Clinical Teachers' Association of Queen's University | School of Medicine

CTAQ Dues were collected via auto-withdrawal for the July 2024 - June 2025 academic year. If you have opted out of auto-withdrawal, please pay via one of these two options:

By e-Transfer: To process the transaction from your on-line banking system:

Recipient - CTAQ Secretariat

Amount - $100.00

Security answer/password – ctaqdues *(You can make up any question, but the answer must be ctaqdues)

Please include your First AND Last Name when submitting the e-transfer request so I can credit the correct physician

By Cheque: Made payable to “Clinical Teachers’ Association of Queen’s University” and kindly sent via inter-company mail to:

Lara McKinlay, CTAQ Secretariat

70 Barrie St.

Kingston, ON K7L 2V7

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ANNOUNCEMENTS:

The 2023-2024 CTAQ Endowed Research Grant have been awarded.

Congratulations to the following award recipients: (Click on the tab on the right-hand side for more information regarding the winners)

Recipients:

Project: Understanding Indigenous perspectives and priorities in the development of a model of decriminalization of substance use: a case study of the Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington region

Principal Investigator: Dr. Amrita Roy, Department of Family Medicine

Project: Exploration of Arrhythmia Mapping with Time Alignment Reference Less (TARLess) Mapping

Principal Investigator: Dr. Victor Neira Vial, Department of Medicine

Project: Cardiac Changes After Effective Dose Carbetocin for Elective Caesarean Section

Principal Investigator: Dr. Jordan Leitch, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

Project: Accuracy of Real-Time Continuous Blood Glucose Monitoring in Pediatric Inpatients with Diabetic Ketoacidosis

Principal Investigator: Dr. David Saleh, Department of Pediatrics

Project: Building a Point-of-Care Decision Tool to Improve Perioperative Risk Estimation and Mitigation for Heart Failure Patients Undergoing Non-Cardiac Surgery

Principal Investigator: Dr. Aws Almufleh, Department of Medicine

Project: Application of 3-Dimensional Spine Ultrasound Technology for Precision Guidance of Facet Joint Injections in Cadavers: Implications for the Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Back Pain

Principal Investigator: Dr. Gregory Klar, Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine

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Why CTAQ is Important to You!

The Role of CTAQ can be briefly summarized by this excerpt from the incorporation document:

"To advance and promote the welfare of teaching clinicians in hospitals associated with Queen's University in the broadest sense."

CTAQ is most visible in its role as one of the four signatories of the South Eastern Ontario Academic Medical Organization (SEAMO). CTAQ, along with Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Providence Care Hospital and Queen’s University entered into an alternate funding arrangement with the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care in 1994.

The majority of the funding for clinical teachers is provided through this arrangement. Once an agreement has been reached with the MOHLTC, the CTAQ Executive is actively involved in the governance of SEAMO. CTAQ has 5 elected members on the SEAMO Governing Committee. This representation gives us a very strong voice in SEAMO and provides an important forum for communication and cooperation with the university and teaching hospitals.