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Living with Shiftwork – Part 1

Living with Shiftwork – Part 1

by Eusang Ahn, Samara Adler, Josee Malette | Feb 17, 2022 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Physician Wellness

Sleep and food are truly amongst the most basic of needs – in fact, they’re on the same level as breathing (and excretion!) on Maslow’s pyramid of needs. Even the CanMEDS framework of the Royal College states that as a Professional, physicians must be able to manage...
20 things you can do imperfectly well for Climate Change

20 things you can do imperfectly well for Climate Change

by Graham Wilson | Jan 25, 2020 | Featured, Physician Wellness

And on the 6th day Graham bellowed; “let thee environment be considered among thy seven dimensions of wellness.”  And so, the environment was added to the wheel of physical, social, spiritual, occupational, intellectual, financial and emotional wellness. Although I...
A Healthier Future: Innovations for Sustainable Change

A Healthier Future: Innovations for Sustainable Change

by Edward Xie | Jan 24, 2020 | Featured, Physician Wellness

On a sweltering night in July, I’m called to see a patient with difficulty breathing. I work in Toronto, where past estimates have placed the number of heat-related deaths at about 120 each year. With Canada heating twice as fast as the world average, that number is...
What can Emergency Physicians do for Planet Wellness?

What can Emergency Physicians do for Planet Wellness?

by Curtis Lavoie | Jan 22, 2020 | Featured, Physician Wellness

As a species, we’re making bad choices  – polluting the planet and making life difficult now, and perhaps impossible in the future. As physicians, it is time to do what you do best: heal the planet. Ok sure, that sounds corny, but take a listen and let me...
I may die from old age, but my children may die from climate change…

I may die from old age, but my children may die from climate change…

by Gary Bota | Jan 21, 2020 | Featured, Physician Wellness

I’m a boomer Canadian Emergency physician, with a special interest in climate change. My oral fellowship exam took place in a small hotel room where facial bone x-rays were held up against the Montreal skyline awaiting my interpretation. I went directly from resident...
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