RESIDENT SECTION

Resident Section Workspace (for Section members only)

ABOUT THE SECTION

Year Created:  1988

Chairs:
Dr. Dave Sidhu
University of Calgary
Phone:  403-944-1262, Pager # 8633
Email:  davinder.sidhu@albertahealthservices.ca

Dr. Lik Hang Lee
University of Calgary
Phone:  403-944-3395
Email:  likhang.lee@albertahealthservices.ca

Objectives:  Promote the quality of resident training and provide a communication network for Canadian pathology residents.

• Represent pathology residents as a unified voice to the CAP-ACP Executive
• Stimulate ongoing resident membership and participation in the CAP-ACP
• To act as a communications network for Canadian pathology residents and exchange information with similar associations
• Participate in the Annual Meeting by organizing Residents’ Symposium and Dinner, providing monitors for CAP-ACP workshops and encouraging residents’ presentations in the scientific program

Members:  Members of the Canadian Association of Pathologists currently in Canadian pathology residency teaching programs are eligible for membership in the Section.  Section members have full voting privileges in the CAP-ACP Council.

Activities:

• Section Annual Meeting (at the CAP Annual Meeting)
  All pathology residents -- whether members of the Section members or not -- are invited to attend. The program starts with a business meeting, followed by a presentation by an invited speaker at the symposium and concludes with a dinner in an informal setting. The Chair of the Resident Section is selected from the city where the upcoming CAP-ACP Annual Meeting is to be held.

Past Intiatives:

• 1st Annual Canadian Association of Pathologists’ Association canadienne des pathologistes - Residents Review Course - Friday, March 25 to Sunday, March 27, 2011 McMaster University - Hamilton, ON