Discussions

Not your grandfather’s OHIP
As process of updating traditional fee codes bogs down, FPs are bypassing for alternative payment models.
Supplements for menopause: here’s what the evidence actually says
Social media is saturated with menopause solutions: powders for brain fog, gummies for sleep or capsules promising hormonal balance. But how much of this is actually grounded in science?

How Canadian family doctors can say no without upsetting patients

Dr. John Crosby discusses his tips on how to say no and set boundaries with patients and co-workers.
What if medicine taught self-compassion?

A return from sabbatical reveals a truth: patients readily grant doctors the grace that medical culture ruthlessly denies them.
My journey back to self

Tendai is one of the honourable mention winners in our 2026 International Pharmacy Graduates essay contest. "I didn’t come to Canada to start over but that’s exactly what happened!I didn’t come to Canada to start over but that’s exactly what happened!"
What a day!

(Dolupo is the winner of our 2026 essay contest for International Pharmacy Graduates.) Good morning, Pictou County! It was August 29th.
I do solemnly pledge . . .

Atai Okokon was one of our honourable mention winners in the 2026 IPG essay contest. "It was a dry, cold, sunny harmattan day in Lagos. Clad in a pink jacket and a black skirt, I held the oath document in one hand, raised the other hand up and, with my classmates."
Happy Doctors’ Day! (I guess!)

I can’t say I’ve met any physician who seems super excited about Doctor’s Day. I got two texts—from nurses!
Pain, your car and your wallet: What do they have in common?

There are important and uncomfortable intersections between chronic pain, automobile insurance systems, and the economic burden imposed on the public through fraudulent claims.
‘Death the Leveller’

James Shirley’s poem, ‘Death the Leveller,’ asserts that earthly power, wealth and glory are temporary, while death is the inevitable fate that reduces everyone to the same level in the dust.