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?
The Ontario government is looking to family doctors to close the unvaccinated gaps in their patient populations. But how exactly are they going to make the time?
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario has published its new draft policy statement on the use of social media by physicians but this policy, if implemented, could see doctors in Ontario abandon social media platforms to which they contribute so much.
How do you manage the unvaccinated people in your life? In my life, I have two distinctly different “categories” of unvaccinated people; the unable and then unwilling. I can’t decide which group frustrates me more.
We, the undersigned physician leaders, are speaking here to represent perspectives which are shared by many practising doctors. The CMA is set to make a change that will make it undemocratic. Pure democracy is the way to go for president and board positions.
Canadian enthusiasm for COVID-19 vaccination is impressive. After repeated lockdowns, long separations from friends and family and economic losses, Canadians are lining up overnight at pop-up clinics and crashing websites with their eagerness to book appointments.
Why can't I be effortlessly masterful, rattling off 20 differential diagnoses while intubating with one hand and installing chest tubes with the other, before gliding through a relaxing evening marathon?
