Recruiting for our study: opportunity for #physicians practicing in #Canada to get free #coaching by certified coaches, CPD credits associated. Eligibility questionnaire: shorturl.at/ekwHY The Ottawa Hospital Hôpital Montfort McGill University UQAM | Université du Québec à Montréal

Recrutement pour notre étude : opportunité pour les #médecins exerçant au #Canada d'obtenir un #coaching gratuit par des coachs professionnels, crédits CDP associés. Questionnaire d'éligibilité : shorturl.at/ekwHY Hôpital Montfort uOttawa | Innovation UQAM | Université du Québec à Montréal

An unforgettable evening at ICAM! Bringing together brilliant minds from coast to coast across Canada for a successful lab dinner. Grateful for the camaraderie and memories made. Cheers to an incredible night! 🇨🇦✨ #ICAM2024

BREAKING: The Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Public Health Agency of Canada jointly announce Canada will be expanding surveillance of #H5N1, including cattle and retail milk testing, amid ongoing outbreak among U.S. dairy cattle. More from their new statement:

Make sure you stop by the Patient & Caregiver Hub (on the conference level). You'll be able to meet with experienced patient & caregiver partners, who are deeply knowledgable about health services & policy research. Our partners at Patient Advisors are there to connect with you.

Have a read at my latest contribution for Healthy Debate - it was fascinating to research and write. Perinatal Mental Health Disorders are hard to miss. Harder still is Childbirth-related PTSD. Can AI help? A study in nature explored this 👇

Proud to have worked on this piece!

Good science / health comms ! 👇

For the second time in 2.5 years, mpox has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by World Health Organization (WHO). In 2023, the #GC committed $6.35M to fight #mpox, showcasing Canada’s leadership in zoonotic disease research & response to health crises. canada.ca/en/institutes-…

"Never-words are conversation stoppers". This is an excellent article, probing the use of language and its impact on patients, families & caregivers.

🚨TESTERS NEEDED! I created Health Comms Pro On The Go, an OpenAI GPT-4 powered virtual communications assistant (see image for more deets on use cases)! I’m seeking volunteers to test the alpha version of this model so that I can further fine tune it. DM for info & pls RT!

Calling all patient and caregiver partners in Canada: Join our PAN Community today! patientadvisors.ca

BREAKING | We're excited to announce that we’ve reached an agreement with Capital Sports Development Inc. (CSDI) regarding the sale of land to bring a major events centre and arena district – including mixed-use development – to LeBreton Flats.  #OttNews #Ottawa

Read Maxime Lê blog, founder of Lê & Co. Health Communication Santé and patient partner with The Ottawa Hospital, on the importance of team-based care from a patient’s perspective. Team Primary Care | Équipe de soins primaires Sage Health & Nursing #TrainingForTransformation #CCHLeaders #CCHLForum > bit.ly/3yTTaXc

Earlier this year, Canada’s Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research partners concluded an engagement process to refresh it. Summaries of the input are now available on the National Alliance of Provincial Health Research Organizations website: naphro.ca/spor?hsid=e96b…

NEWS RELEASE: The #Sens sign Linus Ullmark to four-year contract extension: ottsens.com/3zZUt7x COMMUNIQUÉ: Les #Sens accordent un nouveau contrat de quatre ans à Linus Ullmark: ottsens.com/4eHaAWP

There’s now a Suicide Crisis Helpline in Canada. You can call it for free anytime, from anywhere. 9-8-8. Please share. We never know who needs it. #WorldMentalHealthDay

During the Renaissance, people in Venice would vote by dropping little balls into an urn. The Italian word for “little ball” is ‘ballotta.’ Now any kind of secret voting, by ball, piece of paper, or voting machine, is called a ‘ballot.’

Breaking this morning - Canadian news publishers are suing ChatGPT developer OpenAI thestar.com/news/canadian-… via Toronto Star

A reminder that food banks are not the policy solution to food insecurity, the same way shelters are not the policy solution for homelessness.