Cultural Competence

A particular patient reminds a clinician that the core of being a doctor will always be that human connection.

Alfred Handley leaned back in his wheelchair alongside a major Phoenix freeway as a street medicine team helped him get rehydrated with an intravenous saline solution dripping from a bag hanging on a pole.

Never burn poison ivy, because the smoke would contain toxins that could be fatal if inhaled.

Raphael, is a great clinician and an extremely hard worker, capable of grinding through the heavy lifting the profession requires. But the demands of pharmacy life with higher expectations, rude customers, diminishing support staff and head office policies forced down his throat have all taken their toll.

In recent weeks, I have come to realize that I have done a poor job as a historian to document certain events throughout my career. This fact has been emphasized by our smartphone-rich world where many people document numerous aspects of their lives with photographs. I am still learning that skill.

Dr. Ainslie Mihalchuk is a family doctor working in Northeast Winnipeg.

Dr. Robert Dickson has a case in his walk-in that is a severe case of a Canada Day classic—and a great teaching case.

I am a doctor who works in the hospital where Brian Sinclair died after waiting over 30 hours for care. Systemic racism and structural barriers failed Mr. Sinclair and led to his preventable death.