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.
Much of Dr. Perle Feldman’s career has been about birth. But it was a run-in with a (now infamous) form of birth control that accidentally set her on the path to becoming a physician.
As baby boomers retire en masse, healthcare employers are using 'temp-to-direct' strategies and targeted college partnerships to train and retain essential administrative staff.
