by Nicolas Chagnon | Nov 16, 2023 | Commentary, Featured
With our shorter, milder winters (no skating on the Rideau Canal this past year), and our warmer, drier summers (thick wildfire smoke blanketing Ottawa in June), along with accelerating extreme weather events; derechos, ice storms and tornados – it is clear that...
by Shahbaz Syed | Jul 13, 2023 | Featured
Five years ago, as a relatively new staff physician, I had written a letter to my younger-self, as to subscribe some wisdom to the to what I wish I had known heading into residency. Five years later, I’ve realized that early staff transition phase had a lot of...
by Matthew Lipinski | Apr 6, 2023 | Commentary, Featured
“So, what do you do for a living?” “Oh, Emergency Medicine! You must have some wild stories, what’s the craziest thing you’ve seen?” If you work in Emergency Medicine (or to be honest any aspect of medicine) you have likely had some version of this conversation...
by Shahbaz Syed | Mar 23, 2023 | Commentary, Featured
Spiritualism represents an important aspect within the domains of wellness. Now, spiritualism is a very personal and individual thing, but having some element of spiritualism has demonstrated benefits to one’s mental health, and our personal philosophies can help...
by Richard Hoang | Aug 12, 2021 | Featured
Stories are captivating and they’re the best way to convey … well anything really. Through this blogpost, we’ll see that the current formats of delivering talks, medical talks especially, are at best a tad outdated and at worst borderline ineffective, and I hope that...