Cultural Competence

Ending up in a very different career than she expected when she first started university, Dr. Amy Gajaria, a child and adolescent psychiatrist at Toronto's CAMH, is still putting her narrative skills to use.

The first standardized patients program started at McMaster University in 1971. Today, all Ontario medical schools employ actors as a safe way for students to learn and be tested on clinical skills.

Researchers find an increase in prevalence in short-sightedness in children and adolescents.

As part of a series of first-person true stories written by physicians, Dr. Colin Stevenson shares on his need to not be a doctor sometimes.

Dr. Jillian Horton’s new podcast, Conversations with Jillian, aims to shift medical culture by sharing authentic stories of physicians.

No matter what the celebrities, politicians and influencers say, unpasteurized milk still doesn’t do a body good, experts warn, with E. coli a primary present danger, and bird flu a possible future one.

Dr. Angela Mailis compares two patients who demonstrate how subjective the experience of pain can be—and what can be done about such differing cases.

As part of a series of first-person true stories written by physicians, psychiatrist Dr. Betty Tang is reminded of why she went to medical school.