With the increased proportion of women in family medicine, we have seen numerous benefits to the profession, patient care and medical education, yet women continue to face gender-based challenges in their professional and academic careers that result in disproportionate rates of burnout and can have negative effects on their career trajectories.  

In a commentary published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, University of Toronto Department of Family and Community Medicine faculty member, Dr. Sheryl Spithoff, is raising alarm bells over unhealthy alcohol consumption in Ontario.

We are pleased to celebrate Dr. Noah Ivers’ recently awarded Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Implementation of Evidence-based Practice, effective October 2019. 

At the 2019 University of Toronto MD Program Graduation Ceremony, Dr. Laura Cummings became the first recipient of the Dr. Reg L. Perkin Undergraduate Award, a new award created by DFCM in celebration of the Department’s 50th Anniversary.