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Dr. Olga Yaschuk into the program. maintains his role as chair of the
Dr. Terry Chisholm continues Royal College Geriatric Psychiatry
as our geriatric subspecialty Subspecialty Committee this July.
Geriatric Psychiatry training program director, and Dr. Cheryl Murphy is our region
The 2017-2018 year has been our subspecialty training program 5 representative on this national
an exciting one for the Geriatric committee meets quarterly to develop committee, as well as on the
Psychiatry Program. We continue our curriculum and prepare for our Royal College Geriatric Psychiatry
to build momentum in the areas of first Royal College accreditation Subspecialty Examination Board.
education, research, clinical care, and review this fall. Dr. Beverley Cassidy is the regional
health promotion. representative and board member of
With leadership by Dr. Mark Bosma, the Canadian Academy of Geriatric
In 2017, many members of our we continue core training for all Psychiatry (CAGP) and Dr. Keri-Leigh
Seniors Mental Health and Geriatric residents in geriatric psychiatry. Drs. Cassidy is the vice president of the
Psychiatry Program have been Michael Flynn, Sameh Hassan (site CAGP, and chair of the 2018 CAGP/
heavily contributing to planning for coordinator) and Meagan MacNeil CCSMH Annual Scientific Meeting.
the 2018 Canadian Coalition for provide three months of training at
Seniors Mental Health (CCSMH) the Nova Scotia Hospital site, and Drs. Meagan MacNeil and Keri-Leigh
and Canadian Academy of Geriatric Drs. Mark Bosma, Cheryl Murphy, Cassidy are leading the program’s
Psychiatry (CAGP) Annual Scientific Beverley Cassidy, Terry Chisholm enhanced Cognitive Behavioural
Meeting (ASM) to be hosted in and Keri-Leigh Cassidy provide three Therapy. Resident training in this
Halifax. Allied health, primary care months of training at the QEII site. group therapy is now accredited by
clinicians, geriatricians, psychiatrists, We offer a formal biweekly curriculum the postgraduate training program
clinicians in the mental health throughout the residents’ six months and Dr. MacNeil is pursuing clinical
program and providers in continuing of training and the multidisciplinary research in this area. Dr. Keri-Leigh
care and long term care are all team members of the seniors mental Cassidy was the invited national
warmly invited to attend. To learn health team are very involved in lecturer on the topic of late life
more visit: http://www.cagp.ca/ resident training as well. Meanwhile, psychotherapy for the Canadian
Dr. Cheryl Murphy continues in Academy for Geriatric Psychiatry
In terms of our Royal College her role coordinating the training online national review course this
Accredited subspecialty training experiences of our medical students year.
program, we welcomed our first on our service, with site coordination
subspecialty residents in July 2017: at the NSH provided by Dr. Meagan In 2017, the Fountain of Health
Dr. Daljit Bhangoo (PGY6) and Drs. MacNeil. (FoH) Initiative continued to build
Kathleen Singh and Ian MacKay momentum as a national health
(PGY5). In July 2018 we will welcome At the national level, Dr. Mark Bosma promotion initiative developed at
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