Cultural Competence

New toolkit helps doctors interact with patients with learning disabilities in the ER
The toolkit, developed by British emergency physician Dr. Liz Herrieven, includes tips on how to communicate properly with patients with learning disabilities or autism, as well as how to avoid missed or diagnoses in these patients.
From bartender to cardiologist: My husband’s journey
Pharmacist Cynthia Leung shares the story of how her husband—a licensed physician from Kurdistan—came to Canada as a refugee and pushed through many obstacles to go from pulling pints at a pub to a cardiology subspecialty program at Queen’s.

Alberta judge grants temporary injunction blocking a transgender healthcare bill

Justice Allison Kuntz, in a written judgment Friday, said the law raises serious Charter issues that need to be hashed out in court, and issued a temporary injunction against it before it fully came into effect.
Black Canadians have highest avoidable hospitalization rates: StatCan data

Other racialized people including South Asian, Chinese and Filipino Canadians had significantly lower rates.
Problem solved: How does an ER doc stop comments about looking too young for the job?

We asked, you answered: see how your physician colleagues recommend handling this awkward situation.
Federal Court approves Indian Hospitals class-action settlement

The federal government ran 33 such hospitals between 1936 and 1981.
National data shows overdose deaths dropped in 2024 but still higher than pre-pandemic

A joint statement from the country’s chief medical officers of health, chief coroners and chief medical examiners says 7,146 people died of opioid-related overdoses last year.
When faster isn’t better

Exposing the dark side of the efficiency myth in medicine.
Indigenous, Black patients waiting longer to be seen in Winnipeg ERs: report

A report examining visits to emergency rooms and broken down by race says African and Black patients are triaged at the same rate as other racial groups, but are waiting the longest, upwards of five hours in some cases.
Here and queer

One night in undergrad, my friend mentioned a meeting for gay and bisexual students. ‘I'd like to go, but I don't know if I'm gay enough.’

New toolkit helps doctors interact with patients with learning disabilities in the ER

From bartender to cardiologist: My husband’s journey

Alberta judge grants temporary injunction blocking a transgender healthcare bill

Black Canadians have highest avoidable hospitalization rates: StatCan data

Problem solved: How does an ER doc stop comments about looking too young for the job?

Federal Court approves Indian Hospitals class-action settlement

National data shows overdose deaths dropped in 2024 but still higher than pre-pandemic

When faster isn’t better

Indigenous, Black patients waiting longer to be seen in Winnipeg ERs: report

Here and queer