Month: July 2019

Jul 24 2019

Reflections

It’s time to talk: Gender and race in medicine

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Arundhati Dhara is an Assistant Professor at Dalhousie University in the Department of Family Medicine Saroo Sharda is an Anesthesiologist in Oakville and an Assistant Clinical Professor at McMaster University  ...

Jul 22 2019

Reflections

Not everything in health care needs to be virtualized

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Puneet Seth is a practicing family physician in Toronto, part-time Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct) in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University and Chief Medical Officer of InputHealth Systems...

Jul 17 2019

Primary Care

Addressing the income gap in medical school

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Kate Peiyin Zhang is a medical resident at University of Toronto.   “I can’t afford to see a dentist or pay for medication,” says the patient sitting across from me....

Jul 12 2019

Editors' Blog

From vision to action in primary care

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Domhnall MacAuley is a CMAJ Associate Editor and a professor of primary care in Northern Ireland, UK. He recently attended the Society for Academic Primary Care annual conference in Exeter, England.   The declaration...

Jul 10 2019

Reflections

What I Am

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Beatrice Preti is an R2 in internal medicine at the Queen’s University.   It was a childhood dream, one that I loved well, A fairy-tale story I’d heard someone tell I...

Jul 10 2019

Editors' Blog

Primary care: arriving or departing?

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Domhnall MacAuley is a CMAJ Associate Editor and a professor of primary care in Northern Ireland, UK. He recently attended the Society for Academic Primary Care annual conference in Exeter, England.   Resources for...

Jul 08 2019

Reflections

How one great team’s victory set another one in motion

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Anser Daud is a medical student at the University of Toronto. He enjoys writing about health advocacy and human rights issues.   “We’re dealing with a situation that’s not far from...

Jul 04 2019

Student Humanities Blog

Pulmonary stenosis

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Kacper Niburski is a medical student in the Class of 2021 at McGill University. He is also the CMAJ student humanities blog editor. Follow his writing instagram: @_kenkan.     plastic plants in the...