While trainees may joke about exhaustion, its impact is anything but humorous. Chronic fatigue in medical education is not just normalized but is also institutionalized.
I Used to Envy Socially Transitioned Trans Kids for Having the Childhood I Never Had. Now I Am Not So Certain.
Parents confess they should have seen it sooner. The comment sections fill with congratulations, hugs and likes. “What a lovely smile.”
Parents confess they should have seen it sooner. The comment sections fill with congratulations, hugs and likes. “What a lovely smile.”
A Roadmap for Change: Building the Health Workforce Canadians Deserve
Every day in Canada, a family doctor tries to manage an overwhelming patient roster, a nurse covers another double shift or a community clinic closes because it lacks health professionals.
Every day in Canada, a family doctor tries to manage an overwhelming patient roster, a nurse covers another double shift or a community clinic closes because it lacks health professionals.
Code Black and Blue: Nurses Launch Campaign Against Violence in the Workplace
Workplace violence for our front-line first responders is on the increase. That is not news.
Workplace violence for our front-line first responders is on the increase. That is not news.
AI and the Mental Health Crisis: Can Chatbots Fill the Gap?
AI is built for user satisfaction. It’s not necessarily going to have the kind of human texture, or rupture, repair and deepening like [human] relationships have.
AI is built for user satisfaction. It’s not necessarily going to have the kind of human texture, or rupture, repair and deepening like [human] relationships have.
The MCAS Care Crisis: Canada Can’t Afford to Look Away
In Canada, options are dire: piecemeal care from specialists or costly consultations with U.S. immunologists. Neither is sustainable or equitable.
In Canada, options are dire: piecemeal care from specialists or costly consultations with U.S. immunologists. Neither is sustainable or equitable.
Three Tools Clinicians Use to Debunk Viral Health Myths
Canadians face a steady stream of confident health claims; some partly right, others wrong and risky – and some potentially fatal.
Canadians face a steady stream of confident health claims; some partly right, others wrong and risky – and some potentially fatal.
Caregiver Calls for Action to Tackle Cancer’s Financial Toxicity
When King Charles was diagnosed with cancer, he remarked that it was quite a shock.
When King Charles was diagnosed with cancer, he remarked that it was quite a shock.
Barbie Has an Insulin Pump and CGM Too: Why Representation in Chronic Illness Education Matters
She had something no Barbie I grew up with ever did: a continuous glucose monitor on her arm and an insulin pump on her waistband.
She had something no Barbie I grew up with ever did: a continuous glucose monitor on her arm and an insulin pump on her waistband.
Climate Change Fuelling the Spread of Tuberculosis
Last year, torrential rains swept across the Horn of Africa, displacing more than 234,000 people across Kenya, Somalia, Burundi and Tanzania.
Last year, torrential rains swept across the Horn of Africa, displacing more than 234,000 people across Kenya, Somalia, Burundi and Tanzania.
Emergency Department Wait Times Are Deadly. They’re Also Avoidable
Our job is already tough enough; among the thousands of emergencies we see, major and minor, only a few may be deadly in the ED.
Our job is already tough enough; among the thousands of emergencies we see, major and minor, only a few may be deadly in the ED.
A Call to Action for the Health Sector on Planetary Health and a Wellbeing Society
The first, and in some ways the most obvious, is based on the growing realization that the health-care system itself is a major contributor to environmental harm.
The first, and in some ways the most obvious, is based on the growing realization that the health-care system itself is a major contributor to environmental harm.
One Collective Voice: Family Doctors Must Speak Up to Protect Our Profession
The coming Annual Meeting of Members (AMM) of the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) Oct. 29 is not just another date in the calendar.
The coming Annual Meeting of Members (AMM) of the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) Oct. 29 is not just another date in the calendar.
Ontario Has a New Way of Measuring How Hard Family Doctors Work. What Does It Mean for Doctors and Their Patients?
Luckily, a lot of this damage can be prevented if the Ministry of Health and doctors work together to create a better system under the new framework.
Luckily, a lot of this damage can be prevented if the Ministry of Health and doctors work together to create a better system under the new framework.
Knit One, Purl Two on the Way to Mental Health
Knitting has undoubtedly made me a happier and healthier person. It’s given me an outlet to relieve stress and a way to connect with loved ones.
Knitting has undoubtedly made me a happier and healthier person. It’s given me an outlet to relieve stress and a way to connect with loved ones.
Tylenol Misinformation Puts Pregnant Patients at Risk
The benefits of treating pain and fever in pregnancy are well established. Untreated fevers can lead to miscarriage and birth defects.
The benefits of treating pain and fever in pregnancy are well established. Untreated fevers can lead to miscarriage and birth defects.