ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 4/21/2022
Workplace harassment: Wrestling with snakes
Dr. Jabir Jassam, writing allegorically as he often does, discusses a colleague who deeply looks up to another doctor—not realizing how abusive that doctor is to her. - 4/21/2022
Case report: An accidental rash
Dr. Robert Dickson finds a somewhat unusual case in his walk-in clinic. - 4/21/2022
A new service for your vaccine hesitant patients
The PromoVac strategy, developed in Sherbrooke by Dr. Arnaud Gagneur to convince parents who are hesitant about vaccination, will be deployed across Canada through a telehealth platform. - 4/21/2022
Virtu(al) and vice: 22 thoughts on care in 2022
Does virtual care encourage convenience and low acuity encounters or does it improve access to quality care? - 4/21/2022
Nova Scotia government to release plan to address challenges in ailing health system
The Tories were elected last August largely on a single-issue campaign that focused on promises to address problems in healthcare. - 4/21/2022
Study mines cancer genetics to help with targeted treatment
Scientists have analyzed the full genetic blueprints of more than 18,000 cancer samples, finding new patterns of mutations that could help doctors provide better, more personalized treatment. - 4/21/2022
5 Tips: Providing care to newcomers
- 4/21/2022
Higher paid agency nurses could pose 'dangerous challenge' to health system: union
Linda Silas of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions has asked Karen Hogan to conduct the review with auditors in every province to determine if recruitment and retention of staff nurses are being undermined by the higher wages that contractors get. - 4/20/2022
Young Leader in Pharmacy Jay Shah: "It is truly an honour to be trusted with someone’s health and wellbeing."
The role of pharmacy and pharmacist is evolving rapidly. With the advent of technologies like artificial intelligence, integrated virtual health, and automation, pharmacy capabilities and clinical breakthroughs will be immense. There is still so much to learn and experience, and being a part of this change is what continues to drive me. - 4/20/2022
What do sole overnight ER docs do all night?
After spending many years as a paramedic, Dr. Marty McNamara returned to his Ontario cottage country hospital as an overnight ER physician.