Humber River Hospital in Toronto (pictured), and Queen’s University have reached a formal affiliation agreement that will see students, residents and clinical fellows from Queen’s University’s Medical School rotate through all of the acute care service disciplines provided at the hospital. The first rotation will be in the hospital’s Women’s and Children’s Program starting this… Keep Reading
Queen’s University is the first university in the country to teach undergraduate medical students in the use of handheld portable ultrasound machines – a new curriculum developed to enhance patient care. Until recently, ultrasound has involved large machines used by highly skilled operators. But the creation of handheld ultrasound (HHU) devices is now enabling physicians… Keep Reading
The Department of Family Medicine’s Residency Program has won this year’s Professional Association of Internes and Residents of Ontario (PAIRO) Residency Program Excellence Award. The award recognizes programs that provide positive and rewarding experiences for their residents, while producing expertly trained physicians. The Family Medicine program is the third Queen’s residency program to win this… Keep Reading
With bagpipes, balloons and a balmy breeze off Lake Ontario, an enthusiastic crowd of more than 400 Health Sciences donors, alumni, students, faculty and university and city officials celebrated the grand opening yesterday of the university’s stunning new School of Medicine building. The ceremony was held under a huge awning on the lawns of Summerhill,… Keep Reading
Queen’s University’s new medical school building on the corner of Arch and Stuart Streets is now 85 per cent complete, says senior project manager Mike Finn (shown below, standing on the top level of what has been dubbed “the glass lantern” – a three-storey atrium facing Stuart Street). Dry walling is nearly finished, painting has… Keep Reading
With construction of the new School of Medicine building well under way, the Faculty of Health Sciences is offering weekly “hard hat tours” of the facility to members of the Queen’s community. Participants will be outfitted with hard hats and steel-toed boots, and taken on a private tour of the site by a member of… Keep Reading
With the placing of the building’s roof in place, construction of Queen’s new School of Medicine has finally passed another milestone. Construction crew celebrated with a traditional “topping off party” to mark the pouring of concrete roof slab on the new structure. The first two levels of the structure have already been roughed in, with… Keep Reading
