Discussions

Beyond Jimmy Buffett: the new medical conference
Medical conferences require a fundamental rethink shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic. Patient attendance likely the norm going forward.
Could provincial governments mandate children’s COVID-19 vaccinations for school attendance?
On the surface, there are many compelling reasons for mandating pediatric vaccinations for in-school attendance. While children are far less likely to develop serious illness from COVID-19 than adults, the risk is nonetheless greater than for other vaccine preventable diseases for which there are school mandates in some provinces.

From veteran to rookie: Dr. Hayley Wickenheiser shares her resident wellness strategies

How life lessons as an Olympic athlete inform Dr. Wickenheiser’s approach to self-care.
The shapes of wrath

Anger keeps me sharp, reading up and asking questions, so I don’t make the same mistakes. But I worry about the personal cost.
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.
This pandemic has outstayed its welcome

‘We’re still in a pandemic, you know….’ The check-out clerk said to me in a sarcastic and contemptuous tone. I wanted to scream.
How to restore the value of family medicine

Family medicine is heading to a crisis, says Dr. Jabir Jassam. What are the reasons behind family medicine’s deterioration?
A life in the day: Dr. Erin Luxenberg

When providing care at a Cree community in northern Quebec, Dr. Luxenberg shares a home and weekly potluck dinners with the other doctors there.
Time affluence

Some doctors work so much they can barely remember the last time they felt truly relaxed. Dr. Matt Poyner has thoughts for those in a time famine.
Sign on the dotted line: What you need to know about consent and waiver forms

These forms may be boring, for patients and for physicians. But as lawyers Claire Immega and Harpreet Dosanjh explain, skipping them is not an option.