As medical students, we fall under the scope of ‘future physicians’ and the public expects us to behave as such. A patient needs to be able to trust their physician to exercise good judgment and to act in the best interest of their health. This trust is rooted in the confidence that physicians will put …
As a 3rd year medical student, I am a junior member (also known as a clinical clerk) of a large health care team. Throughout my rotations, situations arise where – if I was in charge – I would do things differently. Most of the time, these differences in style or approach are minor in nature …
The economic costs associated with chronic diseases are significant, particularly in an era of reduced public funding and greater government accountability. I would argue that inter-professional education (IPE) is going to emerge as a key component in the successful management and prevention of chronic diseases. Yet true inter-professional education requires a radical rethinking of the …
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) has developed a model of medical education to address the needs of people living in northern Ontario. NOSM was founded in 2005 with mandate of social accountability to the communities of the region. As the first NOSM graduates begin to enter practice, there are hopes that this school …
By now you must be all too familiar with the challenges facing our health system. And by now you’ve probably also heard that innovation and quality improvement is the way forward for health system transformation. The question is, how do we approach this in practice? Where do we start? For me the answer is simple: …
Tomorrow, final year medical students across the country (including myself) will login to the CaRMs website and learn our fates for the next 2-5 years. The ways in which residency positions are assigned were well discussed by healthydebate. The factors that contribute to medical student choice of discipline and location are widely varied and include …
“What’s the harm in taking something small? It’s just a pen. It’s only lunch. It was just one weekend at the bed & breakfast with my partner. And I learned about a topic that I wouldn’t have known about otherwise. Plus I got some samples in return! It won’t affect my prescribing habits…” These are …
Design does matter. It matters as much as where something is made – just think about the simple phrase that comes with most Apple products: “Designed in California, Assembled in China.” Recently, 10 nursing regulatory bodies gave away a significant right to the design and quality assurance of Canadian nurses to an American nursing organization. …
Each year thousands of medical students across Canada apply for, and are matched to, residency positions in a variety of medical specialties. The allocation of residency training positions among the various specialties is largely decided by academic doctors involved with medical education. Some experts believe that health system decision makers should exert greater influence over …