Category: Reflections

Oct 23 2017

Holding public research universities to account on global health

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Catherine Whicher is a graduate student of Global Health Policy at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Varoon Mathur is a Software Engineering/Data Science student at the University...

Oct 19 2017

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Income splitting is not about taxes; it’s about rights

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Daniel Miller is a Physiatrist (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation) in Lethbridge, Alberta Income splitting has come under attack by the current Federal Liberal Government as an unfair tax advantage...

Sep 20 2017

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The opioid crisis: patient engagement in pain management has never been so crucial

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Max Deschner is a medical student at the University of Ottawa Maaike de Vries is an epidemiologist & PhD candidate at the University of Toronto Jonathan Gravel is an epidemiologist...

Aug 25 2017

Reflections

The Mentorship Project

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Justin Lam graduated from University of Toronto Medical School in 2017 and is now a first year resident in Paediatrics at UofT and SickKids Denis Daneman is Chair Emeritus,...

Aug 17 2017

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Give them pens: the poetry of Shane Neilson

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Ally Fleming is a writer and publicist at Anstruther Press Illness doesn’t end when you leave the doctor’s office. Affliction is carried, and pain is, as Shane Neilson writes,...

Jul 26 2017

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Our Code of Ethics must prohibit physician participation in torture

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Wendell Block is a family physician at the East End Community Health Centre and the Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture In the thirty-odd years I have worked with...

Jul 06 2017

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To save lives we should do more to control alcohol

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Trevor Hancock is a professor and senior scholar at the University of Victoria’s school of public health and social policy This is not going to make me popular with...

Jun 28 2017

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Pressure to breastfeed

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Sophie Soklaridis is an Independent Scientist and the Interim Director of Research in Education at The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto, Canada Almost 23...

Jun 14 2017

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Crossroad of patient safety and medical malpractice in Canada

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Dr. Santanu Chakraborty is Associate Professor in Radiology in The University of Ottawa and Radiology Quality Officer at The Ottawa Hospital. Patient safety is taking its rightful place in the...

Jun 08 2017

Reflections

The art of medical imaging

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Kari Visscher is an artist. She’s also a physician. And she’s turning a promising career as a radiologist into a work of art. The fifth year radiology resident sees art...

May 12 2017

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Getting the WHO we want means vetting before the Director General vote

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Bill Jeffery is the Executive Director of the Centre for Health Science and Law (CHSL), and publisher of Food for Life Report magazine The new Director General (DG) of...

May 09 2017

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Double standards in concussion recovery: Sidney Crosby’s latest injury

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Matt Eagles is soon to graduate from Memorial University’s medical school, and is headed to a Neurosurgery Residency program at the University of Calgary; he is a former Major Junior...

May 05 2017

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Improving the quality of our healthcare system: Are we adopting the right approach?

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Ijaz Rauf is President at Eminent Tech Corporation and an Adjunct Professor of Physics, School of Graduate Studies at York University Growing evidence of problems in the level of...

Apr 24 2017

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Opiophobia: the new fashion in town

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Praveen Ganty is a Consultant in Pain Medicine & Anesthesia in Toronto There is a new fashion in the world of Medicine, and in the world of primary care...