Our next Info Session is on Thurs Jan 27 featuring our PGY-2’s - “What I wish I knew before starting Residency”. Wherever you match to, you don’t want to miss these tips from our PGY-2s to help you succeed in your first couple of years of junior residency.
Our 4th CARMS Info Session was held on Wed Jan 10 - our PGY-1s gave their honest and unfiltered opinons about general surgery at Ottawa. The meeting was not recorded so that our PGY-1s could speak completely honestly! If you have any questions, hit that Contact Us button and we can put you in touch with one of our PGY-1s.
Our third info session was held on Dec 9 on Wellness & Resilience. Check out the recording here:
Passcode: CaRMS#32021
UPDATE - you can find the recording of our second info session here! Stayed tuned for the next! PW is CaRMS#2-2021
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Our next info session is on Nov 16, 2021 from 8PM - 9PM - “Research & SSP at uOttawa”. Please RSVP at the link below to get the video session link!
Please note that participation and attendance is entirely voluntary and not at all taken into consideration during the CaRMS selection process.
We held our first info session on Wednesday Oct 13. You can find the recording here!
pw: laparoscopy12!
Stay tuned for our future info sessions, approximately once per month!
The final details of our Interview Day and Social Night are up!
Join us on Monday Mar 22, 2021 at 7PM EST for our social night. Check your emails for the RSVP and link.
This will be an occasion to mingle with residents and faculty, learn about our program and hopefully relax before interview day. Looking forward to seeing you there!
This is an optional event. It is entirely meant for you to learn more about our program so that you’ll pick us! Any information shared about the program and about the interview day during this event will also be made available to anyone who is unable to attend.
Acute care surgery is a core part of any general surgeon’s practice and a key part of our training. Join us this on Feb 4th from 8-9PM where Drs. Glen, Tran, and Tropiano will be talking about the ACS service at uOttawa.
Don’t forget, you can ask any questions about the program during this talk!
Our next CARMS Info Session will feature two of our PGY-1s, Dr. Niv Vela and Dr. Gordie Best. They will be answering all your questions about what it’s like to be a PGY-1 at the University of Ottawa.
Please note, this will not be a recorded session! Our hope is that this will be a completely candid conversation where you can essentially ask them anything!
Happy New Year! We’re back with our next CARMS Info Session - HPB Showcase! Drs. Balaa, Bertens, and Gilbert will be talking about the HPB program here at the University of Ottawa. As per usual, they will be available for any questions about our program.
RECORDING AVAILABLE - thanks for all those who attended!
In a few months time, you will be a junior resident holding the pager, on call, operating, and responsible for all of your floor patients. Check out our next info session for some tips on how to be an effective and efficient as a junior resident.
Recording available.
DISCLAIMER:
Please note that the opinions expressed in the info session below are those of the presenters themselves and are not necessarily the position of the general surgery program or The Ottawa Hospital. Please note that the opinions expressed here are general suggestions and are not to be interpreted as clinical advice or practice guidelines.
This Thursday, Dr. Jad Abou Khalil, Dr. Richard Hu, and Dr. Rajam Raghunathan will be talking about how we address diversity and inclusion at the University of Ottawa’s General Surgery residency program.
Don’t forget, these sessions are your chance to ask any questions about our program, not just related to the topic that week.
ADDENDUM:
Thanks to all those who attended, check out our recording here!
We’re extremely lucky to be partnered with community and rural hospitals where general surgery residents can rotate through. Not only do we have the privilege of working with incredible surgeons, we also have the opportunity to explore different career trajectories in general surgery.
Join us next Thursday, Nov 19th, 2020 from 8-9PM to learn more about Community and Rural Surgery at uOttawa.
Don’t miss our next CARMS Info Session where our Education Lead Dr. Raiche will be discussing how Ottawa has one of the best surgical skills simulation programs in the country. Dr. Raj Selvam, one of our star PGY-2s will talk about what it’s like to train with simulation.
Don’t forget, you can ask any questions about CARMS and our program at these sessions!
ADDENDUM
Thank you to all those who attend our session! Check out the recording below.
Minimally invasive, maximally engaging! Join us on Oct 15 at 8PM EST for our next cARMS virtual session. We will be focusing on MIS with two of our staff surgeons and one of our senior residents.
ADDENDUM:
Thank you to all those who attended our session. Please find the recording of the session below:
Representation is a huge problem in surgery. In the interests of remedying this in some small way, we'll be including a biographical piece in Chief Resident’s Weekly Update on a regular basis focusing on a surgeon whose name is not well known in our oral and written history, but should be.
Dr. Dorothy Lavinia Brown grew up in an orphanage in upstate New York, having been placed there soon after her birth in Philadephia in 1919. At age 13, her mother reclaimed her, but she continued to run away back to the orphanage, five times, given the volatility of the new home situation with her estranged mother. She worked as a maid and enrolled in high school at age 15, living with a foster family arranged by her new High School principal. She graduated at the top of her class in 1937 and received a full scholarship to Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina where she received her B.A. in 1941, graduating second in her class. She enrolled in 1944 at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, TN, from which she graduated in 1948.
After interning at Harlem Hospital for a year, she chose surgery. There were no other black women in general surgery in the American South and she met with almost universal resistance. She described her program director, Dr. Matthew Walker as brave for accepting her into the program despite advice from his colleagues that a woman could never withstand the rigors of a surgical residency. She completed a five-year residency at Meharry and George W. Hubbard Hospital to become Assistant Professor of Surgery in 1955, the first black woman to be made a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. She described her journey thus: "I tried to be ... not hard, but durable." She was chief of surgery from 1957-1983 at Nashville Riverside Hospital, clinical professor of surgery at Meharry Medical College and educational director for the Riverside-Meharry clinical rotation program. She also served as a consultant on health and education for the NIH in 1982.
In her personal life, she also overcame barriers and prejudices to achieve a number of firsts. She became the first single adoptive mother in Tennessee in 1956 when a poor, unmarried patient implored her to adopt her newborn daughter. She also ran and won a seat in the state legislature, becoming the first black woman representative in the state legislature of Tennessee in 1966. She would later resign after the defeat of an expanded abortion rights bill she sponsored - frustrated by the fact that the legislation, had it been approved, would have benefitted many women in the state.
She was much honored during her lifetime, including the Carnegie Foundation Humanitarian award in 1993 and the prestigious Horatio Alger Award in 1994. The Residence at Meharry College was renamed in her honor. Her life and accomplishments, she said could serve as an example to others, "not because I have done so much, but to say to young people that it can be done."
- Adapted from "Changing the Face of Medicine: Dr. Dorothy Lavinia Brown," https://cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov/physicians/biography_46.html
Interested in learning more about research during a general surgery residency at uOttawa? Check out our info session on Thurs Sept 24 from 8-9PM EST on Zoom where some of our residents will share their experiences.
UPDATE:
Thank you for all those who made it! Apologies that the recording starts 10 mins into the presentation.
In the race to find new ways to prevent and treat COVID-19, Dr. Rebecca Auer has launched an innovative clinical trial focused on strengthening the immune system for one of the most vulnerable populations—cancer patients.
Thank you very much to Nada (Chief) and Chelsea (Jr Chief) for their tenure as chief residents. You’ve navigated us through precarious times with tact and thoughtful judgement.
We welcome our new chiefs, Rajam (Chief) and Andre (Jr Chief). Looking forward to your new leadership!
““You will have to rip the Twitter login and password out of my cold dead hands.””
Our first CaRMS Q&A was a huge success. Thank you to all those who attended our Q&A. If you missed this session, no need to worry. We will have talks scheduled every few weeks for you to learn more about our program and ask any questions you have!
