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정情
Newsletter of the Korean
Canadian Medical Association
한인
캐나다
의사협회
회보
S pring 2015
In This Issue
• President’s Update
• Health & Wellness
Day
• CME Program
• Haiti Medical Mission
• Kimchi Digest
• CME Program
Volume 2, N umber 1
KCMA Spring 2015 Newsletter
Welcome to the fifth issue of 정, the official newsletter of the KCMA.
This issue highlights the many initiatives that have occurred since the last issue of the
Newsletter was published, including the highly successful KCMA/KCWA Health and
Wellness Day, CME activities, and Mentorship Program. You can also read about our
Christmas Mixer, our involvement in the Haiti Medical Mission, light-hearted news in
Kimchi Digest, and much more.
I hope you enjoy this issue of 정.
Richard Ahn
Director, Communications
• KCMA Events
• Mentorship Program
• Student’s Perspective
• Kimchi Digest
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Dr. Ki-Dong Lim
President, Internal Affairs Committee Chair
Dr. Daniel Yim
Secretary, External Affairs Committee Chair
Dr. Seung-Jun Lee
Director of Patient Education, Education
Committee Chair
Dr. Richard Ahn
Director of Communications,
Communications Committee Chair
Dr. Brian Cho
Treasurer
Dr. Huntae Kim
Co-Director of Medical Education, Director
of Mentorship Program
Dr. Dawn Lim
Co-Director of Medical Education
Ms. Rosa Lee
Student Liaison
Contact Us
http://www.kcma.ca
[email protected]
Mailing address:
PO Box 34
Station F
Toronto, ON
M4Y 2L4
President’s Update
Dear members and friends,
Korean Canadian community.
Spring is in the air! Whether you are
looking forward to shedding your parka,
fine tuning your golf swings, dusting off
your bicycle, or simply spending more
time outdoors, spring is a refreshing
change from the long winter and a
rejuvenating time with many events and
activities to look forward to.
In everything that we do, we are
committed to adhering to our core
values of professionalism, excellence,
accountability, collaboration, and
expertise.
The KCMA board and volunteers have
been working diligently behind the
scenes this winter to plan our member
and community programs for this year.
We had our annual board retreat on
January 16-17th to think hard about how
we can offer better value to our paying
members and how to best utilize our
expertise and available resources to
contribute to our community in a
substantive way.
In addition to providing various
networking opportunities, we will
continue to invest our resources and
focus our efforts to deliver high quality
CME
events
for
our
members,
mentorship program for students, and
engage with our community partners to
help build a healthier and stronger
Korean Canadian Medical Association
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As an organization, we are on solid
ground.
This newsletter highlights
some of the work that we have been
doing these past several months. But
there remains much more to be done!
Thank you for your continued interest
and support of the KCMA. Without
your
engagement
and
financial
support our programs would not be
possible.
Best wishes to all of you. I look
forward to seeing you at our events
throughout the year!
Ki-Dong Lim
President
If you are interested in volunteering or
joining our leadership team, please email
us at [email protected] for more
information. You can also speak to us at
our any of our KCMA events.
www.kcma.ca
2014 Health & Wellness Day
Our first annual community Health & Wellness Day was held on
November 1, 2014 at the Bathurst-Finch Hub.
Organized in
partnership with the KCWA Family & Social Services, this event was
well attended by the public with 73 participants in the lectures and
266 participants in the various seminars and workshops lead by
volunteers from KONA, Rosedale Pharmacy, Galleria Pharmacy,
Immigrant Women’s Health Centre, Canadian Diabetes Association,
and the Heart & Stroke Foundation.
We sincerely thank all of our organizers, speakers, workshop
leaders, and volunteers, without whose efforts this important
community initiative would not have been possible.
Special thank you to Ms. Young Oak Kang (KCWA), Ms. Younglee Ha
(KCWA), Ms. Christine Moon (KCWA), Ms. Eun Joo Kim (KCWA), Ms.
Soon Kyoung Park (KONA), Ms. Hyang Jin Kim (KONA), Ms. Elizabeth
Lee (Rosedale Pharmacy), Mr. Jae Ihn Song (Galleria Pharmacy), Ms.
Sun Young Kim, Dr. Ka Young Park, Dr. Seung Jun Lee, and the many
student volunteers who helped to make this a successful event.
You can see coverage of the event by AllTV News:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4DJEy3BvC8
Our next Health & Wellness Day will again be held at KCWA’s
Bathurst-Finch hub, tentatively on November 7, 2015. Email us if
you would like to be involved!
Continuing Medical Education
Next CME Event: April 23
@ Il Ponte Cucina Italiana
To kickstart the new season of Royal
College accredited CMEs, Dr. Jung
Chee provided a presentation on
sleep apnea on October 17, 2014. The
well-attended talk at North York’s
Wildfire Steakhouse and Wine Bar
generated
important
discussions
highlighting the clinical significance
of obstructive sleep apnea in the
Korean Canadian population.
Topic: Musculoskeletal Sports
Medicine and Olympic
Experiences
Speaker: Dr. Dan Gill, Staff
Radiologist, Oxford Medical
Imaging
The KCMA organized our first CME
event of 2015 on February 12, 2015 at
Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse. Dr. Greta
Ra provided an excellent update on
hepatitis, which is prevalent among
Koreans. This fully accredited CME
presentation was well attended by
physicians and trainees.
All KCMA CME events are accredited by the
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of
Canada.
All KCMA CME events are free for dues-paying
members.
The invitation to register for this event was
originally sent out by email in early April.
The deadline to register has already passed.
If you would like to be included in our email
list, please send an email to:
Please stay tuned for our upcoming
announcements
via
email,
our
website, and Facebook page!
Korean Canadian Medical Association
[email protected]
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www.kcma.ca
2015 Haiti Medical Mission
2014 KCMA Family BBQ
The
annual
Haiti
Medical Mission took
place at the Charrette
Clinic
Centre, St.
Marc
between
February 14-21, 2015.
In
addition
to
providing
direct
patient care at the
clinic, the medical
team visited St. Nicolas Hospital in St. Marc to provide
much needed medical supplies and equipment.
The KCMA hosted our
annual family BBQ on
Saturday, August 16, 2014
at
Sherwood
Park
in
Toronto. This free event
was well attended by
members and friends. For
the first time, we invited mentees from the KCMA
mentorship program to meet with their mentors and
other members of the medical community at this
event.
It was nice to see so many young and
promising students attending our annual BBQ and
learn of their various talents and ambition. They
represent the future of our community.
The mission was organized by Milal Church in Toronto
with many young participants from Young Nak Church.
The mission was lead by Minister Eun Sang Yu, Mr.
Jason Jung, Dr. Don Kim and Dr. Tae Kyoung Kim.
Other participants from the KCMA included Dr. MyungGi Kim, Dr. Ki-Dong Lim, Dr. Shawn Lee, and Ms.
Eileen Heo.
We would like to thank Drs. Marie Kim, Daniel Yim,
Seung Jun Lee, Dawn Lim, and Huntae Kim for helping
to organize the BBQ. Special thanks to Ms. Hae Yung
Yim, Rosa Yi, and Clara Cheong for their help on BBQ
day!
This was a very rewarding experience for all
participants. We hope to see a greater number of
KCMA members participating next year!!
2015 Save the Dates!
Please take note of these important dates:
If you are interested, please forward your enquiries
directly to Dr. Don Kim at: [email protected].
June 20, 2015 – KCMA Family BBQ
September 26, 2015 – KCMA Fall Gala
Highlights from the Christmas Mixer
Mentorship Program Update
Our Christmas get together was held on Saturday,
November 29, 2014 at Project Gallery in
Toronto. This event was free to all KCMA members.
This was a fantastic networking event with an
opportunity to meet and greet members of the
medical community over good food and drinks
surrounded by beautiful artwork.
The Persian
catering was delicious!
KCMA has been running a mentorship program, helping
students on their journey to become physicians. The
program selects undergraduate student applicants
who will be paired with current medical students or
residents. Mentors provide essay support and
interview practice to mentees for mentee medical
school applications. Mentors can also share their
stories about their careers in medicine. An open line
of communication is maintained and many mentors
and mentees continue their relationship beyond the
formal program length of 1 year.
The mentorship program for 2014-2015 year is coming
to an end with the end of school year in April. We
would like to thank all the mentors and mentees for
their participation in making this year's program
another success. Please stay tuned for the upcoming
2015-2016 year applications for mentors as we seek to
bring exciting changes to the program to make it even
better next year!
Dr. Huntae Kim
Director, Mentorship Program
Korean Canadian Medical Association
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www.kcma.ca
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KCMA from a Student’s Perspective
It has been an absolute privilege to experience KCMA
first hand as the Medical Student Liaison for the past
eight months. During this time, I have been
continuously astonished by how welcoming and
receptive KCMA is to medical students, and have
found value in networking with physicians from
different fields, engaging in the Korean-Canadian
community and exploring different aspects of the
medical profession through KCMA. It is thus my hope
that more medical students will have the opportunity
engage in various KCMA events (e.g. upcoming Gala)
and programs (e.g. mentorship program).
opportunities for student engagement are expected to
commence in the next few months.
If you are a medical student looking to further engage
with the KCMA, please feel free to reach me at
[email protected] and look out for future events and
opportunities.
Rosa Kyuwon Lee, MD Candidate
Class of 2018 Queen’s Medicine
To this end, KCMA is currently building a strategic
plan to further engage medical students. A survey has
been sent out to current KCMA students, and
interviews have been conducted with non-KCMA
students to create an effective strategy to reach
diverse student populations. Possible collaboration
with other medical student organizations, including
the World Korean Medical Students’ Organization
(WKMSO) and Korean American Medical Student
Association (KAMSA) are also underway. Enhanced
Upcoming KCMA-KCLA
Family BBQ
Mixer
and
The KCMA and the Korean Canadian Lawyers
Association (KCLA) will be organizing a joint social
mixer this summer. Please stay tuned for further
details.
Call for Medical Expertise to Help
Educate our Patients
We are recruiting authors for the following
topics:
Under the leadership of Dr. Seung-Jun Lee,
the KCMA will be publishing health
information articles to empower the public
with knowledge and resources to help them
achieve better health and wellbeing. The
articles will be published in a format similar
to patient handouts but written in Korean.
The contents of the articles will be at the
knowledge level of the layperson and based on
Canadian guidelines.
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Completing this project requires support from
all
KCMA members. We need medical
students/residents to write these articles; we
also need staff physicians to oversee the
creation of these articles. Proficiency in
Korean is not necessary; the English drafts will
be translated into Korean by Dr. Lee. All
drafts will be subject to peer review prior to
publication.
Korean Canadian Medical Association
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Primary care topics
o Flu and flu vaccine
o Prenatal and postpartum care
o Pediatric care and immunizations
Disorder specific topics
o CVD
o Asthma
o COPD
o Dyspepsia
o Gastric cancer
o Alcoholism and liver disease
o DM
o Eczema
o Acne
If you are a staff physician who can offer
expertise in this project, or are a medical
trainee interested in authoring a KCMA health
article, please email Dr. Lee:
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[email protected]
www.kcma.ca
Kimchi Digest
Scarborough Family Practice Unit Accepting New
Patients
Peace Marathon
In collaboration with KONA, KCMA provided volunteers
to staff the first-aid station at the 10th Peace
Marathon on September 27, 2014 at Sunnybrook Park.
Our members also participated in the 10K run and 5K
walk to promote peace and harmony in the Korean
community.
Dr. Seung-Jun Lee completed his family medicine
residency at the University of Toronto and started his
practice at the East GTA Family Health Team (FHT).
The East GTA FHT is a group of leading and innovative
team of family doctors who work together with other
health care providers such as nurses, dieticians, social
workers, an occupational therapist, and a clinical
pharmacist to provide the highest quality of care for
patients and their families.
Listed below are the free programs offered for all of
his patients within the FHT:
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Diabetes Prevention and Management
Weight Management
Smoking Cessation
Seniors’ Health
Mental Health
New patients who are interested in enrolling under Dr.
Lee’s care can call his office at (416) 284-6168.
KCWA Gala
On Saturday February 28, 2015 the Korean Canadian
Women’s Association (KCWA) held its annual
fundraising gala—“Arirang”. Several professional
groups and volunteer groups representing Toronto’s
vibrant Korean community had a chance to meet
and network at the gala. In what has proven to be
an annual tradition, the KCMA doctors came out to
support this wonderful organization and its amazing
work over the past three decades to help new
Korean families adjust to life in Canada.
Improvements to Com-munication
KCMA
Efforts by the
The KCMA is undergoing major improvements to its
communication efforts, including improving our email
policy, updating our webpage, and streamlining our
social media presence.
In particular, our website will be re-worked with special
access to our dues-paying members.
Please be patient while we implement these changes,
which may take several months to complete.
We welcome news and updates from our members! If you
would like to publish an article in our Kimchi Digest, please
send us your write-up to:
[email protected]
Korean Canadian Medical Association
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www.kcma.ca
Community Sponsors
The KCMA proudly thanks our sponsors for the 2014-2015 year:
GOLD SPONSORS:
SILVER SPONSORS:
BRONZE SPONSORS:
If you are interested in sponsoring the KCMA, please contact [email protected] for more information.
Korean Canadian Medical Association
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www.kcma.ca
Classifieds
Due to Dr. Lee’s growing practice, the East GTA FHT is looking for a fully bilingual receptionist.
The clinic is located at 520 Ellesmere Road, 6th floor (between Birchmount and Warden).
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Some of the key requirements for this position are:
o maturity
o dependability and reliability
o organizational skills
o excellent work habits
o superior communication skills (including functional knowledge of Korean for our patient
population).
o some familiarity with a clinic operation and electronic medical records will be an asset
The East GTA FHT offer fair wages and an excellent working condition.
If you like to be considered for this position, please send your CV and cover letter to [email protected].
Dues-paying members are eligible to place one free advertisement per issue in our newsletter.
If you would like to place an advertisement in our classifieds section, please contact
[email protected]
Korean Canadian Medical Association
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www.kcma.ca