Feb
05
2021
Tag: health care
Jun
25
2020
Lessons from the bedside
2 Comments
The hospital is on lockdown due to COVID-19, so visitors are not permitted. He has had no connection with the outside world other than health care personnel.
May
29
2020
Ramping up in-person office visits in primary care in the aftermath of COVID-19
7 Comments
How do we balance benefits and risks? How can we assess the impact of decisions to ramp up in-person care so we know whether we need to pull back again?
May
28
2020
Family physician leadership in long-term care: COVID-19 success and a call to action
6 Comments
I feel fortunate that our patients have been able to receive care by in large in their homes from their own family physician and care providers.
May
21
2020
Revisiting the no visitors policy
8 Comments
Even in lock-down, word travels quickly. Friends and family members, once part of the fabric of our floor, now signify an anticipated death.
May
12
2020
The truth behind the mask
2 Comments
I've slowly learned that our masks make us physicians, but our emotions make us people.
Apr
30
2020
A call for the standardization of resident protections during the COVID-19 pandemic response
2 Comments
Our status as trainees limits our influence over the environments in which we are deployed to work during infectious disease outbreaks.
Apr
23
2020
Have we flattened the curve that matters?
3 Comments
Lasting success will not come from flattening the curve of incident cases. It will come when we flatten the curve of cumulative cases.
Apr
20
2020
COVID-19 and cancer care in Thunder Bay
1 Comment
Our intimate connection to personnel and resources in the rest of Ontario has become more apparent during this crisis.
Apr
18
2020
COVID-19: What can medical students do?
1 Comment
My own experience of SARS in 2003 led me to a career in public health.
Apr
16
2020
Apr
01
2020
A particularly memorable night on-call
No Comments
His chest x-ray was concerning for viral pneumonia which made us highly suspicious he might be Canada’s first case of COVID-19.
Mar
27
2020
Mar
26
2020
Worrying about loved ones
6 Comments
When I was practicing as a palliative care doc, I’d see many people come to the ED from their nursing homes with shortness of breath. They were in the ED...