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The CanMEDS Physician Health Guide: free tool for download!
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada has created the CanMEDS Physician Health Guide to help physicians discover practical strategies for physician health and well-being. Physicians can develop their professional competencies through the diverse range of topics, sample cases and additional references for further reading.
LOCUM COLORECTAL SURGEON REQUIRED FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR TO REPLACE A COLORECTAL SURGEON ON ADMINSTRATIVE LEAVE
The candidate must be prepared to take General Surgery call and a small component of General Surgery. This position is available effective September 1st, 2010, although an exact start date is negotiable. Anyone interested in such a position please contact:
Dr. W.G. Pollett
Discipline of Surgery
Memorial
University
of
Newfoundland
Health Sciences Centre
St. John’s
, NL,
Canada
, A1B 3V6.
Telephone: 709 777-5611
E-mail: wpollett@mun.ca
Fax: 709 777-5929
Message from the CAGS Endoscopy and Laparoscopy Committee.
We want your cases and videos! The Endoscopy and Laparoscopy Committee is planning a postgraduate course at the Canadian Surgical Forum on “Laparoscopy and Endoscopy in the Acute Setting”. This will include treatment of GI bleeding, perforation, obstruction, sepsis and postoperative complications. A case presentation will frame each talk, which will emphasize operative strategies and techniques for “keeping it minimal”. We are interested in using your cases. Any case where a laparoscopic or endoscopic approach may have played a role or could have played a role are requested, and will be used as much as possible in the course to challenge the audience and the presenters and stimulate discussion. Any available images or video of the case will be very welcome of course. [Members may contact CAGS to post news that they would like to share.]
Thanks.
Messsage from the CAGS Oncology Committee
The CAGS Oncology Committee would like to introduce you to the new UICC TNM staging system, seventh edition. This latest edition includes new classifications for melanoma of the upper aerodigestive tract, gastro-esophageal carcinomas, gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs), appendiceal carcinoma, neuro-endocrine tumors of the GI tract, merkel cell carcinoma and malignancies out of the adrenal cortex. Major modifications have been made to classifications for tumors of the esophagus, stomach, lung and prostate. The Mx system has been eliminated and replaced with cM0 (clinically, no distant metastases), cM1 (clinically, distant metastases) and cM1 (biopsy proven distant metastases). TNM7 will be an important resource for surgeons, residents and medical students treating the oncology patient.
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