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Premise / BY: Mark Elliott, MD, FRCPC May 2019
... Ioannidis wrote what is now very well cited paper in PLOS Med entitled, “Why most published research findings are ... institutions will be more upfront in their push to have students do research as a means to a job. However there is a ...
President's Comment / BY: William Cunningham, MD, CCFP, CCFP (EM) July/August 2013
Nearly 1900 medical students and residents are members of the BCMA, and I am ... in the coming year. I love the energy and ideas that students and residents bring to our association. When we ... Dr Barry Tur­chen held an advocacy session for a group of med students. He and BCMA Director Rob Hulyk provided tips to ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... and scientists to avoid mentoring female colleagues or students. Lack of mentorship would deprive women the ... Jagsi R. Sexual harassment in medicine—#MeToo. N Engl J Med. 2018;378:209-211. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMp1715962 ... era—What’s at stake for academic medicine? N Engl J Med. 3 October 2018. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMms1805743 ...
Blog, COVID-19 / BY: Elsie Wang, BSc
... is often the mother of invention. These UBC medical students responded to the emerging challenges of COVID-19 by ... frontline workers. The MSRT mobilized over 700 medical students from UBC to fill roles at the 811 HealthLink BC ... Edgcumbe, MD, PhD Diagnostic Radiology Resident, UBC Med Edge Consulting, Principal Blog COVID-19 UBC medical ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... a friendly way about Cushing’s occasional rudeness with students and members of the staff (though patients thought of ... Press. 1999. Cushing H. William Osler, the man. Ann Med Hist 1919;2:157-167. da Mota Gomes M. William Osler and ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... covering of the body assigned to my group of four fellow students. I also found dissection of the ... dissection manuals with minute anatomical details to help students learn the complexities of human anatomy. In the last ... J, Bradley P, Searle J. Teaching anatomy without cadavers. Med Educ 2004;38:418-424. Papa V, Vaccarezza M. Teaching ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
Dr William Osler was speaking to medical students at the University of Toronto in 1903 when he said, ... in Surrey. What aspects of medicine that will inspire students who are responding to a “call” not a ...  Pratt JH. The personality of the physician . N Engl J Med 1936;214:364-370. Additional reading Peabody FW. Landmark ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... (some private) schools, filled with about 555 000 students. I set out to learn which of these schools are named ... after a medical doctor to honor their memory and inspire students and staff. We may have missed some schools because, ... A. Swift Elementary School, Abbotsford [photo credit: Can Med Assoc J. 1927 Dec; 17(12): 1565 ] Dr Swift (1880–1927) ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... practice. It is not clear how much the mental wellness of students or residents is affected by the competing demands of ... that positive context, the Canadian Federation of Medical Students and various resident doctors’ organizations, ... residency: Providing support for Dr Mom and Dr Dad. Fam Med 2016;48:140-144. Blog Physician Father’s Day ...
Blog / BY: Philip Edgcumbe, MD, PhD
... with projects, integration with existing coursework for students, and potentially even certificate programs or ... Process and work with teams of biomedical engineering students and MBA students to innovate, commercialize, and ... on the current landscape and future developments. J Med Educ Curric Dev 2020;7:2382120519901275. 4.    UK ...