Practice Tips

Using exercise training and behaviour modification, the program takes a personalized approach.

Having read about “Moderna arm,” I was sure that I was observing a case. Seven days previous to her visit, a patient had received her first dose of Moderna vaccine. Two days later, she noticed a small red spot on her vaccinated arm. This continued to grow in size.

Patients want to have these conversations with us, maybe it’s time that we overcome our own barriers to talking about difficult topics and treat them like the matter-of-fact issues that they are.

A nine-year-old boy had not reported knee pain until his parents were critical of the fact that he was lagging behind during walks—and noticed that perhaps he was turning his left foot outwards at times. Another case Dr. Robert Dickson has just seen in his clinic.

What happens when our imperative to speak out runs up against barriers? When we encounter hostile interlocutors, when we are responded to disrespectfully by anonymous citizens or by colleagues?

While COVID-19 vaccination rates are rising across the country, reaching the final groups of people yet to be immunized will take added effort. Pharmacists are perfectly poised to address vaccine hesitancy in its many forms.

The province's Highway Code currently says doctors "may" report patients' health issue to the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec. But a review committee doesn't think that's good enough.

Dr. Jabir Jassam thinks about how much we have all done to get here in the pandemic and he laments the risk that those who refuse to be vaccinated pose.