Ted Jablonski

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Ted Jablonski

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As an insatiably creative physician, I am captivated by the world in which the right brain intersects with the left. With an artist’s eye, this blog explores the vital, challenging and unpredictable human element that we confront and deal with in the practice of evidence-based medicine.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

9/19/2023
Challenges of the worst— and ‘best’ patients
MD-patient relationships: a cautionary tale of the bell-shaped curve.

Ted Jablonski
9/7/2023
What can we learn? The push and pull of sex in cancer survivors
Let's look at what we can learn from two very different patient cases.

Ted Jablonski
8/24/2023
The medical management of trans youth in Canada, 2023
In June, the Pediatric Society of Canada published “An affirming approach to caring for transgender and gender-diverse youth.” Now we finally have a position paper to discuss.

Ted Jablonski
8/17/2023
Eponymous tattoos—inking some historical fiction
While the naming of eponymous diseases has become controversial and mostly fallen out of favour, tattoos have had an exponential resurgence in popularity. So, why not marry the two?

Ted Jablonski
8/8/2023
Sometimes we all need an Elsa
You can call it failure to thrive if you like, but amid the swirling, constant negativity, we need people who can remind us how and why we should thrive in the first place.

Ted Jablonski
7/27/2023
Can a folk festival inform the practice of medicine? 3 simple thoughts
A muddy, smokey and fun music festival is all very well, but what can such an experience teach us about our profession?

Ted Jablonski
7/5/2023
Prescribing sex hormones: A pragmatic primer for 2023
What family docs should know about tackling these prescriptions for patients with menopause, testosterone deficiency and more.

Ted Jablonski
6/15/2023
Pride Month movie recommendations for Canadian MDs
As a straight, cis physician, I've spent a lot of time learning how to better care for my LGBTQ+ patients. And learning more about queer culture overall is part of that—so here are a few film recommendations I've learned from over the years.

Ted Jablonski
5/15/2023
Woke MD?
I'm glad to know that I am not the only one confused as to the real versus implied meaning of this controversial word and all the pent-up emotion swirling around it.

Ted Jablonski
5/8/2023
The end of the ‘old clinician’ era?
Every medical school has one. The name that everyone knows. The smiling face that is always just around the corner.

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