Nov 02 2019

Primary Care

Observations on public health

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Stephanie Choquette is a medical student in the class of 2020 at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine       Public health is most often understood as “…the science and...

Oct 30 2019

Reflections

All the anatomy she taught

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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.     a voice from mine,...

Oct 26 2019

Reflections

Asking for a referee letter

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Due to the sensitivity of the post, the author wished to publish the following piece anonymously.  Dear potential Referee, My name is Jane Doe, medical student and residency applicant. So...

Oct 21 2019

Reflections

Structural violence and Canada’s overdose catastrophe: time for a Royal Commission

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Dan Small is a medical anthropologist and lecturer at the University of British Columbia.   Since 2018, British Columbia has been pursuing legal action against pharmaceutical companies for their involvement...

Oct 17 2019

Reflections

Why the MCC Qualifying Examination Part II still matters

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Maureen Topps is the Executive Director and CEO of the Medical Council of Canada.   Nothing matters more in my role than helping Canadian and international medical graduates succeed as they...

Oct 16 2019

Student Humanities Blog

Illness as a metaphor: book review

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Dennis Wesley is an independent educational researcher, whose interests include STEM, the Humanities, and health sciences–especially interdisciplinary practices and methods.     Written in 1978, Sontag’s long form essay ‘Illness...

Oct 10 2019

Reflections

Can’t have one without the other: an argument for conscientious provision of healthcare services

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Marika Warren is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioethics, Dalhousie University.   In early July The College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia dismissed a complaint against...

Oct 07 2019

Reflections

Harnessing the power of patients’ written words in clinical notes

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Iris Gorfinkel is a General Practitioner, and Founder and Principal Investigator at PrimeHealth Clinical Research in Toronto, Ontario.   Medical documentation in primary care is a balancing act between promoting timely connection with patients and...

Oct 05 2019

Reflections

Open encounters in crowded ERs

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Sarina Lalla is a medical student in class of 2020 at McMaster University.       When I was on an emergency medicine rotation, I asked for a room to tell...

Sep 25 2019

Reflections

Three perspectives make a whole

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Akina Fay is a medical student in the Class of 2020 at McGill University.       Days after my fourteenth birthday, I was diagnosed with a rare brain malformation...

Sep 23 2019

Reflections

CMAJ Blogs Holiday Reading

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CMAJ’s Holiday Reading is back! CMAJ Blogs will host the popular Holiday Reading series online in December 2019. We’re seeking witty, offbeat, whimsical stories grounded in medicine. Have ideas? Email...

Sep 15 2019

Reflections, Student Humanities Blog

Mastectomy

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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.     The following was written...

Sep 14 2019

Dear Dr. Horton

New season: Dear Dr. Horton, ask away!

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Ever wish you could ask a wise, kind, approachable Student Affairs Dean something about CaRMS, without having to admit the question was yours? Enter Dear Dr. Horton. Send the anonymous CaRMs...

Sep 09 2019

Primary Care

Health system transformation in Ontario: leadership lessons

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Grace Zhao is a third year MD/MSc student in the Systems Leadership and Innovation program at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation.   Ontario is undergoing its biggest...