GOING FOR GOLD

SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 2013
Speakers:
DR. MAEVE O’BEIRNE, Associate Professor, Departments of Family Medicine and
Community Health Sciences, and Director of Research for the Department of Family
Medicine, University of Calgary
Maeve O’Beirne is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Family Medicine and
Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary, Director of Research for the
Department of Family Medicine, and a family physician. Her research has concentrated on
patient safety in community-based settings. She led a study examining patient safety and
facilitating quality-improvement activities in family physician offices and is currently
involved in a study examining safety in manipulative therapies and in homecare. She has
been involved in designing curriculum in quality improvement in the family medicine
residency program at the University of Calgary and teaches the course “Disclosing
Unanticipated Medical Outcomes” to the family medicine residents.
VINCENT DUMEZ, Director, Faculty Office of the Patient Partner Expertise, Université de
Montréal
Mr. Dumez holds a finance degree and a masters in science of management from
Montreal’s international business school, Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC). Up until
recently, Mr. Dumez was an associate in one of Montréal’s most influential consulting firms,
where he acted as a senior strategic consultant.
Suffering from severe chronic diseases for more than three decades, Mr. Dumez has been
actively involved in the thinking and promotion of the “patient partner” concept at the
Université de Montréal. This involvement has come forward over the recent years through
the completion of his masters dissertation on the patient-doctor relationship, his
contribution to the training of patients, his work on various boards of community
organizations, and his involvement as a speaker in forums and workshops addressed to healthcare
professionals.
In the past years, Mr. Dumez has been a key collaborator for the Education Centre (CPASS) of the Faculty of
Medicine of the Université de Montréal and, since October 2010, the first director of new the Faculty Office of
the Patient Partner Expertise.
9:00AM – 4:00PM
Fédération médicale étudiante du Québec
Hilton Hotel, 23rd floor, Plaines Room
Réunion d’affaires
Coprésidents: Valérie Martel, Présidente de la
FMEQ, Laurence Bernard
10:00AM – 10:30AM
Coffee Break
Quebec City Convention Centre, Level 2, Sector
2000, Exhibit Hall
10:00AM – 12:00PM
AFMC Interest Group on Global Health
Quebec City Convention Centre, Level 3, Room 301A
Business Meeting
Co-Chairs: Lynda Redwood Campbell, Global
Health Coordinator, co-chair AFMC Resource
Group and Katherine Rouleau, Global Health
Director, Department of Family Medicine and
Community Medicine, University of Toronto
10:00AM – 12:00PM
AFMC Resource Group on Admissions
Quebec City Convention Centre, Level 2, Room 202
Admission Officers Meeting
Chair: Hugh MacDonald, Chair, AFMC Resource
Group on Admissions
APRIL 20 – 23, 2013 – QUEBEC CITY, QC
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