Ted Jablonski
ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 5/29/2024
When is off-label offside?
What do all of these cases have in common? Therapeutic success, patient satisfaction and drugs being used off-label for treating conditions they have no official indication for. - 5/6/2024
Silly slogans for marketing your specialty
Most specialists have more business than they can handle—but what if you did need to market your practice? - 4/15/2024
Five initial thoughts on the Cass Review
U.K. pediatrician Dr. Hilary Cass just released a systematic review, finding there to be ‘a lack of high-quality research’ that puberty blockers can help young people with gender dysphoria. I work with these patients—here’s what I see as a clinician. - 3/25/2024
My 10 takeaways as a (former) med student advisor
CaRMS season is upon us again and I find myself reflecting on my days as a med student and as a mentor at the University of Calgary’s Cumming School of Medicine. - 3/18/2024
When to call up a colleague rather than calling them out
One of my patients—a trans man—told me he left urgent care because of how embarrassing an interaction with the doctor there became. Luckily, his subsequent trip to the ER and laparoscopic appendectomy went well. - 2/14/2024
Loneliness is killing us
Loneliness is now compared to smoking 15 cigarettes a day in terms of its impact on mortality. - 2/5/2024
What we actually need to do to care for trans youth properly in Alberta and beyond
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith took it upon herslef to prescribe new rules for the complex world of caring for transgender and gender diverse youth in Alberta. The trouble is, she’s not a doctor. - 1/30/2024
Myths we doctors tell ourselves
These bits of well-worn, so-called wisdom are notions I just can't bring myself to believe. - 1/18/2024
Dr. I.M. Canuck—the perfect Canadian MD?
Dr. Ted Jablonski constructs a 'super' Canadian doctors from the skills each province exemplifies most strongly. - 1/4/2024
The ‘more or less’ model of not-New-Year’s resolutions for busy MDs
Patients ask us for advice. They demand ‘medical clearance’ to embark on elaborate plans of self-flagellation. They tell us what they are going to do, whether we agree or not.
