Sep 05 2019

Reflections

MD offer letter

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Due to the sensitivity of the post, the author wished to publish the following piece anonymously.  Dear Student, On behalf of the Admissions Committee, we are pleased to reward you...

Sep 03 2019

Editors' Blog

The ‘Evidence-Based Medicine movement’ – where to, next?

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Neil Chanchlani is a CMAJ Associate Editor and clinical research fellow at the University of Exeter, UK. He recently attended the 8th EBMLive conference in Oxford, England.   All healthcare...

Aug 24 2019

Medical aid in dying

First loss

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Gayathri Sivakumar is a medical student in the Class of 2020 at Western University.       A cold awakening when I got a call about you the feeling of...

Aug 20 2019

Medical aid in dying, Reflections

A lesson in palliative care from my grandmother

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Sarah Chauvin is a PGY2 Family Medicine resident at McMaster University.   Palliative care empowers and comforts individuals with life-limiting illnesses. It may be sought at any point and serves...

Aug 19 2019

Reflections

Google Scholar Syndrome

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Eleftherios Diamandis is Professor and Head, Division of Clinical Biochemistry, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto   In the 1970s, my mentor and Professor...

Aug 17 2019

Reflections

Stranger in the room

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Mei Wen is a currently a PGY1 in Family Medicine at St. Paul’s Hospital.   I walk in, tired, threw my backpack down and headed to my work desk, robotically...

Aug 16 2019

Editors' Blog

Let’s see a concrete plan to implement universal pharmacare in Canada

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Kirsten Patrick is Deputy Editor at CMAJ   Yesterday an open letter addressed to the leaders of Canada’s federal political parties was published calling for a firm commitment to implementing a universal, comprehensive,...

Aug 04 2019

Primary Care

A call for action for summary clinical reports

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Richeek Pradhan is a Ph.D. candidate in Pharmacoepidemiology at McGill University. If you want to find out what Lady Gaga’s met gala costume looked like, or where Queen Elizabeth dined...

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...