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  • 10/7/2022

    Just an MD giving thanks

    It's not difficult for physicians to have a bad attitude about the challenges we face as practitioners today. But I'm looking to maintain my glass-half-full energy.
  • 10/3/2022

    The art of the chart: 10 tips that help me never chart at home

    I am a very busy physician who is fully booked on clinic days. My last patient is booked at 4:45 p.m. and I rarely leave after 5:30 p.m. I leave with all my charting done.
  • 9/6/2022

    Is alcohol the new cigarette?

    New research designed to update Canada’s drinking guideline has discovered that there are no health benefits, only dangers from alcohol. Well that’s a sobering statement! 
  • 8/30/2022

    Your dream MD vanity plate

    Dr. Ted Jablonski has three vanity plates of his own, and has many suggestions for different specialties of MD who might want to add a little humour to their daily commute.
  • 8/8/2022

    What's the perfect MD age and profile?

    I was a mere 27 years old when I started in private practice. This sounds like a bygone era.
  • 7/26/2022

    What’s so wrong with e-bikes?

    For the traditional cycling enthusiast, the proliferation of e-bikes may induce a roll of the eyes. But, Dr. Ted Jablonski says that when it comes to healthier lifestyle choices, it's important for docs not to let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
  • 7/19/2022

    My personal tale of a traumatic ER visit

    When a doctor is a patient, they aren't some special class of patient.
  • 7/8/2022

    My chat with Dr. Well-Thee: Hot financial tips for docs in 2022

    I have a financially savvy physician friend and mentor with whom I recently had the chance to char about building and maintaining wealth as a doctor.
  • 6/22/2022

    The joy of running

    I only found out that I had exercise asthma when I was in medical school and my athletic career suddenly made perfect sense. Put me on a hockey rink or in a cross-country race in the fall and I’m pathetically short of breath, tight chested and coughing to the point of vomiting for hours.
  • 6/8/2022

    Suicidality among sexual minority and transgender adolescents—is this important?

    In a rare moment of both current and Canadian-specific research, a recent CMAJ article just came out on the prevalence of suicidal ideation and attempts of transgender and nonbinary adolescents. And it has Dr. Ted Jablonski sitting up and paying attention.
  • 5/29/2022

    The CURE for the summer of 2022: Guaranteed!  

    After a winter that seemed like forever, full of COVID, divisive politics and other woes, Dr. Ted Jablonski has a somewhat unusual summer prescription for getting back to feeling a little more normal.
  • 5/18/2022

    How Wordle saved my life, one letter at a time

    I recently discovered WORD DOC—essentially a wordle in which the word to be guessed must be somehow medical.
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