduate training and its effect on practice location, career choice and practice profile: Tracking 10 years of output from the University of Toronto
C. Abrahams, S. Verma, R. Glazier, L. Jaakkimainen, S. Shultz S36
17. Boundaries or overlap: An examination of the community-oriented clinical practice of community medicine specialists and family/general practitioners
M. L. Russell, L. McIntyre S36-S37
18. The future of Canadian residency education: The core competency project
J. Frank, J. Nagle, R. Ramsarin, D. Danoff, P. Rainsberry S37
19. Prevalence of diagnostic discordance: A retrospective analysis of autopsy findings and clinical diagnoses
S. Suryavanshi, J. D. Gomez, A. Mulla, J. Kalra S37-S38
20. Does Saskatchewan health policy encourage specialization?
M. A.M. Gheis S38
21. Optimal care in rheumatoid arthritis: Preliminary findings from a focus group study
S. Bernatsky, D. Feldman, M. Roper, E. Rosenberg S38-S39

History of medicine - Histoire de la médicine (22-44)

22. The warden and the doctor: Kingston penetentiary in the 1840s
R. Jacques S39
23. Coley's toxin and spontaneous tumour regression
D. S. Hayre S39-S40
24. The controversial conquering of pain
D. van Heerden S40
25. A Christmas conundrum: What ailed Tiny Tim?
L. Bogle S41
26. Nothing but the truth, so help me God: The history of magnetic resonance imaging
A. Dechant S41
27. Immigration and other evils: A profile of Dr. C. K. Clarke and the eugenics movement in Canada
L. Lee S41-S42
28. Lithotomy through the ages: Big stones, small stones and all the ways to cut them out
J. E. Elliott S42-S43
29. The changing concept of aging and the quest for immortality
D. Wile S43
30. Abortion and the fall of midwifery in 19th Century North America
C. Schram S43-S44
31. The birth of a new specialty: The history of emergency medicine in Canada
R. Elyas S44
32. Relearning in military surgery: The contributions of Princess Vera Gedroits
B. Wilson S44-S45
33. How to steal a body
C. Turner S45
34. A brief history of cardiac arrhythmia
R. Ducas S45-S46
35. Models that change: The study of gay identity development
K. Heng S46
36. Practicing medicine and music II: Ophthalmology and music
L. P. Hwi, J. W. Ting S46-S47
37. Unlikely bedmates: A critical look at the history of public health and prostitution
S. Berkhout S47
38. Max Brodel (1870-1941): His artistic influence on surgical learning at John Hopkins Medical School
P. Pace-Asciak, T. Gelfand S47-S48
39. Thomas Hodgkin. 1798-1866. Health advocate for Manitoba
P. Warren S48
40. The evolution of prosthetics
A. Kam S49
41. The cost of mistakes: Penalties for surgical malpractice through the ages
B. A. Vartian S49
42. The psychoneuroimmunophysiological responses to incongruous actions or statements/prevarications made for the purpose of eliciting rhythmic, spasmodic expiratory reflexes
S. Ahmed S49-S50
43. "Consider whether I show a man's wisdom": The enigmatic Dr. James Barry
T. Afolabi S50
44. Publication history of the Brugada Syndrome: Did labeling stimulate research?
M. A. Nault, A. Baranchuk, C. S. Simpson, D. P. Redfearn, H. Abdollah S50-S51

Research in continuing professional development - La recherche sur le développement professionnel continu (45-48, 75)

45. Education at distance: Broadcasting ECG rounds to Southeastern Ontario (BESO Project). An innovative approach for teaching electrocardiography
A. Baranchuk, G. Dagnone, P. Fowler, M. N. Harrison, L. Lisnevskaia, B. Etemadi, D. Blouin, D. P. Redfearn, C. S. Simpson S51-S52
46. Did the CME/CPD train leave with half the passengers? A needs assessment of Québec specialist associations' CPD units
G. Hudon, R. Laprise, L. Guindon S52-S53
47. Evaluation of new implementation strategies, program effectiveness and dissemination of new pedagogical knowledge: Centre for faculty development's stepping stones teaching certificate program
D. Richardson, I. Silver, A. Dionne S53
48. MD/MBA: A useful combination in Canadian specialty medicine?
J. Shantz S53-S54
75. Learning on the run - Practical strategies for physician learning
R. Bankey, C. Campbell S54

Research in residency education - La recherche sur les études médicales postdoctorales (résidence) (49-74)

49. Effect of a resident-as-teacher training programme on surgical resident clinical teaching skills
Y. Ying, P. Fitzgerald, S. Reid S54-S55
50. Health advocacy in surgical training: A Canadian survey on attitudes and experience in urology residency
D. R. Siemens, M. Leveridge, D. Beiko, J. W.L. Wilson S55
51. Structured assessment format for evaluating operative reports (SAFE-OR) in general surgery
A. Vergis, L. Gillman, M. Taylor, S. Minor, J. Park S55-S56
52. Simulation based training improves resident competence in the performance of critical resuscitation procedures
I. Rigby, I. Walker, T. Donnon, D. Howes, J. Lord S56
53. Resident training and the dictated operative report - A national perspectives
L. M. Gillman, A. Vergis, J. Park, M. Taylor S56-S57
54. Assessing cardiac physical examination competence using simulation technology and real patientss
G. Cole, R. Hatala, S. B. Issenberg, B. Kassen, C. M. Bacchus, R. J. Scalese S57-S58
55. Simulation based training of technical surgical skills: A review of a five-year collaborative research program supported by the RCPSC Medical Education Funds
A. Dubrowski, V. LeBlanc, W. Gofton, G. Xeroulis, H. Carnahan S58
56. Proficiency at the end of practice predicts retention of a technical clinical skills
H. Carnahan, E. Hagemann, A. Dubrowski S59
57. The power of power: Comparative evaluations of medical residency training across teaching sites and programs at the University of Torontos
C. Abrahams, S. Verma, L. Muharuma, K. Imrie, R. Vestemean, P. Poldre, J. McIlroy, N. Woods S59-S60
58. Stories - Structured operative reporting in enteric surgerys
L. M. Gillman, A. Vergis, J. Park, S. Minor, M. Taylor S60
59. General medicine residents' perception of the mini-CEXs
S. Malhotra, R. Hatala, C.-A. Courneya S61
60. Using a pocket card to improve end-of-life care on clinical teaching units: A controlled trials
J. Downar, J. Mikhael S61-S62
61. Primary ophthalmic care patterns and training of University of Ottawa residentss
E. A. Sogbesan, A. Fournier, K. Damji S62
62. Does an expert presentation raise awareness of CanMEDs Roles among residents?s
S. Jenkins, K. Crocker, P. Jeon, M. Borgaonkar, D. Pace, S. Verma S62-S63
63. Developing a program for resident wellness at the postgraduate medical education office, University of Torontos
S. Edwards, S. Verma, R. Zulla S63
64. International child health (ICH) education in Canadian paediatric residency programss
T. Audcent, H. MacDonnell, J. Brenner, L. Samson S63-S64
65. Concurrent pursuit of degrees and courses during community medicine residency: Challenges, policies and proceduress
M. L. Russell, A. Robinson Vollman, T. Strudsholm S64-S65
66. Innovation in the academic half-day CanMEDS medical expert competency for residency educations
H. R. Rajani, C. Good S65
67. Loving your child to death: Considerations of the care of chronically-ill children and euthanasia in Emil Sher's Mourning Dove and implications for medical educations
K. Mukhida S65-S66
68. The resident experience in a large urban teaching setting: Results of the 2005-2006 resident exit survey, University of Torontos
N. Tenn-Lyn, S. Verma, R. Zulla S66
69. International medical graduates (IMGs) needs assessment study: A comparison between current IMG trainees and program directorss
S. Verma, R. Zulla, M. O. Baerlocher S66-S67
70. Supporting IMG integration into residency trainings
S. Glover Takahashi, M. Alameddine, D. Martin, S. Verma, S. Edwards S67
71. Are video interviews a good alternative to in person interviews in assessing international applicants' skills?
M. Alameddine, K. Imrie, S. Akers, S. Verma S67-S68
72. Evaluatation of an innovative mentorship program - Multilevel mentorship model - Does it meet the needs of residents?
C. T.J. Elliott, J. Buxton, S. Froese S68
73. "I just don't want to kill anybody": The first six months of postgraduate trainings
D. Martin, S. Glover Takahashi S69
74. Remediation plans: Effectively matching trainee needs to remediation planss
S. Glover Takahashi, D. Martin, S. Verma, S. Edwards S69-S70

Young Investigators Forum

The role of THOA in calcium sensitization in human myometrial smooth muscles
Hector Aguilar, B. F. (Peter) Mitchell S70-S71
Effects of maternal nutrient restriction on placental morphology and insulin-like growth factor system expressions
C Albion, S Dixon, K Nygard, C Reid, V Han S71
Atomoxetine, but not paroxetine, blocks norepinephrine reuptake in depressed patientss
F. Aldosary, P. Tremblay, C. Hébert, P. Blier S72
Global gene expression analyses in early experimental osteoarthritis reveal novel players in articular cartilage degenerations
Tom Appleton, Shirine Usmani, Vasek Pitelka, Jim Henry, Suzanne Bernier, Frank Beier S72-S73
Profiling YB-1 responsive genes in basal-like breast cancer cells by ChIP-on-chip reveals direct binding to PIK3CAs
A Astanehe, M Finkbeiner S73-S74
The character of anti-HCV T cell responses differs between spontaneous and treatment-induced viral clearance s
L Barrett, G Hirsch, M Gallant, C Howley, K Peltekian, M Grant S74
Through the looking-glass: Objectivity, interpretation, and the construction of social kinds as emerging issues in research ethicss
S G Berkhout, M W Tyndall, S Anderson S75
Rapid electrical pacing of cardiomyocytes alters the behavior of cardiac fibroblasts: Implications for atrial fibrillations
Brett Burstein, Xiao-Yan Qi, Angelino Calderone, Stanley Nattel S75-S76
The role of AMP-activate protein kinase (AMPK) in the regulation of cardiac hypertrophy
Anita Y M Chan, Carrie-Lynn M Soltys, Jason RB Dyck S76-s77
The metalloproteinase ADAM10 is required for retinal ganglion cell axon guidance in the developing visual systems
Y. Y. Chen, C. L. Hehr, K. Atkinson-Leadbeater, J. C. Hocking, S. McFarlane S77
In vitro validation of a 3-dimensional transrectal ultrasound system for prostate biopsiess
Derek Cool, Shi Sherebrin, Jonathan Izawa, Joseph Chin, Aaron Fenster S77-S78
Molecular characterization of the development of the K65R and M184V drug resistance mutations in Subtype C HIV-1s
Dimitrios Coutsinos, Cédric F. Invernizzi, Daniela Moisi, Maureen Oliveira, Bluma G. Brenner, Mark A. Wainberg S78-S79
Elucidating the role of P63 during development of the mammalian nervous systems
Sagar Dugani, Annie Paquin, David R. Kaplan, Freda D. Miller S79
A JNK-dependent switch determines the oncogenic or tumor suppressor activity of ILKs
A D Durbin, G R Somers, M Forrester, G E Hannigan, D Malkin S79-S80
Abnormal neurogensis in the hippocampus of a mouse model of fragile X syndromes
B Eadie, B Christie S80
Innate inflammatory and phagocytic responses to Plasmodium falciparum: linked processes or molecularly discrete pathways?s
Laura Erdman, Gabriela Cosio, Samir N. Patel, Sergio Grinstein, Kevin C. Kain S81
Targeted deletion of discoidin domain receptor 1 (Ddr1) decreases atherosclerosis, reduces inflammation and accelerates matrix accumulation in LDL receptor deficient mices
Christopher Franco, Guangpei Hou, Wolfgang Vogel, Michelle Bendeck S81-S82
A screen for suppressors of apoptosis identifies a novel gain of function mutation in drosphilia RAS1s
C Gafuik, J Agapite, H Steller S82
Golgi-bound Rab34 is a novel member of the secretory pathways
Neil M. Goldenberg, Sergio Grinstein, Mel Silverman S82-S83
Relative value of plasma nitrotyrosine for predicting mortality in patients with coronary artery diseases
C L Heslop, J J Frohlich, J S Hill S83
High affinity IL-2 receptor (CD25) expression among Chronic Lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patients is independent of mutational status and ZAP-70 positivitys
J M Howell, J Luider, H Wong, M Perrizolo, D Demetrick, I Auer, A Mansoor S83-S84
Differential expression of type I interferon genes in plasmacytoid dendritic cells from HIV-infected patientss
Martin D. Hyrcza, Sandy S. Der, Mario Ostrowski S84
Spatial localization of unknown proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum predicts functions
Michael D. Jain, Hisao Nagaya, Annalyn Gilchrist, Miroslaw Cygler, John J.M. Bergeron S84-S85
Modulation of NMDA receptors by prion proteins
Houman Khosravani, Yunfeng Zhang, Shigeki Tsutsui, Shahid Hameed, Jawed Hamid, Christophe Altier, Frank R. Jirik, Gerald W. Zamponi S85
Genetic characterization of two autosomal recessive disorders, Majewski-like and cerebral atrophy syndromes
P Lahiry, J F Robinson, V Siu, E G Puffenberger, K A Strauss, R A Hegele, C A Rupar S85-S86
A genome-wide linkage scan for familial partial lipodystrophy susceptibility genes in a German kindreds
M. Lanktree, J. Robinson, J. Creider, H. Cao, D. Carter, D. Horsch, R. Hegele S86
Modulating hedgehog and beta-catenin signaling in osteoarthritiss
A. C. Lin, B. A. Alman S86-S87
Determinating the role of the E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Ariadne 2 in mammalian systemss
A. E. Lin, A. Wakeham, A. You-Ten, G. Wood, T. W. Mak S87
Attention and grasping in Parkinson's disease: Effects of treatment and disease stages
Cathy Lu, Oksana Suchowersky, Zelma Kiss, Angela M Haffenden S87-S88
Characterization of low grade serous carcinoma of the ovary and its precursorss
Taymaa May, Monika Sharma, Igor Jurisica, Barry Rosen, Joan Murphy, Patricia Shaw, Theodore Brown S88-S89
Memory from one-trial training is resistant to extinction in Lymnaea Stagnaliss
Kara Murias, Martin Amarell, Ken Lukowiak S89-S90
Response of human osteoblast-like cells to fluid flow shear: A potential role for the microtubule network and primary ciliums
Kenneth A. Myers, Jerome B. Rattner, Nigel G. Shrive, David A. Hart S90
Examination of the dynamics of global DNA methylation pattern establishment during spermatogenesiss
Kirsten Niles, Sophie La Salle, Christopher Oakes, Jacquetta Trasler S90-S91
The role of CRMP4 in nerve regenerations
Stephan Ong Tone, Yazan Z. Alabed, Alyson E. Fournier S91
Heparin induces amyloid formation in cultured human isletss
K Potter, K Park S92
Stepping up regulatory mechanisms of GLUT4 traffic in L6 skeletal muscle cellss
V. K. Randhawa, I. Talior-Volodarsky, A. Klip S92-S93
Intestinal microbiota balance modulates host susceptibility to infection with enteric pathogenss
I Sekirov, N Tam, M Robertson, C Lupp, B Finlay S93-S94
Development of a thermally responsive peptide for sustained deliver of solyble TNF receptor II to attenuate inflammatory events associated with radiculopathys
Mohammed F. Shamji, Odelia Ghodsizadeh, Allan H. Friedman, William J. Richardson, Ashutosh Chilkoti, Lori A. Setton S94-S95
The Dynactome-investigating dynamic network motifs of kinasess
Jonathan So, Kelly Elder, Karen Colwill, Rune Linding, Tony Pawson S95
Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in never treated mood disordered patientss
Valerie Taylor, Glenda M. MacQueen S95
Mast cells release cytokines in response to mediators produced by virus-infected epithelial cellss
Candy Tsang, A. D. Befus S96
Gene transfer of endothelial NO-synthase restores migratory capacity of endothelial progenitor cells from patients with coronary artery diseases
Michael R. Ward, Qiuwang Zhang, Duncan J. Stewart, Michael J.B. Kutryk S96-S97
The warburg effect and tumour cell survival in human GBMs
A Wolf, J Mukherjee, A Guha S97
An analysis of the adaptive immune response towards an embryonic stem cell grafts
Douglas Wu, Kathryn Wood S98
Distribution and expression of transgene green fluorescent protein in mice survived up to four weeks following in utero gene therapys
P T Yang, L Huang, W W Jia, E D Skarsgard, C Sy S98-S99
Regulation of huntingtin palmitoylation and its role in Huntington Diseases
F BJ Young, M R Hayden S99


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