Sep 8, 2015 | Members, Practice Blog, Students
Over the past 8 years, I have been asked a number of times “whose responsibility is it to ensure that I am competent to do my job”. The short answer is easy – you are. Certainly your employer has a stake in you being the most competent professional possible, and...
Jun 19, 2015 | Members, Practice Blog, Students
For some reason I can’t quite understand, there have recently been a number of very serious privacy breaches involving health care professionals being caught snooping into patient personal health records. Surprisingly, some of these incidences have involved fairly...
May 19, 2015 | Members, Practice Blog, Public, Students
By now you have probably heard about the individuals who thought it would be “hilarious” and “amazing” to direct an extremely obscene comment at a CityNews reporter covering a TFC game. Their behaviour was undeniably shameful and disgraceful – and the reporter...
Apr 20, 2015 | Employers, Members, Practice Blog, Students
I think we can all agree that we’ve had to work pretty hard to become RRTs. First, there were three years of schooling (only two for oldsters like me – but still), the CBRC exam, and then years and years of ongoing professional development. But did you know that each...
Mar 26, 2015 | Members, Practice Blog, Students
While working as a staff RT a number of years ago, a ward clerk referred to me as ‘support staff’. I think she was joking – at least I hope she was – but I was still offended. “I’m not support staff,” I countered. “I’m a health care professional!” We laughed about it...
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...
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