Those entering the medical workforce today are carrying more debt and facing higher prices for just about everything compared with their colleagues of earlier generations.
A new wave of medical schools is embedding students directly into the rural, Indigenous, and fast-growing diverse urban communities they intend to serve.
Having lived the experience of waiting for results, undergoing biopsies and sitting with an uncertain prognosis helps me bring something different to clinical practice. When patients describe certain kinds of pain or the anxiety of not knowing what a scan will show, I understand.
A four-week placement in a Cree community gave one McGill medical student a deeper understanding of culturally responsive care and showed how trust, relationships and community are central to better health.
I like to live in the moment, but lately I’ve been wondering how my life and medical career might have gone if certain turning points hadn’t presented themselves.
Some of the goals outlined in the action plan include diversifying admission and hiring, anti-racism training among faculty and reviewing curricula to remove racial and colonial biases.
