Feb 17, 2015 | Members, Practice Blog, Students
A health care professional working in a large hospital in the U.S. was fired last year for reposting a picture on Instagram® of an empty trauma room. The photo, which was taken by a colleague, included the caption “man vs. 6 train” and depicted a room recently used to...
Jan 19, 2015 | Members, Practice Blog, Public, Students
If you are like me, the events that took place in Paris the other week have left you shocked, angered, and – ultimately – deeply saddened by the senselessness of it all. I don’t profess to understand the many complex factors that result in one group of people...
Dec 16, 2014 | Members, Practice Blog, Students
It’s often very challenging for any of us to find the time or energy to do much more than what simply needs to be done in a given day. There seems to be more and more demands being placed on all of us, with so many competing priorities clamouring for our attention....
Nov 17, 2014 | Employers, Members, Practice Blog, Students
Advances in computerized technology provide health care professionals with enhanced capability to monitor a wide variety of patient conditions and, hopefully, prevent adverse events. However, with that comes a multitude of alerts, alarms and – in the case of...
Oct 10, 2014 | Employers, Members, Practice Blog, Students
Someone told me the other day that: “There is no point in me taking any extra courses or paying for a conference. I know all I need to in order to do my job. There is nothing more I need to learn.” I didn’t really know how to respond to that statement. Personally, I...
Aug 7, 2014 | Members, Practice Blog, Students
Earlier this summer there were several stories that appeared in the news about physicians who allegedly refused to provide certain non-emergency treatments (e.g., artificial contraception) on religious or moral grounds[1]. Consequently, the College of Physicians and...
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