We are pleased to announce the new 2013-2014 government student loans interest rebate plan administered by the provincial government through saskDocs.
If you have any questions, please contact the program administrator, Brittany Laviolette, at 306-933-5307 or Brittany.laviolette@saskdocs.ca.
Click here to view the information, including detailed instructions on how to make your claim.
The written component of the Respirology (Adult) certification examination
will be decentralized to the 9 fall regional centres and held on September
26, 2013. Click here for the link to the Fall 2013 dates.
Please join us for the following events:
7:30am-8:30am
Coffee for Residents in the Main Mall of RUH
12:00pm-1:15pm (Lunch Included)
Saskatoon – SaskTel Theatre
Regina – HD1, College of Medicine Room 1
Swift Current – CRH Conference Room 2
Prince Albert – Residents’ Lounge
La Ronge – Health Centre, Room 2743 (Telehealth Room)
Speakers:
Dr. A. Chakravarti – Resident Health to CanMEDS Roles
Dr. J. Kappelm – CanMEDS Roles to Getting a Job
Saskdocs
SMA Physician Health Program and Roadmap
Click here to check out the latest edition of the PAIRS Pulse.
Click here to check out the latest edition of the PAIRS Pulse.
PAIRS is pleased to announce that Dr. Dilip Gill, PGY3 General Surgery, is the new President-Elect. He will begin his term as President, taking over from Dr. Paul Dhillon, on July 1, 2013 for the 2013-2014 academic year. In the meantime, Paul remains President and will work over the next several months to handover the position to Dilip.
The election for all other positions on our board of directors will take place at our AGM this summer! (details to follow in the coming months)
Click here to check out the latest edition of the PAIRS Pulse.
Check out the CMA’s Tax Tips for Physicians in Training document. It’s full of useful information!
Dilip Gill – PGY3 General Surgery
Kokab Awan – PGY 4 – Cardiology
Voting is at 5:30 pm Tuesday, March 12th in Health Sciences A226, and at each distributive site. Please check your inbox for details or call our office.
PAIRS Special General Meeting
Tuesday, March 12 at 5:30 pm
in Health Sciences A226
to
elect the PAIRS President for the 2013-2014 academic year
Nominate yourself or someone else before 5:30 pm, Sunday, March 10th by emailing pairs.sk@usask.ca
All nominations will be posted to our website as they come in. See www.saskresidents.ca.
The purpose of electing the President in March is to meet a request from CAIR to have our President-Elect in attendance at the June CAIR Annual General Meeting in Halifax, Nova Scotia on June 15-16, 2013. Travel expenses are paid by CAIR. The President-Elect will officially begin his/her role as President after the start of the new academic year in summer 2013.
President Job Description:
The President of PAIRS shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors. The President of the Association (or his/her designate) shall be Chair of meetings and shall not vote except to decide in the case of a tie decision by the Directors. The President is in charge of the general management, supervision of the affairs and operation of PAIRS, and ongoing communication with the Executive Director. The President shall be one of the signing officers of the Corporation. The President shall be expected to assume certain tasks and projects as may come up from time to time, attend any local or provincial committee meetings as directed by the Executive, and provide timely reports on such meetings to the Board of Directors. The President shall be responsible for communications with the media.
All other PAIRS Board of Directors positions will be elected at the AGM in summer 2013. There will be a call for nominations for all other board positions later this summer.