Awards

MANITOBA COLLEGE OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS INC.

Family Physician of the Year

Dr. Anne Durcan

The Manitoba College of Family Physicians Inc. is pleased to announce that Dr. Anne Durcan of Winnipeg is the recipient of the Manitoba Family Physician of the Year Award for 2010.

Dr. Durcan graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, in 1992.  She was Certified in Family Medicine in 1994 following 2 years of Residency training at Dalhousie University.  She practiced for 2 years in Nova Scotia, 1 year in Rankin Inlet and for the past 13 years at Mount Carmel Clinic.

Since 1999 she has been co-coordinator of the Inuit Health Program of the J. A. Hildes Northern Medical Unit.  This program has offered family practice, medical specialty and rehabilitation services through the Kivalliq Program.  She has also worked to enhance rural medical education in the undergraduate medical school program and has collaborated with the Medical Director of the Office of Rural and Northern Health to develop the curriculum for Rural Week, a rural and northern exposure for all first year medical students.

Through her work with the Alan Klass Health Equity Program, she wrote a proposal for curriculum enhancement for social accountability and from this came the concept of an Inner City Student Run Health Clinic.  Over 3 summers she supervised students writing a proposal for the establishment of the WISH Clinic which now operates on Sundays at Mount Carmel Clinic.

Dr. Durcan embodies the principle of the Family Physician being a resource to a defined population, with her interests and areas of activity being focused on northern, rural and inner city people.

In all of her work, Dr. Durcan has been supported by her husband Alec Macaulay, who is also a Family Physician at Mount Carmel Clinic, and their children Maura, Helen and Patrick.

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE

The Honours and Awards Committee of the College of Family Physicians of Canada through the Awards of Excellence Program has recognized two Manitoba Family Physicians for merit in the discipline of Family Medicine.

Dr. Karen Juce of Hamiota, Manitoba is honoured for her role in patient care and clinical teaching in Western Manitoba for the past 22  years, (8 years in Dauphin and 14 in Hamiota). Prior to starting practice, she took additional training in Dermatology which has allowed her to serve as a valuable consultant in diseases of the skin, for a wide area of western Manitoba. 

Throughout her career, she has been extensively involved in teaching Medical Students and Family Practice Residents. With her husband, she has been very involved in the community through the activities and interests of their 3 children. She embodies the Community-Based Principle of Family Medicine.

Dr. Joanne Maier of  Brandon, Manitoba is honoured for her 25 year commitment to the community where she has worked as a full service Family Physician, including not only office and hospital practice, but house calls and obstetrical care. 

Since 2004 when she assumed the role of Chief of the Department of Family Practice for the Brandon Regional Health Authority, she has taken on several other administrative roles.  She is known for her affability, leadership skills and commitment to excellence. She is enthusiastic about being a partner for change management  and inspires others to embrace change. She is an exemplar for a Resource to a Defined Practice Population.