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Obituaries / BY: Carolyn van Schagen, MD, June 2010
... that Kerry enrolled at Simon Fraser University for her pre-med classes, and despite narrowly missing the application ... School, class of 1993. Surely she is one of the only students to list playing the spoons as a skill.  As a ...
Obituaries / BY: Peter Grantham, MD April 2006
... undergraduate at UBC, Bill became a “first class” pre-med student, universally recognized by us all as one who ... he of course did, no problem. For those in UBC Med ’58 he was top of the class each year and popular gold ... a photograph of half a dozen (oh-so-young) medical students in their short white coats apparently seriously ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Don Krawciw, MD July/August 2006
... appraisal are part of the basic training of medical students. Finally, this concept was taken to a system level ... these challenging times. —Don Krawciw, MD,  Dip Sports Med, CIME WorkSafeBC, Victoria WorkSafeBC Improving the care ...
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
... 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 / 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: 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 ...
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
... 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: 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 ...