by CMAJ News | Aug 30, 2019 | archive, Lauren Vogel, recaps
Lauren Vogel | CMAJ | August 30, 2019 Health Canada will undertake inspections of vaping products at more than 3000 retailers across the country after American health officials linked nearly 200 cases of severe respiratory illness to vaping. Nova Scotia Chief Medical...
by CMAJ News | Aug 29, 2019 | archive, homepage, Wendy Glauser
Virtual care has potential to fragment primary care and disturb continuity of care, warn doctors Wendy Glauser | Toronto | August 29, 2019 Many physicians think virtual care should be integrated into traditional primary care instead of operating outside the system....
by CMAJ News | Aug 28, 2019 | archive, homepage, Wendy Glauser
The many challenges of increasing Indigenous faculty at medical schools Wendy Glauser | Toronto | August 28, 2019 At the University of Manitoba, Indigenous medical educators are paired with non-Indigenous physicians so the work of challenging prejudices doesn’t fall...
by CMAJ News | Aug 27, 2019 | archive, homepage, Tim Lougheed
Video games bring new aspects to medical education and training Tim Lougheed | Bath, Ontario | August 27, 2019 In the United States, doctors can earn continuing medical education credits by playing educational video games on their smartphones. A teenager sitting on a...
by CMAJ News | Aug 23, 2019 | archive, Lauren Vogel, recaps
Lauren Vogel | CMAJ | August 23, 2019 An administrative backlog at Health Canada is stalling cannabis research. As of Aug. 19, 224 researchers were waiting for the regulator to approve permits to study the drug. The federal government committed $47.5 million toward a...
