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 THE OLD MILL INN
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Toronto, Ontario
June 18-20, 2004
Canadian Adventure:
Work, Relational Skills, and Yoga
The Old Mill Inn in Toronto is the scene of an exciting program planned for the annual WDS Retreat June 18-20, 2004. This elegant and traditional boutique inn focuses on Old World charm and has 60 beautifully appointed rooms and suites as well as a pampering full service Spa.
Located in the picturesque Humber Valley, it is within the city limits, about 10 minutes from downtown Toronto and 15 minutes form the airport. There are picturesque trails for walking, biking, blading. Tennis courts adjoin the Inn. Fabulous shopping is close at the Bloor West Village. The current exchange rate makes the facility very cost conscious.
The setting will not outdo the program. On Friday evening, following a reception and dinner, Dr. Susan Weinkle will be moderating a discussion entitled "Career Paths: A Casual Conversation." Women with differing career paths will talk about their choices and mentors and the entire group is welcome to ask questions and add their own insights.
 On Saturday morning, participants start with a yoga session and continental breakfast. The remainder of the morning will be a workshop with Dr. Janet Mills on Body Watching and Eavesdropping: Gender and Communication Style. Dr. Janet Mills is a body watcher-but lest you think this an unseemly pastime for a professor, be assured, she does it for purely professional purposes! And she watches women as well as men. Using the audience as a database and as volunteers, she gently and humorously describes and demonstrates how men and women speak different body language. She illustrates how gendered behaviors convey unspoken messages of power, dominance, and high status-in the service of hierarchical social arrangements-or, messages of affiliation, connection, and egalitarian status-in the service of rapport-filled social arrangements. You'll gain a set of gender lenses that will enable you to see gendered nonverbal behaviors at work in any professional setting. And, you'll expand your own repertoire of nonverbal behaviors to enhance effectiveness with patients, staff, and professional peers. Following the workshop, we will eat lunch together and then enjoy a free afternoon. In the evening, a sit-down dinner will include a presentation from the arts.
Sunday morning begins again with a yoga session and continental breakfast followed by a presentation by Helen Meldrum, PhD on Communicating at the Office. Skills she will emphasize facilitate communication with the difficult patient and communication with the office staff. As Associate Professor of Psychology and Communication at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, she is a sought after speaker and widely published, including a new text entitled Provider-Patient Partnerships. We will adjourn the meeting at 11:15 Sunday morning.
Why spend a weekend with the Women's Dermatology Society? This weekend is planned to be a Retreat in the true spirit of the word, a time away from the usual responsibilities in order to renew the spirit. The accomplished speakers will promote personal growth at work and at home. As we learn the power of the relational skills we have, we can harness it more effectively. Surely learning skills in communicating with difficult patients will help us with our own teenagers! Balancing these programs is the time built into the schedule for self and for promoting physical well - being. Most importantly the Retreat offers the opportunity for life-long friendships. The informal atmosphere will be conducive toward personal networking and mentoring.
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