Any candidate for the CAIR Board must be a CAIR member in good standing. CAIR seeks candidates with any of the following attributes:

a.    with governance skills (previously served with other organizations as a board member, executive member, e.g Secretary, Vice President, Treasurer, etc.)

b.    with management skills (previous experience in policy, advocacy, medical education, professionalism, communications, wellbeing)

c.    from all specialties (Family Medicine and all Royal College specialties)

The CAIR Board of Directors will meet face to face 4-5 times a year:

•      Annual General Meeting/CAIR Board of Directors Meeting – June 16-17 2012 (Saskatoon)

•      CAIR Strategic Planning Meeting – August 2012 (date and location to be confirmed)

•      CAIR Board Meeting – November 2012 (Ottawa, date to be confirmed)

•      CAIR Board Meeting – February 9-10 2013 (Ottawa)

•      CAIR Board Meeting – June 15-16 2013 (location to be determined)

There will be Board teleconferences held between face-to-face meetings to address key issues in a timely fashion. Board members are expected to attend all in-person and telecommunications-based Board meetings. Board members are also expected to serve upon one or more of CAIR’s Governance and/or Management Committees.

Election to the CAIR Board is contingent upon signing the CAIR Board Code of Conduct agreement.

Elected CAIR Board members serve for a one year term, with an option to serve for an additional year at the Board member’s discretion; provided the Board member remains a Resident, is a CAIR member in good standing, and meets the performance/job description expectations for serving as a CAIR Board member.

Interested candidates must submit their CV to par@par-bc.org by 4 pm PST on May 17th, 2012.

 

May 11^th, 2012

Resident Reviewer Needed:

A resident reviewer is required for the Pediatric Clinical Immunology and Allergy program on the afternoon of June 6th.

Travel costs will be reimbursed.

If interested please contact gaird@par-bc.org

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CAIR Board of Directors Election:

There is currently a vacancy on the CAIR Board of Directors for a BC resident. PAR-BC encourages members who wish to participate with the national organization to do so by submitting their CV to par@par-bc.org by May 18th. For information on the time commitment and desired candidate qualities click here

There are other involvement opportunities available for those looking to volunteer with CAIR, for complete details click here

The CAIR AGM with be held June 16th in Saskatoon Saskatchewan. If you are unable to attend and would like to assign your vote to a proxy please complete this form and return it no later than 6pm on June 12th to proxy2012@cair.ca

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Spot the Poster Contest

The second resident awareness poster is on transit shelters in Vancouver. Spot a poster, take a picture with it and submit it to par@par-bc.org to win a prize.

Need help finding a location so you can enter to win? Here are some hints;

1. This location is downtown, on a street with a bridge; the cross street is the first name of a famous South African President.

2. This location is in Kitsilano, on the way to a tourist island, near some Vespa stores.

3. This location is on the way to a bridge to Richmond, not quite 49th, but not quite 57th.

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New Interim Dean

Dr. Kernahan will be stepping down from her position as Associate Dean, PGME on Tuesday, May 15th, and the office of Post Graduate Medical Education is happy to announce that Dr. Roger Wong has agreed to assume the role of Interim Associate Dean, PGME.


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Upcoming CPD Conferences and Workshops:

There are several upcoming accredited conferences and workshops including:

 CCOPE Prostate Cancer Workshops in various locations

Online Dimentia Workshops

8th Annual Advanced Learning in Palliative Medicine Conference

For a complete listing click here.

For access to free webinars and information on other Continuing Professional Development opportunities click here.

PAR-BC Member Discounts:

PAR-BC’s Members’ Section is the place for discounts designed exclusively for resident members!

For a list of deals, please visit the Member’s Section of our website.

Upcoming Events:

Town Hall: 

The deadline for registration for next week’s May 16th Members Only Town Hall in Vancouver is May 15th. Please register to attend for updates on negotiations.

Healthy Cooking 101:

 We look forward to seeing registrants on May 23rd. If you are registered but unable to attend please contact par@par-bc.org so that someone on the waiting list can attend in your stead.

CAIR Accreditation Workshop:

 CAIR will be hosting an accreditation workshop on June 1st in Vancouver.

Registration closes May 29th – Click here to reserve your seat.

Resident reviewers attend the review and provide, when requested, feedback from the residents. They are guided through the process at the review, so don’t be worried about forgetting what to do. At the end of the review, the faculty reviewer compiles the report and the resident reviewer verifies the content (they may need to submit something if they feel the faculty reviewer missed anything). As a side note, residents may only review programs that are not their home program, so, for example, if you are in Internal Medicine, you will not be allowed to review Internal Medicine.

We would like to encourage our Distributed Medical Education residents to participate in internal reviews. The internal review requires that the resident reviewer attends the review physically (ie. no teleconferencing); however, if a resident reviewer is willing to travel to downtown Vancouver (where all of the reviews happen), PAR-BC will reimburse the cost for travel. Internal reviews are a perfect enhancement to professional development, and are a great way to experience various fields of medicine.

Current Opportunity:

Pediatric  Clinical Immunology and Allergy

On the afternoon of June 6th

If interested please contact gaird@par-bc.org for more information