Doctors need retraining to keep up with technological change
As machines take over more clinical tasks, what it means to be a clinician will change.
Medicine is one of the loneliest professions
Workers with higher levels of education report higher levels of loneliness, with doctors and lawyers reporting the greatest isolation.
Most doctors lack adequate training to give informed diet advice
Medical schools offer limited nutrition education, but that’s starting to change.
Mortgage lenders increasingly targeting “financially naive” young doctors
Mortgage lenders consider young doctors low-risk even if they have large student debts.
Doctors increasingly caught in crosshairs of counter-terrorism efforts
Should doctors be obliged to flag patients they suspect hold extreme beliefs?
Decisions by new Ontario government worry science and health care communities
Changes to the province’s youth pharmacare program were among the new Ontario government’s first major decisions.
Doctors top list of worst drivers for fifth straight year
Stress and fatigue have been cited as reasons for high rates of traffic collisions among health care professionals.
Health News Recap
A crackdown on marijuana sponsorships, health records held ransom, and more in this week’s top health news.
Self-determination and data control vital to Indigenous health research
Health research conducted in Indigenous communities has been dominated by non-Indigenous researchers and fraught with controversy about how data are collected and used.
Health professionals decry detention of migrant children in Canada
Migrant children and families face serious mental health harm in “jail-like” holding facilities, says Toronto psychiatrist.
Should medical students volunteer to help during emergencies in public settings?
Medical students feel more comfortable responding to medical emergencies on airplanes or in other settings the further they are in their education.
Call for family doctors to have more emergency medicine training sparks debate
Many doctors in emergency rooms have limited training in emergency medicine.
Medical students risk disappointment when applying to both Canada and US for residency
Medical students who apply for residencies in both Canada and US are automatically withdrawn from the US match if they first match in Canada.
Sexual harassment rampant in science and worst in medicine, says report
Rigid hierarchies and male domination compounds the problem of sexual harassment in scientific fields.
Trump administration shutters clinical guidelines database
Clinicians and health policy makers will soon lose a key source of evidence-based advice.
Physician health charter calls on health systems, organizations to share responsibility for burnout
Dissatisfaction, burnout, depression and suicide in medicine are everyone’s problem, say physician health experts.
CMA phasing out annual General Council meeting
Debates between physicians on the floor of General Council are coming to an end.
Medical school admission requirements lock out many Indigenous students
Emphasizing academics in medical school admissions puts Indigenous students at a disadvantage, according to medical educator Dr. Kent Saylor.
Dr. Jack Tu, a research superstar ahead of his time (1965-2018)
World-renowned researcher Dr. Jack Tu died unexpectedly at age 53.
Residency programs grapple with new Indigenous cultural safety training requirement
Making health care culturally safer starts with anti-racism training for young doctors, say Indigenous medical educators.
Many doctors feel “betrayed” by sale of MD Financial Management
Many CMA members expressed surprise and dismay over the sale of MD Financial to Scotiabank.
Uber enters medicine but disrupting health care may prove difficult
Uber Health is working with doctors and hospitals in the United States to provide patients with rides to medical appointments.
Language barriers restricting access to health care for Indigenous populations
The first language of 75% of the Inuit population in Nunavut is Inuktituk, yet patients are unlikely to hear it spoken by health care providers.
Doctors need retraining to keep up with technological change
As machines take over more clinical tasks, what it means to be a clinician will change.
Medicine is one of the loneliest professions
Workers with higher levels of education report higher levels of loneliness, with doctors and lawyers reporting the greatest isolation.
Most doctors lack adequate training to give informed diet advice
Medical schools offer limited nutrition education, but that’s starting to change.
Mortgage lenders increasingly targeting “financially naive” young doctors
Mortgage lenders consider young doctors low-risk even if they have large student debts.
Health News Recap
A crackdown on marijuana sponsorships, health records held ransom, and more in this week’s top health news.
Doctors increasingly caught in crosshairs of counter-terrorism efforts
Should doctors be obliged to flag patients they suspect hold extreme beliefs?
Decisions by new Ontario government worry science and health care communities
Changes to the province’s youth pharmacare program were among the new Ontario government’s first major decisions.
Doctors top list of worst drivers for fifth straight year
Stress and fatigue have been cited as reasons for high rates of traffic collisions among health care professionals.
How medical school debt shapes the health workforce
Many medical students cite huge debt loads as a factor when choosing a specialty.
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