Second Place: Welcome to QBOL Dr. Danielle Lewis, Family Medicine
Third Place: Summer with Queen's EM Dr. Leah Allen, Emergency Medicine
Runner-up: Family Medicine at Queen's KTI Dr. Vivienne Beard, Family Medicine - KTI
Runner-up: A Kingston Weekend Dr. Nazde Edeer, Emergency Medicine
First Place: Experiential learning at Curve Lake First Nation Dr. Claire Dong, Family Medicine
QBOL Family Medicine residents out on Curve Lake, territory of the Anishinaabe community, to take partake in experiential learning of Indigenous Health. Indigenous groups have passed down the tradition of gathering, roasting, dancing, and winnowing wild rice for hundreds of years. QBOL residents met with community leaders to learn about these traditions, the impact of colonialism on food insecurity, and how it affects both physical and mental health today. Residents spent the day listening to these stories, processing wild rice, and rehabilitating rice crop.
Second Place: QBOL Residents: Getting in Formation, One Letter at a Time! Dr. Danielle Lewis, Family Medicine
QBOL residents are seen trying to spell QBOL with our bodies at our DFM Orientation welcome dinner "Feast at the Fort", at Fort Henry in Kingston. And YES, this was our first attempt because QBOL is just this good. Preceding this artistic display was a dinner held for all PGY1 Family Medicine Residents at Fort Henry to welcome us into the program. We enjoyed excellent food, drinks, and better company!
Third Place: On Academic Days, We Wear Deep Purple! Dr. Danielle Lewis, Family Medicine
In this photo, you can see the PGY1 residents from Queen's Bowmanville Oshawa Lakeridge (QBOL) gathering at the LHEARN Centre within Lakeridge Health Oshawa for our Academic Day. As part of the horizontal curriculum, PGY1 residents engage in regular Academic Days, either weekly or biweekly throughout the year. These gatherings provide opportunities to learn about topics in Family Medicine, reconnect with our fellow residents, and exchange our personal experiences throughout residency.
Runner-up: Professionally Sustainable Dr. Claire Dong, Family Medicine
QBOL residents at the annual Queen’s Family Medicine Wellness Retreat getting hands-on experience on what it takes to be professionally sustainable. Residents spent two days getting to know our colleagues, embracing nature, and receiving well-appreciated wisdom from community family physicians. The QBOL family met for a rendezvous on Eagle lake amidst a jam-packed retreat.
Runner-up: Cadaver Day! Dr. Ceire Storey, Emergency Medicine
We are so fortunate to have the opportunity to practice our advanced airway skills, lateral canthotomy, seldinger & surgical chest tubes, and thoracotomies. Thank you to all our donors!
Runner-up: No Grand Rounds, No Problem! Dr. Ceire Storey, Emergency Medicine
When grand rounds get cancelled last minute, Queens EM residents and staff head down to the Pier for an early morning swim.
Runner-up: Boat Cruising into PGY1 Dr. Asma Ghafoor, Family Medicine
Spending time in the natural beauty of the Thousand Islands and our fellow residents was exactly the start to residency that we needed.
Runner-up: You can’t spell Kingston without QBOL FM residents! Dr. Asma Ghafoor Family Medicine
We love getting to visit the beautiful city of Kingston and spend time with the rest of the Department of Family Medicine for our academics days!
Runner-up: Who run the world? Dr. Ceire Storey, Emergency Medicine
A fierce all female team running the emergency department today at KGH - Who run the world?
Runner-up: Let the gourd times roll! Dr. Kathleen Atkins, General Internal Medicine
Queen’s Internal Medicine is a family, and we’ve been lucky to welcome many wonderful fellows to our subspecialty programs. Sometimes, we manage to escape the hospital together - in this case, for Pumpkinferno at Kingston Pen. In this picture, we have fellows from five different programs (plus an awesome SLP)!
Runner-up: Transfer of Wisdom Dr. Jeremy Seed, Emergency Medicine
It's annual tradition for the R2s to meet up with the R1s on their first day to pass on trips and tricks for the year and get to know the new cohort. In this photo the two cohorts had a BBQ afternoon in Jeremy's backyard.
Runner-up: Co-residents in the department Dr. Tiahna Warkentin, Emergency Medicine
Ceire and Elenor (R4s) sharing a moment in the ED - learning, laughing and launching into their Royal College exam year together.
Runner-up: Sim or parenting 101? Dr. Darwin Jimal, Emergency Medicine
Dr. Seed consoling the sim baby during a session on pediatric emergency medicine in the sim lab. During the academic year we spend lots of time in the simulation lab to solidify our approaches to high stakes and rare EM presentations.
Honourable Mention: Views of Kingston Dr. Cindy Nguyen, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Snapshots of Kingston while biking home featuring Lake Ontario and the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes.
Honourable Mention: Summer Adventures by the Lake Dr. Leah Allen, Emergency Medicine We love going down to the water in the summer to cool off, swim and watch the sunset. Kingston has many waterfront spots that allow for this and we feel lucky to be able to decompress and let off doggy energy by the water.
Honourable Mention: First Cycle Complete Dr. George Matskiv, Emergency Medicine
When you're out for a bike ride and miscalculate the time required to get back to the simulation lab on time for teaching... you do CPR in cycling gear!
Honourable Mention: PM&R's Tomato Garden Dr. Cindy Nguyen, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
During our first academic half day of the new academic year, we planted tomato plants in the community garden with our program director. We have been taking turns watering the plants and now have a great tomato harvest! (Photo was taken prior to reimplementation of physical distancing guidelines)
Honourable Mention: CPR practice on EMS day Dr. Matthew Piaseczny, Emergency Medicine Dr. Shogan committed to CPR during a transport simulation on EMS day. We're lucky to spend a day every year in Spencerville participating in EMS day and learning about what our colleagues in the community do! Honourable Mention: Practice Makes Perfect Dr. George Matskiv, Emergency Medicine
George and Jeremy working on their casting skills during our academic days and making sure they're ready for the next achilles tendon rupture that walks through the door!
Honourable Mention: No Grand Rounds, No Problem Dr. Ceire Storey, Emergency Medicine
When grand rounds get cancelled last minute, Queens EM residence and staff head down to the Pier for an early morning swim.
Honourable Mention: Little Lucy hard at work Dr. Lua Samimi, Family Medicine
Working hard or hardly working? Little Lucy is exhausted after working hard filling out disability forms all day!
Honourable Mention: Debriefing on Wheels Dr. Daniel Rusiecki, Emergency Medicine
Daniel and George (co-residents) out for a gravel ride on the K&P trail while they debrief the start of R2. We are lucky to be able to get outside and into the many parks and trails around Kingston on a regular basis while training at Queen's.
Honourable Mention: Hi, I've got a consult for you! Dr. Tiahna Warkentin, Emergency Medicine
As emergency medicine residents we interact often with our colleagues and consider ourselves lucky to have close relationships with our consulting services (many of whom are our friends outside of the hospital)!
Nashville with the girls! Dr. Ahila Vithiananthan, Psychiatry
What's better than celebrating our bride-to-be PGY2 Dr. Dekel Meartsi!! accompanied by her favourite girls from the program Dr. Ahila Vithiananthan (PGY4) and Dr. Vijitha Mahalingam (PGY3) in none other than music city Nashville, Tennessee!!
Co-residents and smiles on shift Dr. Nazde Edeer, Emergency Medicine
It's always a good day when you get to work with your co-residents on shift. There is no better way to learn than with each other and from one another!
Long walks at Lemoine Dr. Janie O'Leary, Emergency Medicine Lemoine Point is a great local escape from the city and has an abundance of trails that we walk, run and that some people even cross country ski in the winter. The leaves during the fall season are particularly beautiful!
POCUS shift at HDH Dr. Hamza Shogan, Emergency Medicine
Hamza and Darwin learning the basics of POCUS during a scanning shift! We are lucky to have fantastic POCUS teachers and senior residents willing to mentor learners.
Ophthalmology residents' brunch after academic half day Dr. Alexa Fine, Ophthalmology
PGY1-3 residents bonding after academic half day
Questionable POCUS technique Dr. Matthew Piaseczny, Emergency Medicine
Dr. Manlove watching as Dr. Nikel attempts to landmark himself for an LP during a POCUS teaching shift.
Matchy matchy! Dr. Elenor Henry, Emergency Medicine
Our program recently got a new order of branded apparel and you could say we've embraced the EM stereotype!
Airway Mastery Dr. Alison Ross, Emergency Medicine
Our R1s spend the year engaged in a longitudinal airway curriculum, here is Alison focused on practicing her laryngoscopy skills!
Junior Resuscitation Rounds Focus Dr. Hamza Shogan, Emergency Medicine
Every Friday we spend two hours practicing our resuscitation skills in the simulation lab. Here's Hamza, Ali and Avi listening intently during a debrief session!
Big Mac Challenge Support Crew Dr. Avneesh Bhangu, Emergency Medicine
Avneesh came out to cheer on his co-residents Ali and Hamza during the Big Mac Challenge Race. Every year the EM program puts on a race during which we bike out to Gananoque at a conversational pace, eat a Big Mac Meal (apple pie included) and race back to Kingston!
QIM Birthday Celebrations Dr. Pardis Balari, Internal Medicine
Starting off the second block of residency in a different city and away from the rest of your program can feel isolating, but it is made so much more enjoyable in the company of other co-residents/friends in the same boat as you (especially when you get the chance to do impromptu birthday celebrations with Costco tiramisu cakes and Dollarama birthday hats).
Golf days of summer Dr. Avneesh Bhangu, Emergency Medicine
During the summer our golf enthusiasts regularly get out and enjoy the many golf courses around Kingston! #perksofshiftwork
Queen's EM 2023 Annual Golf Tournament Dr. Ceire Storey, Emergency Medicine
RKY Wellness Retreat Dr. Lua Samimi, Family Medicine
Work hard, play hard. Family medicine residents enjoying a beautiful paddle during our annual wellness retreat.
POCUS Summer Series Dr. Ken Choi, Emergency Medicine
Working together with our CCFP-EM colleagues to learn more about US guided nerve blocks during our POCUS summer series.
Kilometers and Smiles Dr. Jeremy Seed, Emergency Medicine
George, Jeremy and Alison out for a group ride on a sunny summer day. We are grateful for the many kilometers of quiet roads to ride around Kingston because they provide an opportunity to stay active while connecting with our co-residents! The furry friends of EM Dr. Hayley Manlove, Emergency Medicine
A new EM furry baby calls for snuggles with every resident!
Relaxing at Nordik Dr. Ahila Vithiananthan, Psychiatry
Our PGY 4 residents Dr. Tyler Pettes, Dr. Ahila Vithiananthan, Dr. Nimrit Bath and Dr. Andrew Shaw enjoying the beautiful outdoors in Chelsea, Quebec at the resident retreat. Our residents enjoyed the beautiful cottage as we had our morning meeting and in the afternoon our residents enjoyed a relaxing day at the Nordik Spa.
Co-residents or twins? Dr. Leah Allen, Emergency Medicine
When you get to find your bestie at work AND are wearing the same outfit... co-residents are telepathical.
NRP in the Sim Lab Dr. Sabra King, Family Medicine
Queen’s Family Medicine KTI Residents go through a month-long Bootcamp at the beginning of residency where we get to know our co-residents, eat tons of food, and review medical courses like ACLS and NRP prior to starting our clinical rotations. This photo shows some of our residents reviewing the Neonatal Resuscitation Program.
Central line teaching Dr. Elenor Henry, Emergency Medicine
Senior residents spend time teaching our R2s about procedural skills and central line insertions before their ICU rotations! Here is Ken displaying some expert needle tracking under US guidance.
Sunny Summer Days Dr. Hayley Manlove, Emergency Medicine
It's hard to beat going for a dip on an afternoon when academic day teaching is done! Lake Ontario Park is one of our favourite places to play volleyball, go for swims and walk our dogs!
All smiles on POCUS shifts Dr. Nazde Edeer, Emergency Medicine
Dr. Edeer and Dr. Manlove spending the month bonding with each other and the ultrasound machines in the ED. The dedicated POCUS block during residency allows for time to focus on perfecting scanning skills and image interpretation!
FOCUS POCUS Dr. Ken Choi, Emergency Medicine
George practicing his US guided central line insertion technique with great focus. We're grateful for the EM central line course that allows for dedicated time to learn these procedural skills.
Queen’s FM Professional Sustainability Retreat Dr. Sabra King, Family Medicine
The Queen’s FM Program took to Eagle Lake for a Wellness Retreat in September. At times it is important to take time away from medicine and focus on your mental health and well-being. That is what will ensure your longevity in this field.
Simulation Debrief Dr. Janie O'Leary
Here one of our senior residents is taking the EM group through a debrief after a simulation on heat illness. These sessions allow for a safe space to learn from mistakes and always spark good discussion around case management.
Brunch and Learn Dr. Darwin Jimal, Emergency Medicine
Spending core rounds at Pan Chancho for a little brunch and learn hosted by our kind staff! The small program and cohesive culture at Queen's EM allows for an open learning environment and opportunities for smaller intimate sessions.
