Discussions

Getting a handle on administrative medicine
When you're in charge, administrative tasks can loom large, but it's important that they don't get in the way of big-picture planning and leading. Here are some tips.
My experience escorting Toronto hospital workers, patients during the freedom convoy protest
University Avenue—a major hospital thoroughfare—was empty with the exception of staggered police cars and diagonal buses to prevent large trucks from getting through, with just enough space for an ambulance to slowly squeeze by.

Contest: Caption the cartoon

Time to dole out some laughter as medicine. Share your funny caption idea for a chance to win.
It's a gas: Seeking respect for the importance of the much ignored fifth sense

How many times have you written “cranial nerves normal?” How many times did you actually test your patient’s sense of smell? Our olfactory nerve, and its accompanying apparatus, rank first amongst our 12 cranial nerves, but probably elicit the least respect.
A gold medal for controversy?

The Olympics are meant to be a time for setting aside our differences, but there's rarely a year where controversy doesn't muddle the waters, no matter where or when they take place.
Building the coffin for 'cradle to grave care': An opinion on the CFPCs Outcomes of Training Report

While we agree that building and graduating competent, world-class leading FPs is essential to the success of our healthcare system, the OTR fails to see the forest for the trees. They have chosen a blunt instrument that will fell the trees and harvest the wood for the coffin of General Practice training in Canada.
Are you a crazy busy doctor?

I was recently talking to a young family doctor in Toronto who told me he was finishing his charting at midnight. I couldn’t believe it because I am home every day at 5:00 p.m. with no homework.
Politicizing COVID-19 vaccination efforts has fuelled vaccine hesitancy

We’re clinical providers who have implemented vaccination programs from the time they were first available, and we recognize how profoundly vaccines reduce the severity of COVID-19. Based on our experiences running vaccine programs, we have concerns about the use of increasingly punitive policies towards people who remain unvaccinated.
Thank U, Medicine

‘I’m not going to sugarcoat this,’ says Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes. ‘Medicine is the toughest I’ve seen right now. But I’m still grateful for it.’
Provider experience survey: The value of getting involved

In the past I served on the board at the Ontario Pharmacists Association, spending about six years dedicated to voicing issues relevant to the practice of pharmacy. Along the way I have used my blog to highlight issues, promote discussion, and encourage involvement in promoting change.