Internship supervisors ‘learn’ to teach
Supervisors who are responsible for teaching students can also benefit from training in how best to fulfill that vital role, as they recently learned…
Academic Affairs
A journey in resilience: Helping refugees as they cope with trauma
The paths that refugees follow can often be arduous, so our CIUSSS is exploring paths within health care that will help ease them along…
Academic Affairs caravan unveils outcome of survey for student supervisors
The Academic Affairs Directorate embarked on a multi-site caravan to present the findings of a 2017 survey to assess the needs of the 700…
Patient safety—we’re all on the same team
To provide care within a safe and secure environment—it is one of the key values of our CIUSSS. When patient safety lapses do arise,…
Asylum seekers program unique in Canada
PRAIDA refugees share their stories They fled their countries alone, but entered ours with a guiding hand. Three refugees who benefitted from help offered…
Cindy Starnino appointed to the National Seniors Council
The National Seniors Council, which advises the government on the health, well-being and quality of life of the country’s seniors, welcomed Cindy Starnino, CIUSSS…
Let’s celebrate the successes of Academic Affairs
The Academic Affairs Directorate coordinates six main components of its mission: teaching, research, leading practices, knowledge transfer and integration, evaluation of technology and modes…
Research paper submissions go paperless
The Research Review Office (RRO) is headed for some spring cleaning—dismantling the towers of research papers that fill their quarters, to make way for…
The CIUSSS wants “U”!
Academic retreat investigates how to strengthen ‘U’ in CIUSSS When a retreat is hosted by the Academic Affairs directorate, is it any wonder that…
Participants sought for study on end-of-life care in a multiethnic milieu
How do Montrealers of different origins experience end of life and death? The people who accompany their loved one toward the end of life…
New Academic Affairs directorate
A new directorate, Academic Affairs, was formed this summer following a vote by the Board of Directors of CIUSSS West-Central Montreal to merge the…
Improving mental health care for community youth
ACCESS Open Minds opens doors at CLSC Park-Extension CLSC Park-Extension joined a cross-Canada program that provides engaging and non-stigmatizing mental health care to community…
Call for proposals from the Rossy Cancer Network
You missed the first wave of the Rossy Cancer Network’s (RCN) Quality Improvement Initiatives Fund (QI2) this past spring? Now’s your chance! The RCN…
Stagiaires in distress… how can we help?
Learning to work in health care is about more than becoming acquainted with vital signs or developing the ability to diagnose an illness. It’s…