Pat Rich is a digital writer and can be reached on Days of Past Futures and on Twitter @pat_health.

Physician well-being: Overcoming administrative hurdles

Health Policy
December 6, 2023

Representatives of a battered and stressed Canadian medical profession gathered in Montreal and virtually last week for the 7th annual Canadian Conference on Physician Health (CCPH) – the first such meeting in four years and the largest to date. One of the main pain points identified as facing individual physicians is the burden of administrative work, and this was the focus of a special cross-border plenary session featuring Canadian Medical …

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Physician well-being: Overcoming administrative hurdles

Beyond Jimmy Buffet: The new medical conference

Medical Education
February 15, 2022

The new reality of medical conferences shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic requires a new language and a fundamental rethink to make these major showcases of medical organizations and societies a place where physicians and patients can share their experiences and perspectives.

We can no longer characterize medical conferences as – in the words of an old Jimmy Buffet tune – “a Holiday Inn full of surgeons” who meet there every year …

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Beyond Jimmy Buffet: The new medical conference

You are abandoning your patients if you are not active on social media

Social Media in Medicine
December 8, 2020

Dr. Todd Wolynn, a Pittsburgh pediatrician, feels so strongly about this that he made the statement twice while speaking at the recent annual Canadian Immunization Conference.

“You’re abandoning your patients and leaving them open to an incredible amount of disinformation if you don’t get involved on social media,” he said, the second time, during a session on countering the anti-vaccination movement. At the session, Dr. Wolynn was accompanied by Dr. Philipp …

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You are abandoning your patients if you are not active on social media

Physicians behaving badly on Twitter

Social Media in Medicine
June 1, 2017

At a time when physicians are feeling besieged on all sides, it hardly seems fair to write about the lack of civility demonstrated by some members of the profession on social media in Canada.

But it’s still an important issue that needs to be addressed — with the caveat that no profession or segment of society is blameless and the focus is due to the focus of this particular blog.

The post …

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Physicians behaving badly on Twitter