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JEWISH GENERAL HOSPITAL
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE
MONDAY MEDICAL GRAND ROUNDS
FEBRUARY 2011
12:30 - 1:30 P.M.
BLOCK AMPHITHEATRE

FEBRUARY 7
FIFTEENTH ANNUAL HUMANIZATION OF CARE AWARENESS PROGRAM
CLINICIAN-PATIENT COMMUNICATION TO ENHANCE HEALTH OUTCOMES
Michele Nanchoff-Glatt, PhD, R Psych
Canadian Regional Consultant
Institute for Healthcare Communication - Canada
Adjunct Professor, Department of Family Medicine
University of Calgary
Educational Objectives:
1. To provide an overview of the research evidence on why communication is important
2. To increase awareness of a clinician's role regarding the importance of physician/patient communication as an essential aspect of health care
3. To introduce learners to a model of clinical care that consists not just of "find it and fix it" but of four communication skills:  engage, empathize, educate, and enlist
Contact Person: Ms. Rosalie Johnson, Nursing Coordinator, Nursing Resource Center, Tel. 514-340-8259.

February 14
ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY OF CARE GIVEN TO VULNERABLE ELDERS ON MEDICAL TEACHING WARDS: CHALLENGES IN APPLICATION OF THE "ACOVE" QUALITY INDICATORS
Speaker: Catherine Talbot-Hamon, MD
Second Year Internal Medicine Resident, Ã山ǿ¼é & Jewish General Hospital
Supervisor: Johanne Monette, MD
Assistant Professor, Ã山ǿ¼é
Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine
Geriatric Oncology, Segal Cancer Centre
Jewish General Hospital
Co-Supervisor: Francois Béland, PhD
Professor of Health Administration
Université de Montréal
Co-director of the SOLIDAGE group
Lady Davis Research Institute for Medical Research
Jewish General Hospital
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Educational Objectives:
1. Introduction to the ACOVE quality of care indicators for vulnerable elderly patients
2. Present major challenges of adapting ACOVE criterias – results of the ARORA study
3. Present current pilot study protocol and its expected beneficial input regarding the INPAC project
Contact Person: Dr. M. Elizov, Director, Postgraduate Teaching, Tel. 514-340-8222 x 4974.

FEBRUARY 21
POSTGRADUATE INTERNAL MEDICINE RESIDENCY TRAINING: FUTURE DIRECTIONS AND CHALLENGES
Michelle Elizov, MD, MHPE
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Ã山ǿ¼é
Director, Postgraduate Teaching Program
Division of Internal Medicine, Jewish General Hospital
& Vicky Tagalakis, MD, MSc
Associate Professor of Medicine
General Internal Medicine Training Program Director
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Division of Internal Medicine
Centre for Clinical Epidemiology
Jewish General Hospital
Educational Objectives:
1. To provide an overview of postgraduate internal medicine training at Ã山ǿ¼é
2. To explore future directions and challenges in postgraduate internal medicine training
Boehringer-Ingelheim
Contact Person: Dr. R. Becker, Chief, Division of Internal Medicine, Tel. 514-340-8222 extension 4974.

FEBRUARY 28
PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION - EMERGING THERAPEUTIC TARGETS
David Langleben, MD
Professor of Medicine
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Chief, Division of Cardiology
Jewish General Hospital
Educational Objectives:
1. To understand the mechanisms and types of current therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension
2. To understand prognostic issues in pulmonary arterial hypertension
3. To identify and understand emerging therapies for pulmonary arterial hypertension
Contact Person: Dr. David Langleben, Chief, Division of Cardiology, Tel. 514-340-7531.

The Medical Grand Rounds are an accredited group learning activity as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.