📢Announcing a new MCC Examination Objective on #BlackHealth . Developed with our partners Black Health Education Collaborative DrDryden Dr. Barb Hamilton-Hinch Dr. Onye Nnorom & JRJChairBlackCanadianStudies, it will contribute to the creation of exam content that addresses health inequities experienced by #Blackpatients . 1/2

To ⬇️disparities in #ColorectalCancer among the Black community, focus on improving healthcare access & promoting #healthEquity .

⬆️awareness,
provide culturally competent care,
address social determinants,
invest in community programs,
advocate for policies, &
foster collabs‼️

'Gender-affirming medical care for #youth should be a decision between the patient, their parents, and their medical care team, without intrusion by government.'
Read our letter to #Alberta Premier Danielle Smith: cps.ca/uploads/advoca…
Alberta Medical Association (AMA) Alberta Health Services

New in NEJM.

“Black residents training face ⬆️ rates of both remedial interventions & dismissal from their programs than do their White counterparts. This disproportionality raises concern that Black trainees are being overpoliced in medical education.”

nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

LEAP into Advocacy Virtual Summit - Leveraging Patient Experiences to Advance Research and Next Generation Medicine

This session will discuss the importance of patient centricity and how understanding lived experiences can transform research and next-generation medicine.

LEAP into Advocacy Virtual Summit - Leveraging Patient Experiences to Advance Research and Next Generation Medicine

This session will discuss the importance of patient centricity and how understanding lived experiences can transform research and next-generation medicine.

As health-care delivery becomes more complex — through implementing new technology and increasingly specialized doctors who depend on each other — physicians will have to adapt, writes medical student Leah Sarah Peer.

April 27, 2022 at 01:00AM | By: Leah Sarah Peer …

📢This #NationalMinorityCancerAwarenessMonth we highlight this editorial from CGH on disaggregating race/ethnicity:

⭐️Existing designations aggregate diverse groups
⭐️Implications for CRC research & clinical practice
👉View link 🔗tinyurl.com/yrypd58u
#HereditaryGICancer

“🇨🇦 doctors spend 18.5 million hours per year on unnecessary administrative work — the equivalent of more than 55 million patient visits — a report published Monday by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says.”

#TakeBackHealthcare #cdnpoli

globalnews.ca/news/9446155/c…

The TRC Report Card Committee is recruiting Indigenous med students across Canada to complete a survey re: their experiences in med school. Results will be made into report cards and given to each Dean w/ the goal of supporting schools in responding to the TRC's Calls to Action.

Looking for freelance disabled content creators, interested in working with us at Purple Goat to document our journey, please share social handles of potential talent in comments or DM me 💜

Question for Canadians: what did you learn in school about treaties with Indigenous nations?

A once-in-a-lifetime experience happened to my twin sister today & I thought you all may find it pretty breathtaking & beautiful too! 🫶

Prescription Hope: Peer Medical Chronicles by Leah Sarah Peer peermedicalchronicles.com/2022/12/29/pre…

On my first day 👩🏻‍⚕️ when taking over patients I ask every patient

➡️ “What is your understanding of why you are in the hospital and what we are doing for you?”

An absolute MUST for assessing understanding, clearing up miscommunications, finding what is important to patients.

I was trained by traditional internists like Dr. Ho Ping Kong and remain pretty obsessive about physical examinations. On rounds today, I was reminded why listening to a patient’s concerns and examining them carefully is so important.

Medicine is both art & science.

Need #Podcast help for #Accessibility in my class - a couple of the podcasts I want to include don't have a transcription. Is there a *free* way to have some software or tool listen to the podcast and transcribe it?

Two-Spirit (trans) people predate MAGA and Christianity and Elon Musk in North America by thousands of years — THEY held an important status within Indigenous communities — and the Lakota considered THEM sacred beings. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

This Christmas please don’t say we can’t afford housing for all. We can no longer afford the cruelty of the status quo.

A month in provincial jail costs: $9,400

Month in hospital: $20,100

Month in shelter: $6,600

Social housing per month: $2,500

Housing is a human right.

The longer I work in psychiatry, the more & more I'm reminded that poverty is one of the most harmful factors (if not the most harmful factor) affecting peoples' mental health.