Deanna Telner

Current academic appointment/faculty rank: Associate Professor 

Affiliations:  

• Family Physician, South East Toronto Family Health Team 

• Research Director, Toronto East Health Network 

• Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto 

Research summary:  

Dr. Telner is a community-based family physician at the South East Toronto Family Health Team, Research Director of the Toronto East Health Network and a Clinician Investigator in the DFCM Research Program. Consistent with the wide range of clinical areas that comprehensive family medicine encompasses, her research interests are broad. Projects include studies on primary care genetics, exploring the primary care experiences of patient with eating disorders, assessment of preconception health, examining the effect of hot yoga on renal function, and development of guidelines for family physicians caring for patients who have donated a kidney. As an educator, Dr. Telner also has an interest in medical education research for both trainees and faculty. Topics in this area include comparing individual versus collaborative online learning experiences of health care providers and medical educators’ adaptation of technology in teaching. 

Dr. Telner is an enthusiastic advocate for the important role of community physicians in research teams and strives to role model engagement in research while having a busy clinical practice. She is a past recipient of the DFCM Award for Research Mentorship. 

At Toronto East Health Network, Dr. Telner oversees all Family Medicine Resident Academic Projects and facilitates bi-monthly Journal Club. 

With the DFCM since 2001
Family Physician and Research Director at South East Toronto Family Health Team.
Assistant Professor, DFCM

Degrees: MD (University of Ottawa), CCFP (University of Toronto), MEd (OISE/UofT)

Research Synopsis

Dr. Telner's research projects are diverse in topic. As a family physician at a large, community-based teaching site, her clinical practice areas are broad and this is reflected in her broad research interests. All research projects, while differing in topic, have a direct impact on either community-based clinical care or on family medicine education. 

Honours and Awards

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2015: Research Mentorship Award, Department of Family and Community Medicine, U of T
2012: Excellence in Research in Professional Development (team award), Department of Family and Community Medicine (DFCM) , U of T
2011    : Excellent in Development and Use of Innovative Instructional Methods, Department of Family and Community Medicine, U of T
2010: Innovations in Education Award (Postgraduate Education), Department of Family and Community Medicine, U of T
2010:Research Educator Award, TEGH
2009: TEGH Research Award of Excellence: Greatest Impact to East York
Community (co-recipient)

Grants

2017: CIHR- Team grant, Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative. Trajectories of Healthy life using public health and primary care interventions in Canada
2016-2017: Women's xchange Grant 15K Challenge, Women's College Hospital (co-I).Pilot randomized controlled trial of an interconception intervention provided by public health nurses to improve reproductive and perinatal outcomes
2016-2017: Michael Garron Hospital Research Fund. Michael Garron Hospital. The effect of hot yoga on kidney function (co-PI, year 2)
2015-2016: North York General Hospital Innovation Fund; The effect of hot yoga on kidney function (co-PI)
2012-2013: Office of Educational Scholarship, DFCM; A scoping review of teaching methods used within family medicine education (PI)
2011-2012: UTOPIAN fund, University of Toronto; Identification of women with a family history of breast cancer in EMR: a feasibility study  (co-I)
2010-2011: Education Development Fund, University of Toronto (co-I);
Optimizing Family Medicine Education: Exploring the Educational Training and Role of Academic Non-Physician Health Care Providers
2009-2010: Department of Family and Community Medicine Research Grant (co-I) Patient and Provider Perception of Family Health Teams in Ontario 
2007- 2009: Dean’s Fund Grant, U of T (PI); Genetics Education: Preparing Physicians for the Future II
2005-2006: Dean’s Excellence Fund for Medical Education Grant (PI); Genetics Education: Preparing Physicians for the Future II
2004-2005: Dean’s Excellence Fund for Medical Education Grant (PI)
Genetics Education: Preparing Physicians for the Future I
2004-2006: Center for Effective Practice (PI); Using a Game Format for Continuing Medical Education. Does it work?