Ted Jablonski
ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 4/11/2022
Taking the ‘paperwork’ out of your inbox
11 tips to keep the tasks in your in-basket under control. - 4/4/2022
PEACE and LOVE: The principles of rehabilitation
In the sports medicine and physiotherapy world, a soft tissue injury used to be treated with the principle of RICE. But what about mnemonics PEACE and LOVE? - 3/15/2022
The 'perfect' clinic day
I can easily imaging my perfect day overall, but for me personally, what would my perfect clinic day look like? - 3/9/2022
Banning Russian artists? Who is the real target?
I have medical colleagues with Russian passports. They are living and working in Canada for a reason. They are not happy with what is going on in Russia. As a medical director, should I demand that they publicly denounce Putin or they shouldn’t work at our clinic? - 3/1/2022
Prohibitively unenforceable: Were Canada's COVID restrictions a repeat of its history with alcohol prohibition?
The more I read about the past, the more I’m starting to see a pattern. And as we, yet again, exit some of these restrictions in much of the country, I’m reminded of prohibition’s clamorous rise and fall. - 2/16/2022
Medical extortion? Breaking down the barriers
A large part of my medical practice involves men’s sexual health. There is a small grouping of men who come in with an agenda and are rigid in their expectations of what I should do for them. They are generally obsessive and their concerns are unusually intense and urgent (to them). They can be demanding and threatening. - 2/14/2022
Really tough patients: Drowning in the 4-Cs of hell
“Difficult patients,” present with a wide variety of traits that test us to the core of our professional and personal limits. We know who these patients are. They invariably bring out a sudden sympathetic response when we see them on our day sheet. We know these patients far too well. - 2/6/2022
A gold medal for controversy?
The Olympics are meant to be a time for setting aside our differences, but there's rarely a year where controversy doesn't muddle the waters, no matter where or when they take place. - 1/30/2022
My personal 'freedom convoy'
It seems difficult to have a conversation with someone who can’t stop honking their horn or screaming with a placard. And here we remain as medical professionals doing the best we possibly can to hold it all together day to day to day.
