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Back Page / BY: Ed Martin, BA May 2020
... with bright, enthusiastic, and, yes, nervous young people does give one hope. They show a strong desire to help ... patient (SP) program. Making up an eclectic group of people of all ages and backgrounds but populated with a large ... greatest satisfaction is being part of a team of dedicated people working to help train the physicians of tomorrow. ...
Back Page, COVID-19 / BY: Abe Zacharias, MD, FRCPC July/August 2020
... were a diverse group of World War II veterans, Indigenous people, and patients who had survived the brutal Hong Kong ...
Back Page, COVID-19 / BY: Kristina Jenei, BSN September 2020
... worldwide and over 700 000 deaths.[ 3 ] Billions of people around the globe have been ordered to shelter in ... and preserve a lack of safety nets. And the challenges people face in the Western world pale in comparison to those ...
Back Page / BY: Jim Petzold, MD September 2019
... to share in some of the most meaningful events in so many people’s lives. All in all, it’s been a pretty good ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: David R. Richardson, MD July/August 2019
... Shannon the day of her inauguration. Speaking of young people, what are the challenges that medical students and ... later. That route’s a lot more difficult now, and people decide what they want to do early on, by the end of ... tone for the family practice being patient-centred, where people come, they feel welcome, they feel like their needs ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews July/August 2018
... Spanish. Since moving to Vancouver I try to care for people in their first language, and in return they correct my ... spot, there is a mismatch between the jobs we are training people for and the jobs that are available. That is why I’m ... their work and personal lives and continue to grow as people and healers. They want models of support that allow ...
Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2017
... completing my PhD in genetics. I wound up in a class with people for whom I’d been a microbiology TA as a grad ... But I wanted to do something that was more involved with people and was more of a demonstrable helping profession. ... get in now. The entrance process is different. There are people who’ve done Nobel Prize–worthy things just to ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2016
... very active embassies in the UK at that time, recruiting people to bring their talent, come overseas, build a new ... in the 1980s, what prompted your move to Canada? Most people will probably anticipate that I chose to move because ... by how different medicine appeared to be. In South Africa people would arrive at hospitals or community clinics with ...
Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2015
... life. There were certainly difficult times as well; many people were hurt. But the most exhilarating moments involved ... adventure. I thought to myself, I like this place; these people are cool!   Having spent 27 years in general ... setting was the extension of my practice. I could ship people down to emerg and have them triaged and worked up, and ...
Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2014
... house I found that knowing how to cook attracted other people. And I really enjoyed the outcome of it. I've got a ... best gig on Earth. I have the opportunity to get to know people and make a positive difference in their lives. Being ... Paperwork, and the hours involved in doing it. And, giving people bad news. Teaching runs in your family. As a doctor, ...