Mar 26 2018

Student Humanities Blog

Medical dysfunction

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Lorenzo Madrazo is a medical student in the Class of 2019 at the University of Ottawa       Murmurs. Grade 3 out of 6 systolic— A harsh tone I listened to carefully. Yet...

Mar 23 2018

Doctors' health, Medical Dispatches

Resiliency: foundational skills for a long and productive career in medicine

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This article is co-authored** by (top row) Christina M. Nowik , Pamela Lai, Thomas McLaughlin, Simon Moore, (bottom row) Gillian Shiau, Natasha Snelgrove, Nureen Sumar, and Jasmin Yee, all of...

Mar 22 2018

Student Humanities Blog

The forgotten people: reflecting on the contemporary social isolation of Canadian seniors

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Hong Yu (Andrew) Su is a medical student in the Class of 2019 at Western University Jessica Chin is a medical student in the Class of 2019 at Western University Matthew Greenacre is a medical student in the Class of 2019 at Western...

Mar 21 2018

Doctors' health, Editors' Blog

Whole-person care — the antidote to physician burnout?

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Kirsten Patrick is Deputy Editor at CMAJ   Rising awareness of the toll that physician burnout is taking on our profession and our healthcare services has inspired numerous organizational physician...

Mar 19 2018

Student Humanities Blog

What working at a supervised injection site for a year taught me about our healthcare system

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Ariane Litalien is a medical student in the Class of 2020 at McGill University   I was about halfway through my second year as a medical student at McGill University when—for a variety of...

Mar 15 2018

Student Humanities Blog

Death in medical training

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Sahil Sharma is a medical student in the Class of 2020 at Western University   Nearing the end of my first year in Medical School, I am amazed by the wealth of knowledge acquired...

Mar 12 2018

Student Humanities Blog

A public health approach to post-traumatic stress disorder in refugees and asylum seekers

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Sondos Zayed is a medical student in the Class of 2018 at McGill University   Raised in an impoverished household, Ms. K was married off at a young age to a man decades her...

Mar 06 2018

Medical Dispatches

The Supply-Demand Mismatch: “What do you mean unemployed specialists?”

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Reza Mirza is a second year Internal Medicine resident at McMaster University Justin Hall is a third year Emergency Medicine Resident at the University of Toronto. Odion Kalaci is a...

Mar 05 2018

Student Humanities Blog

Faded memories

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Michael Taylor is an MD/MBA student in the Class of 2020 at the University of Alberta       The whistle of far windy notes, painting the halls as if afloat. Seat...

Mar 02 2018

Reflections

Can health care learn from Bitcoin and blockchain?

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Adam Kassam  is the chief resident in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Western University Jeremy Wasserlauf is a fellow in cardiovascular disease at Northwestern University Feinberg School...

Mar 01 2018

Student Humanities Blog

Experiencing vulnerability in Ethiopia

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Robbie Sparrow is a medical student in the Class of 2019 at Western University   For individuals facing deep personal struggles, the path to recovery is often daunting and overwhelming. Support...

Feb 28 2018

Reflections

The CMA Presidential Election: What’s that to me?

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Sharon Yeung is a MD/MSc student at Queen’s University   I’ll be the first to admit: I’ve never been one for politics. The garish lawn signs of electoral campaigns, the...

Feb 27 2018

Reflections

The hidden curriculum of mental illness stigma in medical training

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Sarah Tulk is an Ontario physician who recently finished her residency training in family medicine at McMaster University   “If only he had chosen a higher floor, we wouldn’t have...

Feb 26 2018

Student Humanities Blog

Book review: The Remedy

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Maggie Hulbert is a medical student in the Class of 2020 at Queen’s University   The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voices on Health and Healthcare (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2016) In the introduction to...