News and Updates

The Clinical Teachers’ Association at the University of Manitoba (CTAM) was established in June 2011 to provide representation for GFT (geographical full time) academic clinicians in the Faculty of Medicine by GFT academic clinicians. The organization is well positioned to understand the specific interests of, and to speak for, GFTs in relation to the university and its associated health care institutions because the members and executive committee are GFTs themselves.

There are currently over 500 GFTs in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Manitoba. They are comprised of physicians and clinical psychologists, and span clinical areas including anesthesia, clinical health psychology, community health sciences, emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, otolaryngology, pathology, pediatrics, psychiatry, radiology, and surgery. GFTs are active in clinical service, research, and administration, as well as educational activities with undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate Faculty of Medicine students. The University of Manitoba medical school was one of only three academic medical centres in Canada that did not have any representation of clinical faculty, and that gap has now been addressed with the formation of CTAM.

Given the current stance of the University and the WRHA regarding negotiations with CTAM, the association has concluded the only option is for CTAM to move to certification in order to fulfill the mandate given by GFTs (83% support in secret ballot vote) to represent them as academic clinicians. For further information see the Certification page.

We welcome your questions and comments. Please see the Prospective Members section if you are interested in joining CTAM.

Alan Jackson
CTAM President