This is the most thorough and accurate depiction of our failing healthcare system. It’s told thru the lens of ⁦alan drummond⁩ who has been witness to it all and also an amazing advocate along the way. Now it’s time for our govts to step up macleans.ca/longforms/er-d…

Crisis? What crisis? That's the response from the government to health care professionals at CHEO Ottawa helping kids who are in the hospital right now, struggling to breathe. Doug Ford honour the office you hold: #MaskUp indoors, #RepealBill124, and fund the healthcare we need.

When building tech in healthcare, the bureaucracy and legacy mindset is 100x more challenging to overcome than the hardest technical challenge.

Thrilled to share our latest research on ED teams. Psychological safety - the ability to take interpersonal risks - is critical to team performance across industries...we have put a spotlight on the concept in emergency medicine. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… A thread.

On weekend and stat calls, I buy the residents lunch (often sushi 😋) and we eat together. Yesterday, both residents thanked me at least three times for lunch, in person and via text. One resident thanked me again this morning 🥹 Buy your residents food y’all 🙏🏼

The term “technical debt” so aptly describes the state of technology in Canadian healthcare (prob HC systems globally) As a result of sustained neglected investment in integrative tech solutions, the debt is paid by patients and clinicians every day… en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical…

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"Overburdened doctors and hospitals" has zero to do with "minor" ailments. UTIs don't crush ERs. ERs are crushed by complex/elderly patients admitted to hospital for days with no where to go leaving the waiting room to see more complex/elderly patients. thestar.com/news/gta/2022/…

Like a lot of Canadian Health Care Workers, I feel like I’m waiting on bated breath for these federal-provincial talks this week. Morale is at an all-time low. We desperately need an agreement on meaningful action this week A 🧵. . . 1/12

1/ Resident Doctors across Canada. Thank you for the instrumental role you plan in the delivery of healthcare in our Country. Thank you for your tireless work, dedication to training and compassionate care you provide to Canadians. Your road is long and full of personal sacrifice

Why aren't clinicians in trenches valued as much in academia as paper churners asks Talal Hilal 🩺 It's a great question that can be extended to medical students applicants, too. Why are publications so valued?

Hot off the press! Thank you Melissa Bouwsema for letting me help out with this terrific project! cc: Adam Parks Contaminated Airway Task Training: How to Adapt an Existing Airway Manikin Head for Active Airway Soiling cureus.com/articles/18500…

Dr. alan drummond for health minister!

We also have a new Commentary and Opinions article In Press today! Read "Large language models in medical education: new tools for experimentation and discovery." journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cmej…

🚨Pre-residency crash course🚨 Next week my lab will be hosting a free pre-residency crash course. If you are interested in signing up here is the link! fralicklab.com/preresidencyco… thank you to Kat Zorcic and Dr Jamie Fritz for their hardwork to make this happen!

👏🏾👏🏾 Postgraduate programs should also be held accountable. Lots of educational “waste” in current family medicine curricula. Another problem is that those responsible for oversight/change have little connection to the community. Dr. Brady Bouchard