Dialogue Volume 10 Issue 1 2014 | Page 4

FOR YOUR INFORMATION Nominate a worthy colleague D o you know a physician who deserves to be recognized for his or her extraordinary commitment? The College invites you to nominate worthy colleagues for a Council Award. The Council Award is an opportunity for the profession to recognize and salute doctors who have demonstrated excellence based on eight physician roles: 1.  e physician as a medical expert/clinical Th decision maker. 2. The physician as communicator. 3. The physician as a collaborator. 4.  e physician as a gatekeeper/resource manager. Th 5. The physician as health advocate. 6. The physician as learner. 7. The physician as scholar/scientist. 8. The physician as person/professional. Over the past 23 years, the award has honoured a diverse group of physicians practising in a range of specialties from all over the province. Last year’s award winners included international medical luminaries such as Dr. Charles Tator of Toronto, as well as doctors who are inspirations in their own communities, such as Dr. Paul Mulzer of Thunder Bay; Dr. Yvon Gagnon of Vermillion Bay; and Dr. Anne-Marie Guerguerian of the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. A nomination form is included in the centre of this issue of Dialogue and is also available online at www.cpso.on.ca. For more information, please contact Sharon Thompson [email protected] or call 416-967-2600 ext. 257. From our Twitter Feed Below are some tweets about us: CLEAR @CLEARHQ - Feb 26 RT great example of public outreach! @cpso_ca; Video: CPSO policies are informed by the input from many perspectives: bit. ly/18u6li6 @cpso_ca Ahmer Karimuddin @ahmerkarimuddin - Feb 10 @cpso_ca spousal exception seems to be a Canadian/commonwealth phenomenon. Do US colleges/boards have similar rules? Scott Wooder @ScottWooder – Feb 3 I attended @cpso_ca working group on End of Life policy review today. Nice people and very well informed. #EOL The Medical Post @MedicalPost – Jan 21 @cpso_ca likely to get right to dismiss frivolous and vexatious complaints with quote from @Deb_Matthews canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/physicians/new 6 DIALOGUE • Issue 1, 2014 Follow us today at @cpso_ca