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President's Comment / BY: Ramneek Dosanjh, MD December 2022
... does now. It is in times of uncertainty and scarcity that people look to us for guidance and reassurance, and I do ...
Shared Care Committee / BY: Jiwei Li, MD March 2022
Good news: people are healthier and living longer. However, if a ... As our elderly population increases, so does the number of people living with frailty. It is projected that well over 2 ...
President's Comment / BY: Ramneek Dosanjh, MD March 2022
... We spend our working lives taking care of other people’s health and well-being. But have we ever really ...
President's Comment / BY: Ramneek Dosanjh, MD July/August 2022
... a harmonious way. While there will always be conflict and people who disagree, imagine a world with more awareness, ...
President's Comment / BY: Ramneek Dosanjh, MD September 2022
... sacred assets we have—our health—yet most Indigenous people and those from many other cultures likely find the ... in an environment free of racism and discrimination, where people feel safe when receiving services. Cultural humility ...
President's Comment / BY: Ramneek Dosanjh, MD October 2022
... immigrants, displaced persons, aging populations, and people with underlying chronic health issues. On top of this, ...
Shared Care Committee / BY: Joanna Cheek, MD, FRCPC November 2021
... the leading cause of disability in Canada, with one in two people affected by 40 years of age.[ 1 ] Now, COVID-19 has ... outside the public health care system. Consequently, most people end up managing their mental health in primary care,[ ... were comparable to the in-person experience, with more people preferring the virtual groups. The virtual format also ...
President's Comment, COVID-19 / BY: Matthew C. Chow, MD May 2021
... collective trauma (a traumatic event shared by a group of people) being used to describe the COVID-19 pandemic. I often ... But trauma carries different meanings for different people. For some, trauma means broken bones and ruptured ... necessarily true of the pandemic. That’s not to say people haven’t suffered; we have seen far too many deaths; ...
President's Comment / BY: Matthew C. Chow, MD December 2021
... of burnout in the medical community. It is hard to see the people I care about suffer and toil as you have. And yet, the ... putting others first: “Give our vaccine doses to people more vulnerable, we’ll wait our turn.” I remember ... leaders in our own right, and we are entrusted with people’s very lives. Take heart that even when we are ...
Shared Care Committee, COVID-19 / BY: Graham A.A. Dodd, MSc, MD, CCFP(EM), MADEM June 2021
... hospitals and medical facilities from being swamped by people who could readily be helped elsewhere in the ...