Medical Education

Travel restrictions limit opportunities for personal and professional growth for medical trainees

Due to health and travel restrictions related to COVID-19 and policies by Canadian medical training programs to suspend or discourage international opportunities at this time, a cohort of medical trainees is at risk of missing out on valuable experiences.

Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable: A Canadian’s perspective on studying medicine abroad during the pandemic

We are coming up on a year of COVID-19, and we have overcome more challenges than we ever could have expected. This year has prepared us for the unexpected challenges of the medical profession.

‘A leaking pipeline.’ Addressing gender inequities in medical leadership

Despite more women than men enrolling in medical schools, fewer women advance in their careers to hold leadership positions. Why? And what can be done to change that?

Rethinking race in health care

Nature (mis)Communications and the struggle for equity, diversity and inclusion in medicine

Empowering vulnerability: Overcoming the fear and shame of physician errors

Calling Dr. House: Moving from crisis mode to ‘deep work’

Redefining our ‘medieval’ medical education

COVID-19 amplifies economic barriers to medical school admissions

A love song for fellowship matches – with thanks to T.S. Eliot

Med schools, students adapt to new normal

‘Tell me it will be OK:’ Learning to deal with patients’ pain

As a surgical resident, a huge part of my job is, unexpectedly, palliation. But I’ve never received training on how to do it. Am I doing it right? I wonder.

Palliative care training ‘woefully inadequate’ in meeting need

Pandemic exposes the need for mandatory palliative care training

Separating fact from fiction: McMaster students, Toronto physician earn international praise for online tools

Medical students, we need to decompress.

Let’s listen to patients’ hearts, even if we don’t have to

What are medical schools doing to admit more poor students?

Catch Your Breath: Bag-Mask Ventilation During Intubation & Liberal Oxygen Therapy in Acute Illness

If medical schools are 50-50, why are valedictorians so often men?