Bruce Fage
MD, FRCPC
Qualification
- BScH, Acadia University
- MD, Queen’s University
Professional Memberships
- Canadian Psychiatric Association
- American Psychiatric Association
- Cochrane Collaboration
Dr. Bruce Fage is an Emergency and General Psychiatrist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). He is a graduate of Queen's School of Medicine and completed his psychiatry residency at the University of Toronto in 2019. His areas of focus include medical education, peer advocacy, and developing health systems that meet the needs of the people and communities we serve. He is an Education Coordinator for the CAMH Gerald Sheff and Shanitha Kachan Emergency Department and a founder and board director of PsychEd, an educational psychiatry podcast. As a resident, he was President of the Professional Association of Residents of Ontario (PARO) and Chair of the OMA Section of Residents. He is a member of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry's Mental Health Services Committee and has authored several works in the areas of professional identity, medical education, and emergency psychiatry.
Research Synopsis
Medical education, program and service development, professional identity, emergency psychiatry
Recent Publications
Fage B, Alldred T, Levitt S, Abate A, & Fefergrad M. (2020). Competency on Call: Resident Driven Learning Objectives for Competency-Based Medical Education. Academic Psychiatry, 1-2. doi:10.1007/s40596-019-01178-9
Chan CCH, Fage BA, Burton JK, Smailagic N, Gill SS, Herrmann N, Nikolaou V, Quinn TJ, Noel-Storr AH, Seitz DP. Mini-Cog for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease dementia and other dementias within a secondary care setting. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2019, Issue 9. Art. No.: CD011414. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011414.pub2
Winston H, Fage B. (2019) Resilience, Resistance: A commentary on the historical origins of resilience and wellness initiatives. Psychiatric Services. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800477
Fage B, Lofchy J. (2018) Psychiatric Emergencies: A Complex Case of Overdose and Assessment in the Emergency Department. In: Shivakumar K, Amanullah S, (eds) Complex Clinical Conundrums in Psychiatry. Springer, Cham
Honours and Awards
Name:Description:
Postgraduate Innovation Award / University of Toronto, Department of Psychiatry - May 2019
Resident Scholarly Development Fund / University of Toronto, Department of Psychiatry - April 2019
Mikhael Award for Medical Education / Resident Doctors of Canada - April 2019