Division of Gynaecologic Specialties | Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

2015 was another extremely productive and successful year for members of the Division of Gynaecologic Specialties. Collectively, our members brought in 36 new peer-reviewed grants, and 46 peer-reviewed publications. Several members were recognized widely by receiving awards, with Dr. Geoffrion receiving an award from the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada Clinical Teacher Award, and I was honoured with a Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Achievement Award for Excellence in Research.

Our members continued to enjoy the informal yet highly interactive format of our Communities of Practice sessions, where our topics for 2015 included: Fundraising; Surgical Teaching; Time Management; and a Development workshop focusing on building relationships with donors.

Several of our members have taken the social media plunge and created Twitter accounts (perhaps inspired by a fabulous talk by Dr. Kendall Ho in which he demystified social media and compelled us with its useful applications in medicine). In addition, most members have links to current projects and/or their research websites available for viewing here.

In addition to on-site, practical training, our residents, have numerous opportunities to develop scholarship in research, teaching and patient care.

We pride ourselves on maintaining an exciting and dynamic program in which to train, and embrace a “culture of discovery” in which we strive both to seek out and impart new knowledge as well as provide our patients with the best medical care available anywhere. In addition to being intellectually stimulating, ours is a supportive program in which the residents and faculty work as a team.

Despite geographic barriers and a dispersion of our members across four hospitals, there continues to be wonderful collaboration among our Division members that I’m very proud of.