Part One - Rendez-Vous 2012

Table of ContentsOctober 9 - 14, 2012 | www.Rendez-Vous2012.caWelcome MessagesMessage from the Co-Chairs.........................................................................................................3Message from the Northern Ontario School of Medicine..................................................4Message from The Network: TUFH..............................................................................................7Message from the Wonca Working Party on Rural Practice...............................................8Message from Flinders University...............................................................................................9Message from THEnet................................................................................................................... 10Message from the Consortium for Longitudinal Integrated Curricula....................... 11Messages from the Presidents................................................................................................... 12Message from the Mayor, The City of Thunder Bay............................................................ 13About the Conference Hosts................................................................................................... 14Conference Planning Committees....................................................................................... 18Welcome to Thunder Bay!........................................................................................................ 20Maximize Your Rendez-Vous 2012 Conference Experience.................................... 21Accompanying Persons Tours................................................................................................ 23Evening Events.............................................................................................................................. 24List of Exhibitors........................................................................................................................... 25Conference Technologies......................................................................................................... 26Conference Mobile App............................................................................................................... 28Getting Social.................................................................................................................................. 29Internet Café.................................................................................................................................... 30Digital Displays................................................................................................................................ 30Web Streaming................................................................................................................................ 30Conference Technologies Service Desk.................................................................................. 30Special Meetings.......................................................................................................................... 31Welcoming the World................................................................................................................. 341

October 9 - 14, 2012 | www.Rendez-Vous2012.caMessage from the Co-ChairsWe are thrilled to be Co-Chairing Rendez-Vous 2012, a joint world conferencebeing held October 9 – 14, 2012 in Thunder Bay, Northern Ontario, Canada. Thisconference highlights the collaboration of five conference organization partners,and their ability to bring together the planning of a conference with manyperspectives from around the world. Our vision for this conference is to build aglobal community, international relationships, and the capacity to make a differencein health professional education.Rendez-Vous 2012 – Together and Engaged, has been selected as the brandingfor this conference in tribute to our heritage and culture in Northern Ontario. AFrancophone term, “Rendez-Vous” means “a place appointed for assembling ormeeting.” It feels both appealing and appropriate to describe this event as a Rendez-Vous, as participants from around the world convene to consider communityparticipation in education, service, research, and health.Filled with ample opportunities for a variety of learning, discussion, and networking,the preliminary program includes formats ranging from interactive workshops andoral presentations to thematic poster sessions and PeArLS. Each day will bringnew perspectives, building on the overall theme of the conference: Communityparticipation in education, research and service.We share with you the enthusiasm of the Organizing Committee, our NorthernOntario regional communities, and all the health professional schools andorganizations that we represent as we welcome you to Rendez-Vous 2012!Warmest and kindest regards,Sue BerryAssistant Dean, Integrated Clinical Learning, NOSMKaat De BackerExecutive Director, The Network: TUFH3

Rendez-Vous 2012 | Thunder Bay, Northern Ontario, CanadaMessage from the NorthernOntario School of MedicineIt gives me enormous pleasure to welcome you to Rendez-Vous 2012.“Rendez-Vous”, a French term meaning “a place appointed for assembling ormeeting,” has very special meaning to the historical features of Thunder Bay andis now a world conference that is bringing together almost 850 people from 45different countries and over 150 medical and health professional schools. It isvery fitting that our conference theme of Community participation in education,research and service has moved from a vision to a reality. It truly will be a conferencelike no other.The number of abstracts received and that will be presented is exceptional. We haveover 400 learning opportunities through inspired learning workshops, learningspaces of oral presentations, a learning colloquium of thematic posters, andPersonally Arranged Learning Sessions (PeArLS) as conversational inquiries coveringall six abstract themes of: community engagement in health professional education;transforming health professional education globally; developing a culture forinterprofessional learning and practice; innovations in Longitudinal IntegratedCurricula; social accountability in health professional education; and advocacy:women and health.We are indebted to the communities of Hearst, Manitoulin Island, Marathon, SiouxLookout, Sudbury, and Wawa for hosting and welcoming our international guests inthe Conference on the Move component of the conference. Through the Conferenceon the Move, registrants will experience first-hand the Canadian rural and remotecultural fabric and health-care system.To our conference partners, their members, and to all conference registrants –The Network: Towards Unity for Health (The Network: TUFH), the Wonca WorkingParty on Rural Practice, Training for Health Equity Network (THEnet), Consortiumfor Longitudinal Integrated Curricula (CLIC), and Flinders University (Community-Engaged Medical Education) – welcome to Northern Ontario, Canada. I extend apersonal warm welcome to each and every one of you, and encourage you to forgenew educational and research partnerships and relationships with a particular focuson socially accountable health professional education and delivery of health care.Congratulations and thank you to all the people and the teams who madeRendez-Vous 2012 into this wonderful conference!Professor Roger StrasserDeanNorthern Ontario School of Medicine4

Rendez-Vous 2012 | Thunder Bay, Northern Ontario, Canadaᐃᐧᐣᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᑭᐅᒋᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐣᐠᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ ᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᑲᒥᐠᒥᑐᓂ ᐣᑭᒋᓀᑕᐣ ᑲᐱᑕᒪᐃᐧᓇᑯᐠ ᐅᒪᐅᐁᐧ ᐃᑭᑐᐃᐧᐣᐸᑲᐧᐃᔑᒧᐃᐧᑭᔐᐧᐃᓂᐠ ᐅᐣᒋᒪᑲᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐁᐃᑭᑐᒪᑲᐠ, “ᑲᑭᐅᓀᐣᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑫᑕᔑ ᒪᒪᐃᐡᑲᓂᐊᐧᐠᓇᐣᑕ ᑫᑕᔑ ᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᓇᓄᐊᐧᐠ,” ᐁᑲᐧ ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᒋᐃᓇᐸᑕᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᐃᑭᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᑭᐱᔭᐸᑕᐠ ᑲᔭᐡᐅᑕᓇᐠ ᑲᐱᐅᐣᒋᐊᓂᑫᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᑕᐣᑐᕑ ᐯ ᐁᑲᐧ ᓄᑯᑦ ᒥᓯᐁᑲᐧᒥᐠ ᑲᐅᐣᒋᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᐱᑕᔑ ᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑕᐧᑫᑲᐟ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐠ ᐁᐧᑎ 45 ᐸᐸᑲᐣ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ ᒋᐱᐅᐣᑐᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᐊᔑᐨ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᐱᒧᒋᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ. ᑌᐯᐧ ᑕᐡ ᐃᑯ ᓇᐦᐃᓭᐃᐧᓇᑲᐧᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᓂᑲᑕᒪᐠᓂᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂ ᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐣ ᐃᒪ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ, ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧᑭᑫᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣᒥᓇ ᐊᓄᑭᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ. ᑭᐅᒋᐊᐧᑲᐃᐧᒪᑲᐣ ᐃᔑᓇᒧᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᓄᑯᑦ ᑭᐊᐧᐸᑕᒥᐣ. ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᐃᑲᐧᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᑲᐅᐣᒋ ᐊᐧᐸᐣᑕᒥᐣ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑐᑲᐣ ᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᑐᒋᑲᑌᐠ.ᑭᒋᒥᔑᓇᑐᐣ ᐸᐸᑲᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᑫᔭᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ. ᐊᐊᐧᔑᒣ ᐣᑕᔭᒥᐣ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᑕᐃᐧᓭᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᑫᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᓇᓄᐊᐧᐠ, ᒥᓇ ᑫᐱᒥᐊᐧᐃᐣᑕᒪᑫᐊᐧᐨ,ᑫᐊᐧᐸᑕᐦᐃᐊᐧᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᒪᓯᓇᑭᑌᑭᐣ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑯᑕᑭᔭᐣ ᑲᔭᐸᑕᑭᐣ ᑲᐅᒋᑲᑫᐧᒋᒥᐁᐧᓇᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᐊᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᒪᔭᑦ ᐣᑯᑕᐧᓱ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ: ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᑕᓇᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ, ᐁᔭᓂ ᑫᐧᑭᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓯᐁᐧᑲᒥᐠ, ᐁᐅᓇᒋᑲᑌᐠᑲᐅᐣᑕᑲᓀᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᒋᑕᔑ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑲᓄᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᒋᑕᓇᓄᑲᑌᐠ, ᐁᐅᐡᑭᒪᒋᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑯᐃᐧᓇᐣ, ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒥᑯᓯᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᐱᒥ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐃᐧᑕᐧ ᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ, ᒥᓇᑲᓄᒋᑫᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ: ᐃᑫᐧᐊᐧᐠ ᒥᓇ ᒥᓄᔭᐃᐧᐣ.ᒥᐅᑯᐁᐧᓂᐊᐧᐠ ᐊᓂᔕ ᐃᒪ ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐦᐃᕑᐢᐟ, ᒪᓂᑐᓫᐃᐣ ᒥᓂᑎᐠ, ᒪᕑᐊᑕᐧᐣ, ᐊᐧᓂᓇᐊᐧᑲᐠ,ᓴᐟᐯᕑᐃ ᒥᓇ ᐊᐧᐊᐧ ᑲᑭᐅᑕᐱᓇᐊᐧᐨ ᐱᑯ ᐊᐣᑎ ᑲᑭᐱᐅᐣᑐᓭᐊᐧᐨ ᑲᑭᐱᐃᐧᒋᑕᐧᐊᐨᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐱᒥ ᐊᐧᑲᐃᐧᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᓂᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᓂᓇᐣ.ᐁᑲᐧ ᐅᐁᐧ ᑲᐃᐧ ᐸᑭᑎᓂᑲᑌᐠ ᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑐᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐱᒥ ᐊᐧᑲᐃᐧᓂᑲᑌᐠ, ᑫᐱᔕᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑲᐊᐧᐸᐣᑕᓇᐊᐧᐊᓂᐣ ᒪᔭᑦ ᐁᔑᓇᑲᐧᓂᐠ ᐅᒪ ᑲᓇᑕ ᐊᐦᑭᐠ ᓄᐱᒪᑲᒥᐠ ᒥᓇ ᓂᑲᑌᐦᐃ ᑭᒋᐅᑌᓇᐠ ᑲᐊᔭᑭᐣ ᒪᔭᑦᐃᒪ ᑲᐅᐣᑕᑲᓀᓯᐧᐊᐨ ᑲᐃᔑᑲᐯᔑᐊᐧᐨ ᐅᑕᑯᓯᐃᐧ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᑯᐃᐧᓂᐊᐧ.ᑭᓇᐊᐧ ᑲᐃᐧᐱᔕᔦᐠ ᐅᒪ ᑲᐃᐧᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᔭᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑯᔦᐠ, ᑲᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒪᔦᐠ, ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᑲᑭᓇᑲᑭᐱᐣᑎᑫᐱᐦᐅᑎᓱᔦᐠ ᒋᐱᔕᔦᐠ - ᐸᐸᑲᐣ ᑲᐅᒋ ᒪᒪᐤ ᑲᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑎᐊᐧᐨ: ᒪᒪᐃᐧᓄᐃᐧᐣ ᒥᓄᔭᐃᐧᐊᓄᑭᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᑕᒧᐊᐧᐨ ᓄᐱᒪᑲᒥᐠ ᐊᑯᓯᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᓇᐣ, ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣᑕᐱᑕ ᒋᐃᔑᓇᑲᐧᐠ ᐊᑯᓯᐃᐧ ᐊᓄᑭᑕᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ ᐁᐅᐡᑭᒪᒋᒋᑲᑌᑭᐣ ᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑯᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑊᓫᐊᔾᐣᑐᕑᐣ ᔪᓂᐯᕑᓯᑎ (ᑕᔑᑫᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧᐣ) - ᓂᒥᓀᐧᑕᒥᐣ ᑲᐱᔕᔦᐠ ᐅᒪ ᑭᐁᐧᑎᓄᐠ ᐅᐣᑌᕑᐃᔪ, ᑲᓇᑕ. ᐁᑲᐧ ᑫᓂᐣᑎᐱᓇᐁᐧ ᑭᑐᒋᐊᐧᒋᔦᒥᓇᐊᐧ ᑲᑕᓱᐸᐯᔑᑯᔦᐠ, ᒥᓇ ᐁᔑ ᔕᔑᑭᒥᓇᑯᐠ ᒋᔭᓂ ᑲᑫᐧᐅᑕᐱᓇᒣᐠᐅᐡᑭ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᑫᐃᐧ ᑫᑯᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᓇᓇᑕᐃᐧ ᑭᑫᐣᒋᑫᐃᐧ ᐃᐧᑕᓄᑭᒥᑐᐃᐧᓇᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯᒋᓇᓇᑲᒋᑐᔦᐠ ᑲᐃᔑᔭᓂᒧᒋᑲᑌᐠ ᑲᓇᐊᐧᐸᒥᑯᓯᐃᐧᓂᐠ ᑲᐱᒥ ᑭᑭᓄᐦᐊᒪᐃᐧᑕᐧ ᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧ ᑫᑯᓇᐣᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᐊᓂᐣ ᐁᔑᐱᒪᓄᑲᑌᐠ ᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧ ᐃᐧᒋᐦᐃᐁᐧᐃᐧᐣ.ᐊᐧᒋᔦ ᒥᓇ ᒥᑫᐧᐨ ᑭᑎᑯᓇᐊᐧ ᑲᑭᓇ ᑭᓇᐊᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑲᐱᐅᑭᐧᓄᔦᐠ ᑲᑭ ᑲᐡᑭᑐᔦᐠ ᒋᑭᐱᔕᔦᐠ ᐅᒪᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᑭᒋᒪᒪᑲᐨ ᒋᒥᓀᐧᑕᑲᐧᐠ ᑲᐃᐧᒪᐊᐧᒋᐦᐃᑎᓇᓂᐊᐧᐠ.ᑭᒋᒪᐡᑭᑭᐃᐧᓂᓂ ᕑᐊᒍᕑ ᐢᕑᐊᓱᕑᓂᑲᐣ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑭᒪ6

October 9 - 14, 2012 | www.Rendez-Vous2012.caMessage from The Network: TUFHWelcome to Rendez-Vous 2012 in Thunder Bay, from The Network: TUFH!A Francophone term, “Rendez-Vous” means “assembling or meeting”. The Network:Towards Unity for Health (The Network: TUFH) is thrilled to be co-host and haveits annual conference as part of this unique event. People worldwide who arecommitted to equity in health through health professionals’ education havecome together to discuss how to make health professionals’ education sociallyaccountable and responsive to the needs of society, with special emphasis on themost deprived.The Network:TUFH is the oldest of the organizations that are meeting in ThunderBay. We were formed when education institutions of health professionalsdiscovered that the science-based curriculum was not a sufficient basis for trainingprofessionals. In those days, in the 1970s, the message was that health-careproviders were in need of problem-solving skills and had to integrate social valuesin their daily work. A pioneer in this field, The Network:TUFH developed and sharedexpertise in problem-based learning with new didactic formats (e.g., tutorials, smallgroup learning). Increasingly, the community was seen as an appropriate trainingenvironment. Today, The Network: TUFH wants to contribute to transformativelearning, where students and professionals act as change agents in order toimprove health systems, using an interprofessional approach and engaging inintersectoral action for health.During this conference, the members of The Network: TUFH will fully explorethe opportunity to confront their daily activities with experiences from otherorganizations, in different countries and contexts, reflected in the stories, researchand analysis of so many people that make a difference, where it really matters.This meeting illustrates the strategy that is reflected in our name: NETWORKing,searching for links and commonalities, in order to become stronger. Having so manyorganizations in Thunder Bay multiplies the impact of our vision and mission andcontributes to ‘Unity for Health’!Professor Jan De MaeseneerSecretary GeneralThe Network: Towards Unity for Health7

Rendez-Vous 2012 | Thunder Bay, Northern Ontario, CanadaMessage from the WoncaWorking Party on Rural PracticeOn behalf of the Wonca Working Party on Rural Practice, it is a privilege to welcomeyou here to Thunder Bay for Rendez-Vous 2012. This is the 11 th Wonca World RuralHealth Conference.It is exciting to be holding this conference in conjunction with The Network:Towards Unity for Health, with whom we have been in collaboration for many years,as well as other partner organizations. It is particularly pleasing to be hosted by theNorthern Ontario School of Medicine; as a working party we have watched closelythe conception, birth and development of this school, in which two previous chairsof the working party have been so intimately involved, Drs. Jim Rourke and RogerStrasser.An exciting feature of Rendez-Vous 2012 is Conference on the Move which providesconference delegates with the opportunity to participate in conference activitiesin a range of Northern Ontario communities beyond Thunder Bay. In addition, theprogram offers a vast array of learning opportunities from workshops and oralpresentations to Personally Arranged Learning Sessions (PeArLS).At Rendez-Vous 2012, we will pause to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Woncaand the 20th anniversary of the Wonca Working Party on Rural Practice. We will alsoacknowledge and pay tribute to the late Dr. John Macleod with the inaugural JohnMacleod Oration. Do not miss this special occasion!I believe that a key element in our vision of health for all rural people is communityengagement – we need to work alongside communities in improving their health.Thus the theme of this conference - Community participation in education, researchand service – is very appropriate. We look forward to sharing many ideas, listeningto you and participating in discussions on how we can achieve greater communityparticipation in the areas of education, research and service, particularly in thecontext of rural health care and the needs of rural patients.Each world rural health conference has been unique. We expect this jointconference to be no less unique.Rural HealthThe Wonca WorkingParty on Rural PracticeProfessor Ian CouperChairWonca Working Party on Rural Practice8

October 9 - 14, 2012 | www.Rendez-Vous2012.caMessage from Flinders UniversityFlinders University is proud to be a partner of this impressive conference – Rendez-Vous 2012. This will be our third International Conference on Community-EngagedMedical Education (ICEMEN) (the second was The Muster hosted by FlindersUniversity in 2010), and the magnitude of this conference compared to our first isoverwhelming. The relationships fostered since our inaugural gathering in 2008are evident in the wealth of Rendez-Vous 2012 joint abstracts from various schoolsaround the world. It is in this spirit that we aim to provide international medicalschools the opportunity to ‘compare notes’ on the community-engaged model ofmedical education.Experience from around the world has gathered experts on communityengagement and social accountability. And with Rendez-Vous 2012, this increasedcollaborative research and sharing of experiences is proving to be a significantcontributor in sustaining health professionals in areas of need.Rendez-Vous 2012’s program of educational activities will inspire us to look furtherinto the future.Welcome conference registrants – students, faculty, educators and researchers –and take time to have those important conversations and learn about rural medicaleducation, service and research.Professor Paul WorleyDeanFlinders University School of Medicine9

October 9 - 14, 2012 | www.Rendez-Vous2012.caMessage from the Consortium forLongitudinal Integrated CurriculaWelcome colleagues from around the world to Rendez-Vous 2012! On behalf ofthe Consortium of Longitudinal Integrated Curricula (CLIC), a warm greeting isextended to all. CLIC is a group of faculty from medical schools around the worldwho have or are considering curricula reform to develop, implement, and studythe longitudinal integrated clerkship model to address core clinical training forundergraduate medical education. This conference provides an opportunisticplatform for interprofessional discussion, the sharing of experiences, and theoccasion to celebrate research. The conference’s name, Rendez-Vous, is fitting,as it truly becomes our meeting place to explore collaborative research betweeninstitutions around the world, build on each other’s successes, and expand researchpossibilities.Thank you to our hosts, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine and thecommunity of Thunder Bay, for welcoming us and ensuring that we maximize ourlearning during this week-long conference.Congratulations to the organizers. I encourage all registrants to take full advantageof the networking and collegiality at our educational meeting place, Rendez-Vous2012, and enjoy the relationship building I suspect will continue to cultivate into thefuture!Dr. Lori HansenYankton Campus DeanUniversity of South Dakota Sanford School of MedicineConsortium for Longitudinal Curricula (CLIC)Consortium for LongitudinalIntegrated Curricula11

Rendez-Vous 2012 | Thunder Bay, Northern Ontario, CanadaMessages from the PresidentsAs the Chair of the Board of Directors for the Northern Ontario School of Medicineand the President of Laurentian University, I am pleased to welcome you toRendez-Vous 2012—a conference like no other. As the welcoming host of theconference, NOSM has been preparing and anticipating the world’s arrival formonths. We are a medical school that is making, and will continue to make, aprofound difference to the people and communities of Northern Ontario. Whileattending Rendez-Vous 2012, we hope that you take in and enjoy as much as youcan of what the conference and Northern Ontario has to offer.Mr. Dominic GirouxChair, NOSM Board of DirectorsPresident of Laurentian UniversitySudbury, OntarioOn behalf of Lakehead University and as Vice-Chair of the NOSM Board of Directors,I welcome you to Rendez-Vous 2012 and the City of Thunder Bay. With more than800 delegates from around the world registered to participate, Rendez-Vous 2012is truly going to be an assembly of innovation in health professional education.The Northern Ontario School of Medicine is extremely honoured to have you asour guests. We are very proud of the success of NOSM’s distributed, communityengagedmodel of learning and research, and hope that you gain valuableexperiences while visiting Northern Ontario and taking the opportunities to sharewith, and learn from, each other.Dr. Brian StevensonVice Chair, NOSM Board of DirectorsPresident of Lakehead UniversityThunder Bay, Ontario12

Rendez-Vous 2012 | Thunder Bay, Northern Ontario, CanadaConference HostsThe Northern Ontario School of Medicine is the host of Rendez-Vous 2012. This major joint worldconference in Thunder Bay, Ontario, brings together the Wonca World Rural Health Conference andThe Network: Towards Unity for Health annual conference, as well as the NOSM/Flinders Conferenceon Community-Engaged Medical Education, the Consortium for Longitudinal Integrated Curricula,and the Training for Health Equity Network.About the Conference HostsThe Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) is the first medical schoolto open in Canada in over 30 years. Since its official opening in 2005, the Schoolhas developed and delivered a distinctive model of distributed, communityengaged,and socially accountable medical education and research. NOSM hascampuses at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay and Laurentian University inSudbury, with over 70 teaching and research sites across Northern Ontario.NOSM is a made-in-the-North solution that is attracting attention from aroundthe world for its innovative model. In a very short time, NOSM has become aworld leader in community-engaged medical education and research, whilestaying true to its social accountability mandate of contributing to improvingthe health of the people and communities of Northern Ontario.>> http://www.nosm.ca/The Network: Towards Unity for Health (The Network: TUFH) is a globalnetwork of individuals, institutions and organizations committed to improvingthe health of the people and their communities. With its longstanding historyof over thirty years, The Network: TUFH has played an important role infostering community-oriented innovations, leading to curriculum reforms ineducation institutions around the globe. In recent years it became apparentthat to improve community health, innovations in health professions educationwould have to be linked with complementary innovations in health servicesdelivery and health policy development. To do so, The Network: TUFH promotescollaboration between different health and community stakeholders, suchas health professionals, health managers, policy makers, the communitiesthemselves, but also with other sectors of society such as business, education,government and grassroots organizations. The Network: TUFH is a Non-Governmental Organization, in official relationship with the World HealthOrganization.>> http://www.the-networktufh.org/14

October 9 - 14, 2012 | www.Rendez-Vous2012.caRural HealthThe Wonca WorkingParty on Rural PracticeWonca is the World Organization of Family Doctors. It is comprised of nationalcolleges, academies or organizations concerned with the academic aspects ofgeneral family practice; its name was originally an acronym derived from this.Beginning with 18 members in 1972, there are now 120 member organizationsin 99 countries. The mission of Wonca is to improve the quality of life of thepeoples of the world through defining and promoting its values, includingrespect for universal human rights and including gender equity, and byfostering high standards of care in general practice/family medicine. The WoncaWorking Party on Rural Practice was formed in 1992. Wonca believes there is anurgent need to implement strategies to improve rural health services aroundthe world. This will require sufficient numbers of skilled rural family doctors toprovide the necessary services. The mission of the working party is ReachingTowards Rural Health as rural doctors in partnership with like-minded groups,through relationships, education, activism, conferencing and communication,and a vision of Health for All Rural People (HARP).>> http://www.globalfamilydoctor.com/The Flinders University School of Medicine has an international reputationfor integration and innovation in patient care, education and research. As amember of the Global Health Education Network and a founding memberof the The Training for Health Equity Network: THEnet, the School is alsocommitted to being accountable to the community it serves, both locally andinternationally. The Flinders University School of Medicine’s main campus issituated in Adelaide, South Australia and co-located within Flinders MedicalCentre, an academic medical centre combining a tertiary teaching hospital andmedical school. The School is affiliated with other hospitals in the SouthernRegion of Adelaide and has a significant and expanding rural and remotepresence with clinical training and research activities in regional areas ofAustralia.>> http://www.flinders.edu.au/medicine/15

Rendez-Vous 2012 | Thunder Bay, Northern Ontario, CanadaThe Training for Health Equity Network: THEnet is composed of 12 schoolswhich are located in underserved and rural regions of Africa, Asia, Europe,the Americas and Australia and share pioneering innovative approaches toincrease access and quality of care in their regions. THEnet schools define socialaccountability as the institutional responsibility to orient teaching, researchand service activities to address priority health needs with a particular focuson the underserved. The schools are committed to measuring their success byhow well they meet the needs of people they serve, and aim to turn academicinstitutions into more vocal actors in health and development policy debates,making the case for better health for all. THEnet is a consortium of healthprofessional education institutions that are committed to achieving healthequity through medical education, research and service that is responsive tothe priority needs of communities. Together as a community of practice, andpartnering with others, THEnet seeks to transform medical education, buildinstitutional capacity and shape policy so as to make health systems around theworld more equitable.>> http://www.thenetcommunity.org/Consortium for LongitudinalIntegrated CurriculaThe Consortium for Longitudinal Integrated Curricula (CLIC) is a group offaculty from medical schools around the world who have or are consideringdeveloping, implementing and studying the longitudinal integrated clerkshipmodel to address core clinical training for undergraduate medical education.Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships (LICs) have the following common coreelements:1. Medical students participate in the comprehensive care of patients overtime.2. Medical students have continuing learning relationships with thesepatients’ clinicians.3. Medical students meet, through these experiences, the majority of theyear’s core clinical competencies across multiple disciplines simultaneously.16

October 9 - 14, 2012 | www.Rendez-Vous2012.ca20 th Anniversary of the WoncaWorking Party on Rural PracticeThe Wonca Working Party on Rural Practice was formed at the World Family DoctorsConference in Vancouver in 1992. It proceeded to develop a number of resourcedocuments, key of which was the Wonca Policy on Training for Rural Practice,adopted in 1995.The Working Party organized the first international conference on rural medicinein Shanghai in 1996. This was followed by the second world rural health congressin Durban, South Africa in 1997 – with a very deliberate name change, reflectinga focus beyond doctors and medicine. During that conference, the DurbanDeclaration on Health for All Rural people was adopted. This remains the vision ofthe working party.Rural HealthThe Wonca WorkingParty on Rural PracticeSince then, we have met on all continents except South America – but we eagerlyanticipate Brazil hosting us in 2014! (You will be receiving more information aboutthat during this conference.) This is the second time we are in Canada, as we metin Calgary in 2000, and the third time in North America, as we also met in Seattle in2006.Over the intervening period we have seen the growth of interest in, and attentionto, rural health and rural practice around the world, with exciting developments inmany countries. Of particular importance was the 2010 release of the WHO GlobalPolicy Recommendations Increasing access to health workers in remote and rural areasthrough improved retention, to which members of the working party contributed.The challenges of rural practice, and the disparities in health status and health carethat effect rural areas, remain. We need continually to be advancing the agenda ofrural health, informing ourselves about the issues, learning how to provide betterhealth care to rural communities, training the next generation appropriately, andadvocating on behalf of our rural patients.If you are interested in finding out more about the Wonca Working Party on RuralPractice, please speak to me or any other of our members during the conference.We encourage passionate and enthusiastic rural practitioners to join us as we striveto promote health for all rural people.RAluta continua.Professor Ian CouperChair, Wonca Working Party on Rural PracticeDirector, Wits University Centre for Rural Healthian.couper@wits.ac.za17

Rendez-Vous 2012 | Thunder Bay, Northern Ontario, CanadaConference Planning CommitteesRendez-Vous 2012International AdvisoryCommitteeChairDr. Roger StrasserDean and ProfessorNorthern Ontario School of Medicine(NOSM)MembersSue BerryAssistant Dean, Integrated ClinicalLearning, NOSMDr. Ian CouperChair, Wonca Working Party on RuralPracticeDr. Jan De MaeseneerSecretary General, The Network:Towards Unity for HealthDr. Lori HansenConsortium for LongitudinalIntegrated CurriculaDr. André-Jacques NeusyExecutive Director, THEnet: Trainingfor Health Equity NetworkDr. Paul WorleyDean, School of Medicine, FlindersUniversityRendez-Vous 2012 Organizing CommitteeCo-ChairsSue BerryAssistant Dean, Integrated ClinicalLearning, NOSMMembersKen AdamsNOSMDerek BosNOSM Student SocietyDr. William BurdickFoundation for Advancement ofInternational Medical Education andResearch (FAIMER)Dr. Ian CameronThe Network: TUFH Executive/ WoncaWorking Party on Rural PracticeKim DaynardNOSMDr. Denise DonavonThe Network: TUFHVanessa ElliesNOSM Student SocietyDr. Lisa GravesNOSMDr. Cal GutkinThe College of Family Physicians ofCanadaJan KasperskiOntario College of Family PhysiciansDr. Jill KonkinCLICKaat De BackerExecutive Director, The Network: TUFHVeronique KerjeanJPdLDr. Francine LemireCollege of Family Physicians ofCanada and Wonca ExecutiveDr. Christos LionisWonca Working Party on RuralPracticeDr. David MarshNOSMBjorg PalsdottirTHEnetEmily RobinsonNOSM Student SocietyDr. Roger StrasserNOSMDr. Sarah StrasserFlinders UniversityDr. Leonardo Vieira TargaWonca Working Party on RuralPracticeDr. Lucie WaltersFlinders UniversityDr. John WoottonSociety of Rural Physicians of Canada18

October 9 - 14, 2012 | www.Rendez-Vous2012.caNOSM Team LeadsAdministrative CoordinationVin AuldScientific Committee and ReviewDr. Lisa GravesDr. David MacLeanConference Funding andSponsorshipKen AdamsDr. David MarshConference EvaluationDr. Elaine HogardStudent Pre-ConferenceDerek BosEmily RobinsonOpening Ceremonies andSocial EventsGail BresciaPromotions and MarketingKim DaynardConference Venue and LogisticsCathy PowellRegistration and RecruitmentKimberley LarkinEquipment and TechnologyTariq Al-IdrissiEducational ProgrammingChristina GravesConference on the Move –SudburyDanielle Barbeau-RodrigueConference on the Move –Sioux LookoutDr. Len KellyConference on the Move –MarathonDr. Sarah NewberyCEPD AccreditationJulie ColquhounKim FerrisTransportationJanella RenaudLocal Community Site VisitsSiobhan FarrellConference Organizing andManagement ServicesVeronique Kerjean (JPdL)Cultural Gifts and CeremoniesTina ArmstrongGail BresciaSpecial thanks to our conference organizing partner JPdL International.Many organizations and individuals from across the globe have come together to make this a trulyinternational conference. Rendez-Vous 2012 is a spectacular opportunity to share perspectivesrelating to Community participation in education, research and service. Special thanks to each andevery person who participated on the NOSM Teams. Your time and commitment is recognized andappreciated.19

Rendez-Vous 2012 | Thunder Bay, Northern Ontario, CanadaWelcome to Thunder Bay!With a population of just over 108,000, Thunder Bay is the largest city in Northwestern Ontario, andthe second most populous in Northern Ontario after Greater Sudbury. The name Thunder Bay isderived from the French name for the head of Lake Superior, known on 18th-century French maps as“Baie du Tonnerre,” or Bay of Thunder.Fort William Historical ParkSleeping GiantKakabeka FallsWhen visiting Thunder Bay, thereare an abundance of excitinghistorical, cultural, and entertainmentattractions to choose from. Variousattractions include, but are notlimited to:• Fort William Historical Park• Fort William First Nation andMount Mackay• Terry Fox Memorial• Ouimet Canyon Provincial Parkand Eagle Canyon• Kakabeka Falls• Thunder Bay Art Gallery• OLG Casino• Thunder Bay Museum• Kangas Sauna• Magnus Theatre• Amethyst Mine Panorama• Sleeping Giant Provincial Park• Thunder Oak Cheese Farm• Many ParksPlease Note:For more information about localattractions and Thunder Bay, visit:>> http://www.thunderbay.ca/20

October 9 - 14, 2012 | www.Rendez-Vous2012.caMaximize Your Rendez-Vous2012 Conference ExperienceWe want you to get the most out of attending Rendez-Vous 2012! Here are some tips to help makeyour experience the best it can be.Hours/InfoThe Rendez-Vous 2012 RegistrationDesk is located at the Valhalla Inn inthe Ballroom Foyer.• Tuesday, October 9, 201207:30 – 17:30• Wednesday, October 10, 201207:30 – 19:30• Thursday, October 11, 201207:30 – 17:30• Friday, October 12, 201207:30 – 13:30• Saturday, October 13, 2012ClosedTake time to interact with thenumerous Exhibitors at the ValhallaInn located in the Ballroom Foyer.• Tuesday, October 9, 201213:00 – 18:00• Wednesday, October 10, 201208:00 – 18:00• Thursday, October 11, 201208:00 – 18:00• Friday, October 12, 2012ClosedTo register for, or exchange, LocalCommunity Site Visits, please visitthe Trading Post located at theRegistration Desk .• Tuesday, October 9, 201208:30 – 16:30• Wednesday, October 10, 201208:30 – 16:30• Thursday, October 11, 2012ClosedIntroduce yourself by name.Introduce yourself by name to everyone—even to people you have met before,or who you think should know you. The biggest opportunity you have at aconference is to network. People may choose not to greet you or connect withyou because they are embarrassed they have forgotten your name.Exchange contact information.One of the particular values of attending a conference in person is theopportunity to meet other like-minded people. Don’t pass up the opportunityto take advantage of the large number of educators and professionalsattending Rendez-Vous 2012. Hand out business cards with your contactinformation and return home with invaluable contacts and an expandedprofessional network.Check out the exhibits.The organizations exhibiting at Rendez-Vous 2012 chose to be present at thisconference because they know that the information and services they offerare of interest to those attending. Make sure to build time into your schedulesto visit them. You may learn something valuable and it is a great way to makeconnections.Get social with our media.Follow us on Twitter @Rendez-Vous2012, as we tweet live news, updates andinformation from the conference. Connect with us on Facebook atRendez-Vous2012. It’s an excellent way to connect with other speakers andattendees before, during, and after the conference.Don’t exhaust yourself!Be sure to include some quiet time into your days to refresh your energy level.Mix up your experiences by attending a variety of presentation formats, so youdo not become fatigued by repetition of structure. Wind down your busy daysby enjoying the receptions and social events with your fellow delegates.21

Rendez-Vous 2012 | Thunder Bay, Northern Ontario, CanadaMaximize Your Rendez-Vous2012 Conference ExperienceWhat the Different Colour BadgesMeanRendez-Vous 2012 conference badges are colour-coded to identify conferenceparticipants as the following:Blue General DelegatesGreen StudentsYellow Day Registration DelegatesClear Accompanying PersonsPurple ExhibitorsRed Staff and VolunteersIf you have any questions about Rendez-Vous 2012, please look for staff andvolunteers wearing red t-shirts and badges! Staff and volunteers will behappy to help you.YogaDuring the week-long conference,yoga sessions will be made availableon a daily basis. Stop by theRegistration Desk and ask for theyoga sign-up sheet for 06:30 – 07:30or a meditation class during the noonhour.Designated Faith and ReflectionAreaFor those of our delegates who require a quiet space to worship or relax, NOSMis providing a Designated Faith and Reflection Area located at the Valhalla Inn,near the pool.In order to respect the needs of all delegates, NOSM requests that delegates:• Leave shoes outside the area on the provided rack.• Keep noise down to a minimum.In order to accommodate for Muslim prayer times, the Designated Faith andReflection Area has been booked during the following times on all days:• 05:30 - 07:00• 13:00 - 14:30• 17:00 - 18:00• 20:00 - 22:00Clean sheets will available in the Designated Faith and Reflection Area to pray/sit on.22

October 9 - 14, 2012 | www.Rendez-Vous2012.caAccompanying Persons ToursTwo exceptional scenic tours have been arranged as part of Rendez-Vous 2012’s AccompanyingPersons Program. Enjoy the beauty of Thunder Bay and surrounding region and take advantageof quaint and exquisite shops highlighting local crafts and artwork. If you are intereseted in anAccompanying Persons tour, visit the Registration Desk for more information and to sign up for oneor both tours.Hoito PancakesTour # 1Wednesday, October 10, 2012Cost is $25.00 CAD/person (Lunch and transportation are included in the fee.)TimeDestination09:30 Depart Valhalla for Mount McKay Scenic Lookout of Thunder Bay10:30 Cheese Farm Local Gouda Cheese Farm12:00 Kakabeka Falls and Nature Walk | Provincial Park and WaterfallPicnic Lunch15:00 Gammondale Farm Children’s Fall FestivalTerry Fox LookoutTour # 2Friday, October 12, 2012Cost is $40.00 CAD/person (Breakfast, lunch, and transportation are included in the fee.)TimeDestination08:30 Hoito Restaurant | Shopping on Bay Breakfast | ShoppingStreet11:00 Terry Fox Lookout Scenic View of Thunder Bay and aMonument to Terry Fox12:00 Centennial Park or Amethyst Mine/ Turn of Century Logging CampOuimet Canyon14:00 Thunder Bay WaterfrontDevelopment15:00 Return to Valhalla or HotelOther Options:Golf Day at Whitewater | Eagle Canyon | Zip Lining and Ouimet Canyon | Fort William Historical Park23

Rendez-Vous 2012 | Thunder Bay, Northern Ontario, CanadaEvening EventsRendez-Vous 2012 has plenty of opportunities for networking through several social events. Theseevents are certain to be a fun way to end a day of concentrated learning! Join us for two specialevenings – a gala dinner and dance on the evening of Wednesday, October 10, and a special culturalevening of local entertainment on the evening of Thursday, October 11.Gala Dinner and DanceWednesday evening, October 10, 2012, Rendez-Vous 2012 will celebrate thecoming together of colleagues and friends from around the world. We willcelebrate many occasions that evening in acknowledging organizations,professional affiliations, and our community.Following a cocktail reception at 18:00 involving all registrants, the conferenceregistrants who purchased gala dinner tickets will gather at 19:00 for anentertaining evening of conversations, speeches, and most of all, relaxing anddancing to the sounds of the Sensational Hot Rods.We are delighted that Dr. Jon Kim Andrus, Deputy Director of the Pan AmericanHealth Organization, has agreed to be part of our celebrations and will beproviding an engaging address during the evening. We will also acknowledgeand celebrate Wonca’s 40 th anniversary, Wonca’s Working Party on RuralPractice’s 20 th anniversary, and hear words of welcome from The College ofFamily Physicians of Canada and the American Academy of Family Physicians,amongst other dignitaries.Join for an inviting evening of networking and collegiality, and most of all – fun!Cultural Social EveningThe Rendez-Vous 2012 Cultural Evening will be hosted on Thursday, October 11,2012 from 19:00 to 22:00. This special evening will embrace the cultural fabricof Thunder Bay’s historical past and present day. This event will be held at theVictoria Inn on Arthur Street, approximately four blocks from the host hotel,Valhalla Inn.You will be entertained by a variety of local cultural talent of Aboriginaldrummers, musicians, and Aboriginal and Métis dancers. You will be immersedin the setting while enjoying the scrumptious snacks of traditional foods of theFrench Canadian, Aboriginal, and Scottish heritage.24

October 9 - 14, 2012 | www.Rendez-Vous2012.caList of ExhibitorsVisit Rendez-Vous 2012 exhibits to learn about the latest developments in medical supplies andequipment, community engagement, medical publishing, technology, and other health andeducation services and products. Don’t be shy - introduce yourself to our exhibitors!ExhibitorCity of Thunder Bay 1The Canadian MedicalAssociationTableNumber13GE Healthcare 12Laerdal Medical Canada 10Marathon Family Health Team 5ExhibitorNorth West Community CareAccess CentreNorWest Community HealthCentresOntario Telemedicine Network 3SIM-one Ontario SimulationNetworkTableNumber6811ExhibitorSonosite Canada 4Supplemental EmergencyMedicine ExperienceThe College of FamilyPhysicians of CanadaUniversity of Toronto,Centre for InterprofessionalEducationTableNumber972POOL AREACONFERENCE AREA ENTRANCELOBBY1312 11SCANDIA 1 SCANDIA 3 CPARALLEL SESSION10 9I II IIIPARALLEL SESSION OATCOURT YARD8VIKINGROOMPARALLEL SESSIONSERVICECORRIDORCHECKODIN ROOMPARALLEL SESSIONICELANDIC ROOMPARALLEL SESSIONSERVICECORRIDORBALLROOMPLENARY ROOMI54II32IIIBALLROOMFOYER671MENWOMENREGISTRATIONBOOTHValhalla Inn Floor Plan25

Rendez-Vous 2012 | Thunder Bay, Northern Ontario, CanadaConference TechnologiesExciting technological amenities have been prepared to help you to stay connected, informed, andengaged during the conference.WiFi AvailabilityWe have created a WiFi network to provide you access to the World Wide Web, free of charge, throughout the duration ofthe conference. Depending on your location, there are different methods to stay connected. WiFi is available in the areashown below.Valhalla Inn Floor Plan - WiFi Availability26

October 9 - 14, 2012 | www.Rendez-Vous2012.caValhalla InnIn the immediate vicinity of the conference proceedings at the Valhalla Inn (floor plan shown to the left), delegates willhave access to the Rendez-Vous 2012 network. To connect to this network, please use the following credentials:>> WiFi Network Name: >> WiFi Passkey:Rendezvousrend2012Delegates staying at the Valhalla Inn, but not in the immediate vicinity of the proceedings, please connect directly tothe WiFi network afforded by the Valhalla Inn. Check with the front desk of the hotel for more information.Airlane Hotel & Conference CentreDelegates attending proceedings at, or staying at, the Airlane Hotel, please connect to the WiFi network afforded by theAirlane Hotel. Check with the front desk of the hotel for more information.Northern Ontario School of MedicineDelegates attending proceedings at the West Campus of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine in Thunder Baywill be able to connect directly to the School’s network. To connect to this network, use the following credentials:>> WiFi Network Name: >> WiFi Passkey:wapnetabcdef1234Delegates attending proceedings at the East Campus of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine in Sudbury will beable to connect directly to the School’s network. To connect to this network, use the following credentials:>> WiFi Network Name: >> WiFi Passkey:NOSMtb0ntbt1tqBuses from Thunder Bay to SudburyDelegates traveling by bus from Thunder Bay to Sudbury will be able to connect directly to the mobile WiFi network.To connect to this network, use the following credentials:>> WiFi Network Name: >> WiFi Passkey:Rendezvousrend2012Please Note:Due to the nature of mobile networks, the speed of the connection that is available on the bus is slower than that affordedat other venues. Additionally, there will be durations during your travel across the North when the network will becomeunavailable.27

Rendez-Vous 2012 | Thunder Bay, Northern Ontario, CanadaConference Mobile AppMobile software will be used to provide information to you about:• Event and venue details.• Access to the full conference schedule, including a “Build My Schedule”feature.• Access to speaker bio, exhibitor details, videos, and more.• Ability to post to Twitter and Facebook about your conference experience.• Ability to view recent event tweets from other conference participants.Additionally, delegates will be able to use the conference application toevaluate the different sessions that are attended during the conference.To evaluate sessions, delegates will need to have access to the personal IDprovided to them for the conference. This ID is printed on the delegate’s nametag.The mobile application is available for use with iPhone, iPad, Android,Blackberry, and any other mobile devices. To access the application on yourspecific device, please use the following instructions.iPhoneTo download and install the conference application on your iPhone device,please scan the QR Code to the left with the QR software on your iPhone. Ifyou do not have a QR Code reader installed, we recommend searching theapplication store for “scan.” This is a free utility. Alternatively, you can searchthe application store for “Rendezvous 2012.” Please note that there is a spacebetween ‘Rendezvous’ and ‘2012’.iPadAn iPad application has been specifically created for the conference. The iPadapplication takes advantage of the iPad size and resolution. To download andinstall the conference application on your iPad device, scan the QR Code to theleft with the QR software on your iPad. If you do not have a QR Code readerinstalled, we recommend searching the application store for “scan.” This is a freeutility. Alternatively, you can search the application store for “Rendezvous 2012.”Please note that there is a space between ‘Rendezvous’ and ‘2012’.AndroidAn Android application has been specifically created for the conference. Todownload and install the conference application on your Android device, pleasescan the QR Code to the left with the QR software on your Android Device.If you do not have a QR Code reader installed, we recommend searching theAndroid Play store for “scan.” This is a free utility. Alternatively, you can searchthe Android Play store for “Rendezvous2012.” Please note that there is NO spacebetween ‘Rendezvous’ and ‘2012’ for the Android app.28

October 9 - 14, 2012 | www.Rendez-Vous2012.caBlackberry and Other DevicesIf you do not have any of the aforementioned devices, or you wish not to install the conferenceapplication, please use the below URL on your mobile device internet browser to access themobile application.>> http://grupio.com/Rendez-vousGetting SocialTwitterFollow us during the conference at:>> http://twitter.com/RendezVous2012Also, you can share your thoughts about the conference with all other conference participants. Send yourtweets and use the following hash tag: #RV2012Tweeting Your QuestionsDuring the plenary sessions and select events occurring at theBallroom of the Valhalla Inn, you will be asked to Tweet yourquestions. Tweeted questions will be displayed and viewed bythe speaker(s) and other conference attendants, then answeredby the speaker(s). When instructed, please send your questionsthrough Twitter and use the following hash tag: #RV2012QAYou can send your questions while in the Ballroom, anotherroom, or while viewing the event through the web stream.Please be aware that there is a 140 character limitation on thelength of the question that can be Tweeted.FacebookFind us on Facebook at:>> http://www.facebook.com/RendezVous201229

Rendez-Vous 2012 | Thunder Bay, Northern Ontario, CanadaInternet CaféFor your convenience, a complimentary Internet Café has been provided for your use. The Internet Café is available at theScandia II room of the Valhalla Inn from Tuesday, October 9 to Friday, October 12, 2012.Digital DisplaysTo remain informed and connected, we invite you to view the digital displays situated adjacent to the doors leading intothe Ballroom of the Valhalla Inn. The displays will provide you:• Information about changes to the schedule.• A Twitter feed with comments from your fellow conference attendees.• Pictures of the conference in action.• Videos directly from the conference organizers.Web StreamingIf you cannot attend the plenaries or other select events occurring at the Ballroom of the Valhalla Inn, we invite you toview these events remotely. Please join the live web stream on the web. The web stream can be accessed through thefollowing URL:>> http://normedstream.nosm.caOnce on the website, please click the button on the top righthand corner of the web page to register, then select the live eventfrom the list located on the top right hand of the screen.Your device must support and have the Adobe Flash installed to beable to play the live content. Please check and install if necessary byusing the following link:>> http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/Conference Technologies Service DeskIf you still have questions about the technologies at the conference, please visit one of our Technology Advisors locatedat the Conference Registration Desk of the Valhalla Inn. They will be more than happy to assist you with any of yourquestions.30

October 9 - 14, 2012 | www.Rendez-Vous2012.caSpecial MeetingsAll organization meetings are considered closed unless indicated as "open to all conference delegates.”Time Organization Meeting Name LocationSunday, October 7, 201209:00 - THEnet Evaluation Group-Planning Meeting NOSM - ATAC 602217:0013:00 - GHETS GHETS Board of Directors Meeting NOSM - BSC 101417:0017:00 - WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice: Pre-Conference Meeting NOSM - BSC 200218:00Monday, October 8, 201208:00 -18:00FAIMERPre-Conference Workshop on Program Evaluation in FAIMERRegional InstitutesNOSM - MSW 2015, 2007F,2007G08:00 -13:0009:00 -16:0009:00 -17:0009:00 -18:0018:00 -21:00THEnet THEnet Deans' Meeting (Part 1) NOSM - TBA*WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice: Pre-Conference Meeting NOSM - BSC 2002GHETS/TheNetwork: TUFHWomen and Health Taskforce Pre-Conference Workshop NOSM - ATAC 6022The Network: Executive Committee Meeting NOSM - BSC 1014TUFHFAIMER DAFFRI Dinner Valhalla Inn - TBA*17:00 - WONCA Guidebook on Rural Medical Education Editorial Group Meeting NOSM - BSC 200221:00Tuesday, October 9, 201207:30 -08:4508:00 -11:0009:00 -11:0010:00 -11:0017:30 -19:3017:45 -19:15IAC Advisory Rendez-Vous 2012 IAC Meeting Valhalla Inn - Pilot’s RoomTHEnet THEnet Deans' Meeting (Part 2) Valhalla Inn - Boardroom 2WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice: Pre-Conference Meeting Valhalla Inn - FiresideGHETS Family Medicine in Northern Africa Valhalla Inn - Boardroom 1THEnet THEnet Board Meeting Valhalla Inn - Boardroom 2CLIC LCME - CLIC Meeting Valhalla Inn - Boardroom 1The buildings at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine where meetings will be held are as follows:MSW - Medical School Building, West CampusATAC - Advanced Technology & Academic CentreBSC - Balmoral Street Centre* TBA - Please consult all program inserts or the conference monitors located at the Valhalla Inn Ballroom for further details.31

Rendez-Vous 2012 | Thunder Bay, Northern Ontario, CanadaSpecial MeetingsAll organization meetings are considered closed unless indicated as "open to all conference delegates.”Time Organization Meeting Name LocationWednesday, October 10, 201207:00 -08:00WONCA Wonca Executive Committee Meeting Valhalla Inn - TBA*07:00 -08:0011:30 -12:3012:00 -13:0012:00 -15:0013:30 -16:0015:00 -18:0015:00 -17:3016:30 -17:3017:00 -18:0017:30 -19:00The Network:TUFHTaskforce Meeting Social Accountability and AccreditationValhalla Inn - FiresideThe Network: Regional Meetings (Prior to General Assembly 1)Valhalla Inn - Scandia IIITUFHThe Network: Student Network Organization (SNO) - The Network: TUFHValhalla Inn - OdinTUFHGCSA CPU Collaboration Meeting Valhalla Inn - Boardroom 1THEnet/TheNetwork: TUFHGHETS/TheNetwork: TUFHTHEnet and The Network: TUFH Conference 2013 Valhalla Inn - Runway 25"Taskforce Meeting:Women and Health of The Network: TUFH and GHETS"Valhalla Inn - BallroomGCSA Research Prioritization Workshop Valhalla Inn - Boardroom 3The Network:TUFH"Taskforce Meeting:Integrating Medicine and Public HealthValhalla Inn - FiresideWONCA Writing Group Meeting Valhalla Inn - TBA*The Network:TUFHThursday, October 11, 201211:45 -13:0012:00 -13:0012:15 -13:4513:00 -17:0014:00 -16:0017:00 -18:0017:45 -19:4519:00 -20:00The Network:TUFHGeneral Assembly Meeting - Part 1"Meet the Editors of Education forHealth"Valhalla Inn - Scandia IValhalla Inn - Scandia IIIAMEE ASPIRE Meeting Valhalla Inn - Boardroom 2GCSA Collaborative Meeting Valhalla Inn - Boardroom 1Ibero Ibero American Meeting Airlane Hotel - Salon DCLIC MISSILE Airlane Hotel - Salon CWONCA Writing Group Meeting Valhalla Inn - TBA*The Network:TUFHThe Network: TUFH Evaluation Group - Debriefing MeetingValhalla Inn - IcelandicCLIC CLIC 2013: Conference Planning Meeting Valhalla Inn - Runway 25Restaurant32

October 9 - 14, 2012 | www.Rendez-Vous2012.caTime Organization Meeting Name LocationFriday, October 12, 201210:00 -11:00Student Student Meeting/Cheese Farm Local Community Site Visit Valhalla Inn - Ballroom16:30 -18:3016:30 -21:0017:00 -18:0019:00 -21:00The Network:TUFHGHETS/TheNetwork: TUFHTaskforce Meeting: Interprofessional Education• Open to all conference delegates.The Women and Health Taskforce MeetingValhalla Inn - FiresideValhalla Inn - BallroomWONCA Writing Group Meeting Valhalla Inn - TBA*GHETS/TheNetwork: TUFHSaturday, October 13, 201207:15 -17:1515:00 -16:0016:00 -18:00WHTF Film Festival• Open to all conference delegates.Valhalla Inn - BallroomSRPC CALS/RCC NOSM - MSW 1011, 2015,2007F, 2007GNOSM/Flinders ICEMAN IV Planning Meeting Valhalla Inn - VikingAdvisoryCommitteeSunday, October 14, 201207:45 -16:4514:00 -16:00Rendez-Vous 2012 IAC MeetingValhalla Inn - OdinSRPC CALS/RCC NOSM - MSW 1011, 2015,2007F, 2007GWONCA Working Party on Rural Practice: Post-Conference Meeting NOSM - BSC 2002The buildings at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine where meetings will be held are as follows:MSW - Medical School Building, West CampusATAC - Advanced Technology & Academic CentreBSC - Balmoral Street Centre* TBA - Please consult all program inserts or the conference monitors located at the Valhalla Inn Ballroom for further details.33

Rendez-Vous 2012 | Thunder Bay, Northern Ontario, CanadaWelcoming the WorldRendez-Vous 2012 brings the whole world of innovation in health professional education to NorthernOntario. There are approximately 850 registrants from 45 different countries, with representativesfrom 150 health professional schools.• Australia• Austria• Belgium• Bhutan• Botswana• Brazil• Canada• China• Colombia• Croatia• El Salvador• Arab Republic of Egypt• France• Ghana• Greece• India• Indonesia• Islamic Republic of Iran• Israel• Kenya• Lao People’s Democratic Republic• Malaysia• Mexico• Nepal• New Zealand• Nigeria• Norway• Pakistan• Philippines• Rwanda• Saint Kitts and Nevis• Saudi Arabia• South Africa• Spain• Sudan• Sweden• Thailand• Tunisia• Uganda• Ukraine• United Arab Emirates• United Kingdom• United States of America• Vietnam• Republic of Yemen34

Presentation FormatsOctober 9 - 14, 2012 | www.Rendez-Vous2012.caRendez-Vous 2012 conference sessions fall within five different presentation formats and sixdistinct abstract streams. These streams have been designed to encourage thought-provokingdiscussions and inquiry related to the conference theme of Community participation in education,research and service. Engaging others in dialogue and conversation facilitates the process of researchand scholarship combined with learning together.Program ThemesSocial Accountability in Health Profession EducationTopics under this category may include:• Measuring response to community and societalneeds.Innovations in Longitudinal Integrated CurriculaTopics under this category may include:• Student and faculty assessment.• Research and program evaluation.• Student-centred learning methods.• Best practices.Developing a Culture for Interprofessional (IP)Learning and PracticeTopics under this category may include:• Research and evaluation methodologies of IPL andIPP.• Embedding IP curriculum with patient and family andcommunity-centred focus.• Linking of, and readiness for, rural IPL and IPP.Please Note:This legend is used on abstract pages to help you find sessions by theme.SA: Social AccountabilityLIC: Longitudinal Integrated CurriculumIP: Interprofessional Learning and PracticeCE: Community EngagementTHP: Transforming Health Professional Education GloballyAW: Advocacy, Women and HealthCommunity-Engagement in Health ProfessionalEducationTopics under this category may include:• Innovative community-engaged preceptordevelopment.• Models of community engagement.• Measurement outcomes and/or evaluation ofcommunity engagement.Transforming Health Professional Education GloballyWith an integrative approach to education research,and service incorporating the health and social needs ofcommunities, topics under this category may include:• Innovative approaches in building and/or sustainingcommunity participation.• Innovative strategies for achieving health equity.• Collaborative leadership to globally transform healthprofessional education.Advocacy: Women and HealthTopics under this category may include:• Newborn, child and maternal health.• Creating female friendly medical environments.• Empowerment of women towards health.• Tackling gender inequities in health.35

Rendez-Vous 2012 | Thunder Bay, Northern Ontario, CanadaPresentation FormatsInspired Learning90 minute Workshops, half day Workshops or full dayWorkshopsThrough interactive and engaging conversations,workshops are available at varying lengths of 90 minutes,half day, and full day. It is the intent that workshops willdeliver core content followed by small group discussionsstimulating discussions and questions, and reflection.Workshops identify key learning outcomes to assistconference delegates in self-assessing what you mayknow about the content topics, what you don’t know andwhat you can learn by attending the workshops.Learning Spaces15 minute Oral PresentationsOral presentations are 15 minutes in duration allowingfor 10 minutes of content presentation followed by fiveminutes of interactive questioning and comments. Theoral presentations highlight scholarly work in medicaland health professional education, service, and researchrelated to the conference themes.Learning Colloquium90 minute Thematic PostersConversational Inquiries30 minute PeArLS (Personally Arranged Learning Sessions)Personally Arranged Learning Sessions (PeArLS) allow thepresenter to present their narrative critical dilemma(s)in a way that allows the audience to actively participatein problem solving. The presenter will convey theirproblems and challenges in two to three minutesproviding the context and highlighting up to a maximumof three questions for small group discussion. Following,participants will discuss the situation and provide diverseperspectives and authentic problem solving. Througha collaborative process generating ideas and solutions,small groups will discuss the issue and present backto the presenter(s) practical solutions. The presenters’responsibility will be to listen and clarify and not to director guide discussions. Truly conversational, this allows thepresenter(s) to also learn from the diverse groups.Other“Off the Wall” PresentationsOther innovative workshop formats have been embeddedin the program, allowing you to be creative and thinkdifferently about the topic.Up to groups of eight posters are clustered into themesallowing for presenters to provide a two minutesynopsis of their poster followed by interactive wholegroup discussions. Following the group presentation,conversations and thought-provoking questions by aConference Moderator will guide the discussion forum.Speaker Ready RoomThe Speaker Ready Room will be located at the ValhallaInn in the Executive Boardroom on the second floor ofthe conference area. This room will be open the followingtimes:• Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday07:30 - 18:00• Friday and SundayClosedStandard AV EquipmentThe session rooms will be equipped with a data projector,a laptop computer and a podium microphone. Thecomputers in the presentation room and Speaker ReadyRoom will support PC-based presentations.A technical help desk will be located at the RegistrationDesk at the Valhalla Inn if you have any questions.36

October 9 - 14, 2012 | www.Rendez-Vous2012.caPre-Conference Student WorkshopTuesday, October 9, 2012Victoria InnTime Activities and Location09:00 - 10:00 Welcome• Guest Speaker – NOSM Grad/Doctor• Ice Breaker Event10:00 - 11:15 Morning Breakout SessionExploring Health Care World WideThe Rendez-Vous Student OrganizingCommittee (RVSOC) recognizes theimportance of tailoring the conferenceprogram to suit the interests of allstudent delegates. It is our hope thatparticipants will come away fromthe conference with not only a betterunderstanding of health care globally,but also with new friendships thatwill last a lifetime. In doing so, thiswill facilitate the establishment ofstrong networks that form the buildingblocks of an international communityconcerned with provision of equalaccess to health care across the globe—a community based on creativity,passion and an understanding thatthere is power in a group of like-mindedpeople.Topic Oriented Session (TOS)All students will divide into small groups. Through small groupdiscussions, students will use the following “Hot Topics” toguide and stimulate group interactions:• Prevalent health issues that you face in your area of theworld/at your medical school.• Prevalent health issues that are present/common to allhealth-care professionals.• Discussion surrounding the WHO’s 12 Social Determinantsof Health and how they pertain to health care world wide.Large group discussion at the end to discuss main points/shareideas that were discussed throughout the morning.11:15 - 11:30 Nutritional Break11:30 - 12:00 Rendez-Vous Conference Opening Remarks (Webstreamed)12:00 - 12:45 Lunch12:45 - 14:00 Rendez-Vous Conference Keynote Speaker (Webstreamed)14:00 - 14:15 Outline the Break Out Sessions14:15 - 14:45 Session 1*14:45 - 14:55 Change Sessions14:55 - 15:25 Session 2*15:25 - 15:45 Change Sessions/Break15:45 - 16:15 Session 3*16:15 - 16:25 Change Sessions16:25 - 16:55 Session 4*17:00 - 17:30 Wrap up and ConclusionsDelegate Feedback* Students will rotate through all four sessions. The four sessions willentail:1. Structured Clinical Skills Session – The World of Clinical Encounters2. Grand Rounds – Clinical Case Scenarios3. Global Health Presentation4. Student Led Research Presentations37

Rendez-Vous 2012 | Thunder Bay, Northern Ontario, CanadaFrancophone SymposiumWednesday, October 10, 2012Airlane Hotel and Conference CentreThunder Bay, OntarioPlan to join the Northern Ontario School of Medicine’s 4th FrancophoneSymposium, open to all Rendez-Vous 2012 delegates!Participants will examine current best practices and resulting impact of service,education, and research on the health status of Francophones in NorthernOntario and around the world.Throughout this interactive day, conference participants will engage in groupwork, individual conversations, and small group discussions, including theopportunity to:1. Discuss and identify elements and successful strategies to integratecommunity within the medical education framework in an effort to assistmedical schools to meet their social accountability mandate;2. Identify mechanisms for the priorities of linguistic and cultural minoritiesbeing connected to a medical school’s social accountability;3. Discuss and identify the elements of collaboration between Francophonecommunity partners and medical schools in the provision of opportunitiesfor service learning;4. Discuss how culture and language impact a population’s health status; and,Symposiumfrancophone2012FrancophoneSymposium20125. Identify partnership strategies from a regional, national, and internationalperspective for integrating health-care services and delivery within thecontext of the Francophone global community.The symposium will feature presentations from Dr. Charles Boelen,Dr. André-Jacques Neusy, Dr. Paul Grand’Maison, Dr. Aurel Schofield,Andrée Robichaud, and France Jodoin. M. François Boileau, Ontario’s FrenchLanguage Services Commissioner, will act as Moderator.Participants should note that all presentations will be in French, withsimultaneous interpretation to English available. A full program for theFrancophone Symposium will be available at the symposium, and is online atwww.rendez-vous2012.ca.38

October 9 - 14, 2012 | www.Rendez-Vous2012.caKeynote SpeakerTuesday, October 9, 2012Session Moderator: Dr. Roger Strasser12:45 - 13:45Does praxis makes perfect? Reflections on the transformation ofglobal public health education from the perspective of a migranthealth workerDr. Timothy EvansDr. Timothy Evans is a dual national of Canada and the United States. Followinghis undergraduate degree from University of Ottawa, he obtained a D.Phil inAgricultural Economics at University of Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship. Hesubsequently trained in medicine at McMaster University and completed aresearch residency in Internal Medicine at the Brigham and Women’s Hospitalin Boston with a joint appointment as a MacArthur post-doctoral fellow at theHarvard Center for Population and Development Studies.From 1995 through to 1997, he was an Assistant Professor, International HealthEconomics, at Harvard School of Public Health as well as an Attending Physician,General Internal Medicine, at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. In 1997, hewas appointed the Director, Health Equity at the Rockefeller Foundation in NewYork. In 2003, he joined the World Health Organization as an Assistant DirectorGeneral with responsibility for Evidence, Information, Research and Policy. InJuly 2010, he took up the post of Dean at the James P. Grant School of PublicHealth at BRAC University and International Centre for Diarrhoeal DiseaseResearch, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B).Dean, James P. Grant School ofPublic Health at BRAC University andInternational Centre for DiarrhoealDisease ResearchBangladeshDr. Evans has written numerous journal articles, chapters and books on awide array of topics in global health and development with a particular focuson health equity, health systems and health research policy. He is currently aCommissioner on the Commission on Health Professional Leadership in the 21stCentury, a member of the Board of the Public Health Foundation of India andserves as a scientific advisor to the Institute of Population and Public Health ofthe Canadian Institutes for Health Research. He previously served as Chair of theBoard of Trustees of ICDDR,B and on the Board of BRAC.Please note: This session will be available via live web stream. Please see page 30 for details on how to connect.39

October 9 - 14, 2012 | www.Rendez-Vous2012.ca08:40 - 09:00Dr. Ainsley McCaskillCommunity engagement and advocacythrough the use of internet technology inmedical educationResident Medical OfficerCairns, Queensland, AustraliaLearningObjectivesBy the end of the Wednesday plenarysessions, the audience will be able:1. To articulate key elementsrequired to lead thetransformation of healthprofessional education now andin and for the future.2. To identify the impact of globalhealth and education initiativesguided by community andcultural needs.Dr. Ainsley McCaskill is a Resident Medical Officer working in Emergencyat Cairns Base Hospital in Far North Queensland. She graduated from theFlinders University School of Medicine in 2010. Dr. McCaskill’s studieswere primarily based in Adelaide, but she enjoyed a wide range of ruraland urban clinical experience in South Australia, the Northern Territory,Western Canada and the UK.3. To examine the factorscontributing to curricula andprofessional practice in preparinghealth professionals to meetfuture societal and global healthneeds.Dr. McCaskill completed her Internship at Flinders Medical Centre beforeheading north to continue her discovery of the exciting medicine thattropical Australia has to offer. She grew up in Calgary, spending summershiking and winters skiing in the Rockies. She relocated to the West Coastto attend the University of Victoria where she completed a Bachelorof Science, majoring in Biology in 2005. A semester of Field Studies inKenya enhanced Dr. McCaskill’s interest in Global Health, enriching herappreciation for contextual diversity and relative disparity. Dr. McCaskillis interested in Public Health. She acted as a Youth Commissionerfor the Commission on the Education of Health Professionals for the21st Century. She has been active in rape relief counseling, peri-nataladdiction and was an academic representative as a medical studentand junior doctor. Dr. McCaskill’s passion for prevention and educationmotivated her work in developing an introductory course in PreventionMedicine for NextGenU.org, an online university.Please note: These sessions will be available via live web stream. Please see page 30 for details on how to connect.41

Rendez-Vous 2012 | Thunder Bay, Northern Ontario, CanadaPlenary SpeakersSession Moderator: Dr. Paul WorleyWednesday, October 10, 2012 - Afternoon SessionsPreparing Health Professionals for the New Century13:00 - 13:20Dr. Agnes SoucatThe labor market for health workers inAfrica: A new look at the crisisDirector for HumanDevelopment for the AfricanDevelopment BankTunis Belvédère, Tunisia13:20 - 13:40Dr. Elsie Kiguli-MalwaddeImproving health professions education inSub-Saharan Africa: What African medicalschools think. MEPI (Medical EducationPartnership Initiative)Director of the MedicalEducation PartnershipInitiative CoordinatingCenter at The African Centrefor Global Health and SocialTransformationUgandaDr. Agnes Soucat is the Director for Human Development for the AfricanDevelopment Bank, where she is responsible for health, education andsocial protection for 53 countries in Africa, including Sub-Saharan Africaand the Maghreb. Previously, she has variously served as Lead Economist,and Advisor, Human Development for Africa for the World Bank. She hasbeen leading the Health Systems For Outcomes (HSO) program of theWorld Bank, a program focused on health systems strengthening andreaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). She has over 25years of experience in International Health directly covering more than 30countries in Africa, Asia and Europe.Dr. Soucat holds an MD and Masters in Nutrition from the University ofNancy in France as well as a Master of Public Health and Ph.D in HealthEconomics from the Johns Hopkins University. She is a public sector andpublic finance specialist and has worked extensively on designing andimplementing Community Based Financing programs, Poverty ReductionStrategies, Social Services Decentralization and Performance BasedFinancing. She has been responsible for multi-sectoral and results basedbudget support programs covering sectors such as agriculture, education,health, water energy, etcetera, and focusing on reaching the MDGs inseveral countries, particularly Rwanda. Dr. Soucat has published botharticles and books. She was among others the coauthor of the PRSP toolkitand the World Development Report 2004 Making Services Work for PoorPeople, as well as a main author of the background reports to the HighLevel Task Force on Innovative Financing (HLTIF). She was also a memberof the Global expert Team on Health Systems of the World Bank. She alsoworked for UNAIDS, UNICEF and the European Commission. Dr. Soucat is aFrench national.Dr. Elsie Kiguli-Malwadde is the Director of the Medical EducationPartnership Initiative (MEPI) Coordinating Center at The African Centrefor Global Health and Social Transformation (ACHEST). She had untilDecember 2010 been an associate professor and head of the departmentof Radiology at the College of Health Sciences, Makerere University. Sheunderstands very well the challenges of Medical Education in Sub-Saharan Africa. Apart from her radiology training she is a fellow of theFoundation for the Advancement of Medical Education and Research(FAIMER). She holds a Masters in Health Professions Education fromMaastricht University in the Netherlands. She has the experience ofhands-on educator and has special interest in innovative education. Sheis a graduate of Makerere University where she received both her MBChBand Masters in Medicine in Radiology. Dr. Kiguli-Malwadde has been atthe forefront of promoting and enhancing quality health professionseducation in Uganda. She has been involved in faculty committeesresponsible for curriculum development, medical and research ethicsdevelopment, and developing ethical procedures for quality medicalresearch. She has worked with Mulago Hospital and Makerere UniversityCollege of Health Sciences as a key member of various faculty projectteams involved in enhancing professional health education in Ugandaand assessing training needs within the medical profession. She haspublished 47 journal articles in Radiology and Imaging as well asin Medical Education, and presented papers at many internationalworkshops and conferences. She has been Global Faculty discussant andadvisor for Foundation for the Advancement of Medical Education andResearch (FAIMER) Philadelphia, USA. Dr. Kiguli-Malwadde has been amember of the faculty for the South African FAIMER Institute.42

October 9 - 14, 2012 | www.Rendez-Vous2012.ca13:40 - 14:00Dr. Gretchen RoeddeFacing the challenge with communities ofresponding to the greatest health inequity- global maternal healthFamily Physician,Haileybury Family HealthTeamHaileybury, Ontario, CanadaDr. Gretchen Roedde was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, and workedwith Aboriginal communities in Northern Ontario (Nishnawbe-AskiNation) before and after her medical training at McMaster. For the last25 years, she has worked in 30 countries in Africa, Asia, the South Pacific,and the Caribbean, in maternal and child health and HIV/AIDS. She hasworked for NGOs such as World Vision; governments including Germany,Denmark, Canada, Luxembourg, Australia and New Zealand; the AsianDevelopment Bank and the World Bank; and UNICEF and the UnitedNations Population Fund. She has taught at McMaster Medical School,the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, and lectures at the NorthernOntario School of Medicine.Dr. Roedde works as a GP in Haileybury, New Liskeard, Cobalt, Latchfordand Temagami. She was recently the co-team leader of the evaluationof the UNFPA Campaign to End Fistula. Her book A Doctor’s Quest, witha foreword by Dr. John Evans, explores the struggle for mother andchild health around the globe. It highlights the particular challenges ofminority peoples, the persistent gap between rich and poor, which limitsequitable access to maternal health care, and the need to work withcommunities themselves to develop sustainable strategies for health.Please note: These sessions will be available via live web stream. Please see page 30 for details on how to connect.4343

Rendez-Vous 2012 | Thunder Bay, Northern Ontario, CanadaPlenary SpeakersSession Moderator: Dr. André-Jacques NeusyThursday, October 11, 2012 - Morning SessionBecoming Socially Accountable by Sustainable Partnerships08:00 - 08:20Dr. Charles BoelenCrossing borders: The challenge of meetinghealth needs of societyInternational Consultantin Health Systems andPersonnelFrance08:20 - 08:40Dr. Della YarnoldCommunity engagement for socialaccountability in the Northern Territoryof Australia: From rhetoric to reality andresultsResearch Chair PocheCentre for Aboriginal HealthResearchAlice Springs, NorthernTerritory, AustraliaDr. Charles Boelen is a medical doctor (Belgium, 1966), specialized inpublic health (University of Montreal, Canada), epidemiology (McGillUniversity, Montreal), health system management (Harvard and StanfordUniversities, USA), and education of health professionals (University ofParis XIII, France). During his 30 years with the World Health Organization(1972 to 2001), he developed worldwide human resources developmentprojects in coordination with Ministries of Health and HigherEducation, professional associations and academic institutions. At WHOHeadquarters in Geneva (1988-2001), he served as coordinator of theprogram of human resources for health and initiated several importantpolicy documents.Since 2002, Dr. Boelen has been an international consultant inhealth systems and personnel. He is best known for his work on:social accountability of academic institutions (he authored the WHOmonograph Defining and measuring the social accountability of medicalschools and promoted strategies for educational reforms); primaryhealth-care professionals (he is the inventor of the “Five-star-doctor”model and the WHO global strategy for reorientating medical educationand medical practice for Health for All); and, health-care reform (he is theauthor of the WHO strategy Towards Unity for Health, aimed at makingthe best use of health resources, including human resources, withemphasis on integration of individual and public health activities andon partnership among key stakeholders: policymakers, health servicemanagers, health professions, academic institutions, and civil society.)This young doctor, Dr. Della Yarnold, is also a mum from the Biripipeoples who for centuries harvested the native plants around the townsnow known as Taree, Wingham, Nabiac, and Tinonee and utilised themfor their culinary and medicinal purposes. This incredible knowledge washanded down and exchanged orally across the kinship lines. Initially, Dr.Yarnold actually studied law. After getting married and traveling acrossthe country, she left her Northern Territory town of Katherine – home ofthe Jawoyn – and moved back to the east coast lands of the Awabakal,where she began her studies in medicine. She is now completing a Ph.D.through Sydney University in Aboriginal renal disease in communities ofNSW.Dr. Yarnold believes that making courses available closer to students’homes makes all the difference to them and it’s her passion and hopethat more indigenous doctors will be able to work in the NT. Prior toembarking on her medical career, Dr. Yarnold had a fierce desire for thebetterment of her community and worked in a range of governmentroles providing that interface between communities and government.Since becoming a doctor, she has remained active in policy developmentand implementation working as the Senior Policy Officer for theNSW Health Aboriginal Chronic Disease Program. Dr. Yarnold is alsoa Chief Investigator on a number of NHMRC grants and interested intranslational research mechanisms.44

October 9 - 14, 2012 | www.Rendez-Vous2012.ca08:40 - 09:00Dr. Doris MitchellFrom silence to voice: An Aboriginalperspective on sustainable partnershipFamily PhysicianChapleau, Ontario, CanadaBorn in Sudbury, Ontario, Dr. Doris Mitchell was raised in the small ruralNorthern Ontario community of Chapleau. Dr. Mitchell is an Ojibwaywoman and member of the Brunswick House First Nation, who startedher career in the medical field as a Registered Nurse. In 1991, shegraduated at the tender age of nineteen from the diploma nursingprogram at Confederation College in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Between1992 and 1994, Dr. Mitchell returned home to work full time in the smallcommunity hospital in Chapleau. As an Ojibway woman, she decided tochange her career focus from hospital nursing to working in the field ofAboriginal health.Dr. Mitchell graduated with honours from the Laurentian University BScNprogram and was later accepted into the Northern Ontario School ofMedicine. She graduated from medical school in the spring of 2010 andbegan her post graduate training in Family Medicine at NOSM. Duringher time as a resident she conducted a research project to assess theconfidence and competence of family medicine residents in conductinginfant developmental screening. During her final year of post graduatetraining Dr. Mitchell was elected co-chief for the Laurentian campusfamily medicine residency program. Dr. Mitchell has now entered intoindependent practice and her lifelong dedication to Aboriginal healthhas been reaffirmed by her agreeing to practice medicine back in herhome town of Chapleau and Brunswick House First Nation.Please note: These sessions will be available via live web stream.Please see page 30 for details on how to connect.LearningObjectivesAn educational institution can only be fullysocially accountable if it weaves strongrelationships with its social environment.The community is one of the main partners.Other stakeholders such as health serviceorganizations, professional associations,cultural groups, as well as other sectorswith influence on social determinantsof health must be actively involved.One of the great challenges is to ensurethe partnership with all stakeholders issustainable. A committed relationship anda secure sustainable partnership require anexplicit engagement to working towardsthe fulfilment of common values of quality,equity, relevance and effectiveness. By theend of the Thursday plenary sessions, theaudience will be able:1. Define the factors that make apartnership sustainable.2. Identify the elements of thecultural of a region that influencesand contributes to sustainablepartnerships.3. Identify the role that an educationalinstitution contributes to communityparticipation and partnerships.4. Identify the measures of socialaccountability in contributing tothe excellence of an educationalinstitution.5. Identify the elements contributingto effective indigenous culturalcomponents of social accountabilityof health professional educationinstitutions and programs.45

Rendez-Vous 2012 | Thunder Bay, Northern Ontario, CanadaPlenary SpeakerThursday, October 11, 2012 - Afternoon SessionBecoming Socially Accountable by Sustainable Partnerships13:00 - 14:00Failing well and learning to laugh about it...Lessons in regaining humanity through improv theatreDr. Bryan MacLeodand the Cambrian Improv Theatre GroupDr. Bryan MacLeod is a family physician in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. He cuthis teeth as a rural family doc in the small Northern community of Marathon,Ontario after graduating from the Northwestern Ontario Family MedicineProgram in 1998. He is a father of three (wonderful, bright, intelligent, andkind) busy children. In his spare time, he teaches at the Northern OntarioSchool of Medicine and works with health professional teams in Pain Medicine,Rheumatology, and Long Term Care. With what little time remains, Dr. MacLeodhas been acting since 1998, and has performed in Romeo and Juliet, Halo,Arms and the Man, The Laramie Project, The Tempest, and The Importance ofBeing Ernest. He is co-founder of Cambrian Improv Theatre Group. His passionsinclude: his family, theatre, photography, basketball, and of course medicaleducation.Family PhysicianThunder Bay, Ontario, Canada46

October 9 - 14, 2012 | www.Rendez-Vous2012.caPlenary SpeakersSession Moderator: Dr. Rich RobertsFriday, October 12, 2012 - Morning SessionBuilding on the Success of Innovations in Health Professional Education08:00 - 08:20Dr. Ted EpperlyInnovation in family medicine residency:A decentralized model in a rural state08:20 - 08:40Dr. Jill KonkinParticipation, meaning, and identity:Innovation in undergraduate medicaleducationProgram Director and ChiefExecutive Officer of theFamily Medicine Residencyof IdahoIdaho, United States ofAmericaAssociate Dean, CommunityEngagement, Faculty ofMedicine and Dentistry,University of AlbertaEdmonton, Alberta, CanadaDr. Ted Epperly, MD, is program director and chief executive officer ofthe Family Medicine Residency of Idaho. He is also a clinical professor offamily medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Amember of the American Academy of Family Physicians since 1980,Dr. Epperly has advocated in many ways on behalf of family medicineand the patients the specialty serves. He is the immediate past boardchair and past president of AAFP, and previously served single-year termsas president-elect and president, and three years as a member of theboard of directors. In these roles, he has advocated on behalf of familyphysicians and patients nationwide to inspire positive change in the U.S.health-care system. Dr. Epperly has held all the elected positions in theUniformed Services Academy of Family Physicians, including president.He joined the Idaho Academy of Family Physicians when he retired asa colonel from the U.S. Army in 2001 and returned to his home state ofIdaho. Dr. Epperly has published more than 45 peer-reviewed scientificarticles and book chapters, and given hundreds of lectures nationallyand internationally. He is a reviewer and member of the editorial boardof the Annals of Family Medicine. He is also a reviewer for AmericanFamily Physician, and serves on the advisory board of Men’s Health. Hehas recently authored Staring into the Soul of America: Why We Strugglewith Healthcare for All. Dr. Epperly has spoken with President Obamaseveral times, and has testified before Congress on multiple occasions,about the centrality and importance of family medicine, primary care,the health-care workforce, access to care, the patient-centered medicalhome (PCMH), and health-care transformation. Modern Healthcare ranksEpperly as one of the 100 most powerful people in health care.Dr. Jill Konkin is the Associate Dean, Division of Community Engagement,Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry (FoMD), University of Alberta sinceJanuary 2011. She provides leadership in the areas of Indigenous,inner city, global and rural and regional health. Responsibilities includethe meaningful engagement of communities both at home andinternationally with the FoMD, increasing the social accountability of theFoMD including the development and implementation of new medicaleducation programs to meet this goal, and advocacy for issues at theintersection of health services delivery and medical education. She isalso responsible for the successful implementation of a rural longitudinalintegrated clerkship in 2007 and for a program, now in its third year,that delivers a second year undergraduate medicine course in threecommunities outside Edmonton. In January 2012, Dr. Konkin was oneof a group of four Society of Rural Physicians of Canada members whoworked with faculty at a new medical school in Nepal to further thedevelopment of their rural clinical medical education program.A graduate of the University of Calgary MD program and its FamilyMedicine Residency program, Dr. Konkin has spent her career as a fullservice rural family physician, including 16 years in Jasper, Alberta. Shehas had many leadership roles including the President of the Society ofRural Physicians of Canada, the Alberta College of Family Physicians anda Board Member for the Alberta Medical Association. Current researchinterests include rural medical education, professional identity formationand rural health-care delivery.4747

Rendez-Vous 2012 | Thunder Bay, Northern Ontario, CanadaPlenary SpeakersSession Moderator: Dr. Rich RobertsFriday, October 12, 2012 - Morning SessionBuilding on the Success of Innovations in Health Professional Education08:40 - 09:00Dr. Jill DownieCommunity engagement and changemanagement to foster innovation in interprofessionalcurriculum developmentDeputy Vice-ChancellorEducation and Professor,Curtin UniversityPerth, Western Australia,AustraliaDr. Jill Downie was appointed to the position of Deputy Vice-Chancellor(Education) at Curtin University in July 2012. Her previous appointmentwas Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Faculty of Health Sciences and sheis also Professor of Nursing. Professor Downie has established theCurtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI) within the Facultyof Health Sciences which aims to facilitate health research related tothe prevention and management of chronic disease in vulnerablecommunities, mental health, ageing, indigenous health and populationhealth. Currently Curtin, with Professor Downie leading the team, isdeveloping a proposal to establish a new medical degree program withinthe Faculty of Health Sciences. The new Curtin Medical School will focuson areas of contemporary health need and will have an interprofessionaleducation (IPE) and team-based approach. The Faculty of HealthSciences reputation and focus on IPE learning puts Curtin at the frontierof innovative course delivery with the introduction of the faculty’sinterprofessional first year which commenced in 2011.LearningObjectivesBy the end of the Friday plenarysessions, the audience will be able:1. To identify successful strategiesthat lead to innovative curriculumdevelopment and healthprofessional education.2. To discuss creative approachesfor the successful integration ofinterprofessionalism in curriculardevelopments.3. To discuss evidence-informedresults and impact of longitudinalintegrated curricula in medicaleducation.Professor Downie is an established national and international researcherwith numerous grants, publications and conference presentations,including keynote addresses.Please note: These sessions will be available via live web stream. Please see page 30 for details on how to connect.48

October 9 - 14, 2012 | www.Rendez-Vous2012.caStudent PanelSession Moderator: Dr. Lori HansenSaturday, October 13, 2012 - Morning SessionReflecting on Community Engagement08:00 - 09:30The International Student Panel consists of representativesfrom:Flinders University - Darwin CampusAustraliaPatan Academy of Health SciencesNepalWalter Sisulu UniversitySouth AfricaNorthern Ontario School of MedicineCanadaUniversity of the PhilippinesPhilippinesLearningObjectivesThrough listening to each speaker’snarratives and interacting with thestudent panel, the audience will beable to:1. Discuss the enablers and joys ofstudent community-engagedexperiences during one’sprofessional training.2. Identify the factors thatcontribute to successfulcommunity-engaged learningexperiences and futurepartnerships with institutions.Moi UniversityKenyaPlease note: These sessions will be available via live web stream. Please see page 30 for details on how to connect.4949

Rendez-Vous 2012 | Thunder Bay, Northern Ontario, CanadaPlenary SpeakerSession Moderator: Dr. John Wynn-JonesSaturday, October 13, 2012 - Afternoon Session13:00 - 14:00Dr. Sarah Chalmers - Tribute to Dr. John MacleodJohn Macleod OrationDr. Ian CouperProfessor of Rural Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, AfricaOutsiders, outlaws, and outliers: A view from the insideDr. Ian CouperProfessor of Rural Health at theUniversity of the WitwatersrandJohannesburg, South AfricaJohn Macleod Oration Award RecipientDr. Ian Couper is Professor of Rural Health at the University of the Witwatersrand(Wits), Johannesburg. He is Director of the Wits Centre for Rural Health, whichwas launched in 2009, with a focus on human resources for rural health. Heholds a joint appointment in the North West Provincial Department of Healthas Head: Clinical Unit (rural medicine). He is a family physician by training, andis currently acting head of the Wits Department of Family Medicine. His areasof activity are in health service development, undergraduate and postgraduateeducation, research and advocacy. He was active in the formation of theRural Doctors Association of Southern Africa (RuDASA) about 15 years ago,and currently chairs the international Working Party on Rural Practice of theWorld Organization of Family Doctors (Wonca). Dr. Couper serves as editorof the African section of the international journal Rural and Remote Health.He was a member of the expert panel that produced the WHO Global Policyrecommendations “Increasing access to health workers in remote and ruralareas through improved retention” and is part of the WHO Core GuidelinesGroup developing the recommendations on “Scaling up of TransformativeHealth Professional Education.”Please note: This session will be available via live web stream. Please see page 30 for details on how to connect.50

October 9 - 14, 2012 | www.Rendez-Vous2012.caReflective PresentationSunday, October 14, 2012 - Morning Session09:00 - 11:00Dr. Bruce ChaterCollecting thoughts and generatingactions11:00 - 12:00Closing CeremoniesLearningObjectivesBy the end of the Sunday sessions, theaudience will be able:1. To explore strategies in reformingand refining medical education tomeet global needs.2. To create a forum that collectivelyaddresses communityparticipation in education,research, and service.Please note: This session will be available via live web stream. Please see page 30 for details on how to connect.51