Mar 06 2019

Student Humanities Blog

Beyond Us

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 Shez Kassam is a medical student in the class of 2019 at the university of Alberta       Across, eye to eye Armchair, arm’s length   The heart suffers—pathologic...

Mar 04 2019

Reflections

Addicts anonymous

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  Simraaj Kaur Powar is a Family Medicine Resident at Western University Windsor Campus Sukhbinderjit (Nikki) Powar is a Family Doctor in Mississauga     The concept of addiction, Is...

Feb 25 2019

Reflections

The impact of poverty on Canadian children: a call for action

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Cal Robinson is a PGY2 Pediatrics resident at McMaster University interested in how social determinants of health impact Canadian children.   On November 22nd, 2018, Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government unveiled...

Feb 23 2019

Editors' Blog

meta static

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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.       meta static food undigested on the chest...

Feb 19 2019

Patients' blog

Home care nurses need more support to meet the needs of complex patients

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Marcy White is a writer and special needs advocate.   In just one year, my son, Jacob, was put on Bi-Pap in the PICU on four separate occasions. Only a...

Feb 16 2019

Student Humanities Blog

The real doctor

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 Sarah Silverberg is an R1 in OBGYN at UBC and an intern at St. Paul’s Hospital.   Please let me take your history. I know the triage nurse and the...

Feb 12 2019

Student Humanities Blog

A Shipwrecked Midnight

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 Ashleigh Frayne is a Family Medicine (R1) at the University of British Columbia.”       The pavement darkens as the chill of the night settles Stretched across the lap...

Feb 07 2019

Student Humanities Blog

Voiceless

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Arnav Agarwal is an Internal Medicine Resident (R1) at the University of Toronto. Check back the last Thursday of each month for a new featured piece as part of his series (Doc Talks:...

Feb 05 2019

Reflections

Memorial

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Courtney Bercan is community health nurse at a clinic in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver   Years later, I still don’t want to think about it, let alone type it...

Jan 30 2019

Doctors' health, Reflections

Physician mental health: why we need to share our stories of struggle and success

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Sarah Tulk is a family physician in Hamilton, Ontario   Despite earnestly advocating for physician mental health, my own story has remained cloaked in secrecy. As a medical student, I...

Jan 25 2019

Student Humanities Blog

egophony, and other sounds

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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.       murphy’s sign yellow on the horizon with...

Jan 18 2019

Dear Dr. Horton

Dear Dr Horton #8: CaRMS Interview Tips

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This week’s edition of Dear Dr. Horton” is a general response to the many excellent questions that were submitted in response to the CMAJ call-out for the “Med Life with...

Jan 15 2019

Student Humanities Blog

A song of mental health

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Abhishek Gupta is a medical sub-intern with CAMH, who graduated from Windsor University School of Medicine.       Hear Ye, Hear Ye A song of mental health for all, In dark...

Jan 04 2019

Dear Dr. Horton

CaRMS interviews — Med Life with Dr. Horton podcast

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In a first “Med Life with Dr. Horton” podcast, Dr. Jillian Horton discusses CaRMS, the Canadian Resident Matching Service. In this episode, she is joined by Dr. Moneeza Walji. They...