Category: Editors’ Blog

May 15 2017

Credible answers to contentious questions in André Picard’s book, “Matters of Life and Death”

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Barbara Sibbald is editor of News and Humanities at CMAJ, and author of the recently published collection of short stories, “The Museum of Possibilities“ Health policy pundits should look...

Jan 07 2017

Editors' Blog, Primary Care

Innovations in primary care research

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Domhnall MacAuley is a CMAJ Associate Editor and a professor of primary care in Northern Ireland, UK The concept of the “Salon” is based on the tradition of European...

Dec 13 2016

Editors' Blog, Primary Care

A primary care research success story

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Domhnall MacAuley is a CMAJ Associate Editor and a professor of primary care in Northern Ireland, UK How do you create a successful school of primary care research? Measuring...

Nov 15 2016

Editors' Blog, Primary Care

Reflections on Day Two of #NAPCRG2016

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Kirsten Patrick is Deputy Editor at CMAJ. She is currently attending the North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) annual meeting in Colorado Springs, CO. In the plenary session...

Nov 14 2016

Editors' Blog, Primary Care

Reflections on Day One of #NAPCRG2016

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Domhnall MacAuley is a CMAJ Associate Editor and a professor of primary care in Northern Ireland, UK. He is currently attending the North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) annual...

Nov 09 2016

Editors' Blog

The world needs more Canada

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Kirsten Patrick is Deputy Editor at CMAJ Yes I did wake up at 3 am today and think, “I’ll just check the U.S. election results…” and boy do I...

Oct 17 2016

Editors' Blog, Reflections

“The other side of silence”

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Domhnall MacAuley is a CMAJ Associate Editor and a professor of primary care in Northern Ireland, UK. Dear Linda, I have just read your book – or, should I...

Sep 30 2016

Editors' Blog

How to equip policymakers to advance the physical activity agenda

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Domhnall MacAuley is a CMAJ Associate Editor and a professor of primary care in Northern Ireland, UK. We publishing the wrong research and funding too many of the wrong...

Aug 09 2016

Editors' Blog

The Canadian medics behind the Olympic athletes

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Domhnall MacAuley is a CMAJ Associate Editor and a professor of primary care in Northern Ireland, UK. As the world focuses on the Olympics in Rio, I visited the...

Aug 04 2016

Editors' Blog

Olympic Legends

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Domhnall MacAuley is a CMAJ Associate Editor and a professor of primary care in Northern Ireland, UK. This week, with the newspapers full of health scares, doping controversy and...

Aug 02 2016

Editors' Blog

From data-driven illustrations to gamified neuron mapping

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Émilie Lacharité is Digital Content Editor at CMAJ and a graduate of the Biomedical Communications program at the University of Toronto I attended the Association of Medical Illustrators’ (AMI) conference...

Jul 18 2016

Editors' Blog, Primary Care

Roundup of the Society for Academic Primary Care (SAPC) annual meeting

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Domhnall MacAuley is a CMAJ Associate Editor and a professor of primary care in Northern Ireland, UK. The premier primary care research meeting in the United Kingdom and Ireland,...

Jun 28 2016

Editors' Blog

Publication School

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Domhnall MacAuley is a CMAJ Associate Editor and a professor of primary care in Northern Ireland, UK. I’m heading to Oxford, England, this week, to teach a session at...

Jun 24 2016

Editors' Blog

The Canadian Paediatric Association meeting: an antidote to my #BrexitBlues

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Kirsten Patrick is Deputy Editor at CMAJ. She is currently attending the Canadian Paediatric Society annual meeting in Charlottetown, PEI For the past two-and-a-bit days I’ve been privileged to...