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Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: David R. Richardson, MD January/February 2021
... I went to the University of Calgary for undergrad and for med school. What did you like to do growing up? What wasn’t ... costs, and after a while we were graduating 120 medical students, whereas Alberta had 200. Eventually, what do you ... time you will represent a wide range of people—medical students, residents, family doctors, specialists. How will ...
Editorials / BY: David J. Esler, MD, CCFP(EM) July/August 2019
... jazz musician, but after a few years I switched into pre-med, to the immense relief of my parents, as both were raised ... UBC medical school in 1981. In the 1980s, graduating UBC med students were encouraged to do a rotating internship and then ...
Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2017
... abstract. What do you think of the challenges that students and residents face today? Medicine has become so ... invent something and get it patented. After finishing med school, were you immediately drawn to working in a rural ... Initially we were an elective site for the urban family med programs, so everybody came for 8 weeks from the ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2011
... been through two upheavals in my life, in Iran I was at med school when the Shah’s regime ended and then there was ... under my care and I would do rounds with residents and students. I did that for a long time and practised ... us yes, even if you bring out double the number of medical students, our attrition rate is high.  The recent Physician ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2006
... that we’re starting up is an increased focus on medical students. We are planning to address their debt problems, and ... something where we don’t just meet up with the medical students during their first year. We’re hoping to have ... It’s going to be fun and really rewarding for everybody. Med students now have a Family Practice Club—they run it, ...
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, COVID-19 / BY: Matthew Assad Joseph Chedrawe, MSc
... Our transatlantic group consisted of two medical students, one computer programmer, one graduate student in ... during times of crisis such as COVID-19. Ir J Psychol Med 2020. doi: 10.1017/ipm.2020.38. 6.    Kasser T, Ryan ... studies in low and middle-income countries. Soc Sci Med 2015;125:60-78. Blog COVID-19 Finding connectedness and ...
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
... 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 ...