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Vol.4 No.3 | February 24, 2011
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News and Notes
- Quit puffing or quit working?
- Minister of Health Announcement on Funding of Family Medicine Residents
- Push to find doctors for rural Canada
- Ottawa spending $40M to train rural doctors
- Dr. David Levy, President of BC Cancer Agency resigns
- NB health authorities struggle with reforms
- NWT spending less on temporary nurses
- Believe it, harassment happens in your workplace
- Changes looming for hospital
- Health networks still in transition
- Grise Fiord needs nurses, social worker: mayor
- Bayshore Home Health named one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies for fifth consecutive year
- More News here …
From the HR Resources Database
Four in 10 Managers Believe Online Profiles Will Replace Resumes
Is the traditional resume going the way of the dinosaur? Some human resources (HR) managers interviewed recently by OfficeTeam think so. More than four in 10 respondents (43%) said it’s at least somewhat likely resumes will eventually be replaced by profiles on social and business networking sites
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From the Longwoods Archives
Nursing Leadership, 23(4) 2011: 31-32
“Just Because a Nurse Is a Really Good Nurse Doesn’t Mean She Will Be a Good Manager!”
Vickie Kaminski
How many times, in 35 years of practice, have I heard this said? Countless? And my refrain – “that may be true occasionally, but there’s no reason why she won’t be!”
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Transitions
Dan Florizone received CHSRF’s national health award, Excellence through Evidence, at the CEO Forum on Feb. 16. The award celebrates leaders who have accelerated change and strengthened healthcare in Canada.
Michael Bakerman, MD, to chief medical informatics officer (CMIO) at UMass Memorial Health Care.
Katherine Chubbs to Vice-President of Cancer Care, Eastern Health
Dr. Daniel O’Brien to Chair of the Board of Directors, Capital Health, Nova Scotia
Ray Block to the board, Alberta Health Services
Dr. Ruth Collins-Nakai (Edmonton) to the board, Alberta Health Services
Don Johnson (Barnwell) to the board, Alberta Health Services
Dr. Eldon Smith (Calgary) to the board, Alberta Health Services
Sheila Weatherill (Edmonton) to the board, Alberta Health Services
Dr. David Levy, President of BC Cancer Agency resigns
Dr. Josep M. Picas (Spain) to President, The European Association of Healthcare IT Managers
Miroslav Madjaric (Croatia) to Vice-President, The European Association of Healthcare IT Managers
February 15, 2011
Feria Bacchus to Board of Directors, Canadian Obesity Network
Jeffrey Low to Chair of the South West LHIN Board of Directors, ON
Rik Ganderton appointed peer reviewer for Sault Area Hospital, ON
Dr. Doug Cochrane to lead an independent investigation around the quality of CT scan and obstetrical ultrasound readings in BC
Dr. Philip Baker, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta to Alberta Health Services’ Quality and Safety Committee
Dr. Tom Feasby, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Calgary to Alberta Health Services’ Quality and Safety Committee
Dr. André Corriveau to Chief Medical Officer of Health for Alberta
Howard Mathieson of Winnipeg to member of the Manitoba Health Appeal Board
Dr. Armarjit Singh Arneja of Winnipeg to member of the Manitoba Health Appeal Board
Anne McGarry of Winnipeg to member of the Manitoba Health Appeal Board
Rhonda Wiebe of Winnipeg to member of the Manitoba Health Appeal Board
Julie Foley appointed new President & CEO of Osteoporosis Canada
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- Patient Care Manager, Medicine – William Osler Health System, Brampton, ON
- Dean, School of Nursing – Aga Khan University, Karachi
- Quality Assurance Consultant – College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
- Community Health Nurse – Victorian Order of Nurses, Calgary, AB
- Director, Medical Affairs – Halton Healthcare Services, Oakville,N
- Registered Nurses (Crisis Workers) – Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital, Burlington, ON
- Licensed Practical Nurse – Victorian Order of Nurses Edmonton, AB
- Licensed Practical Nurse – Victorian Order of Nurses Winnipeg, MB
- Licensed Practical Nurse – Victorian Order of Nurses, Calgary, AB
- Nursing Positions – The Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC
- Chair, School of Nursing & Personal Support Worker – Niagara College, Toronto, ON
- Vice President, Research Operations – CADTH, Ottawa, ON
- Director, Nursing Practice – Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON
- Manager, Office of the President & CEO and Governance Affairs – Bridgepoint Health, Toronto, ON
- Executive Director – Hamilton, ON
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