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English
United States
16 episodes
since Jan. 19, 2021
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 Burnout, depression, anxiety: These are long-standing challenges within medicine. But since the pandemic was declared, physicians’ mental health has continued to deteriorate. Now, new health and wellness data from the Canadian Medical Association sheds light on the seriousness of the situation.  &…

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Medical school is tough enough. For Indigenous students, it can also be fraught with racism, and the pressure to share their cultural ‘expertise’ with teachers and classmates. “A lot of the time, the stereotypes they’ve grown up with, their internal bias, the racism they don’t realize is there, com…
The shortage of health care workers in Canada is a growing crisis. The daily tradeoffs of caring for patients while keeping up with administrative demands is leading to burnout – and prompting some professionals to trade private clinics and hospitals for team-based practices.  “Working in a team ma…
The strain of working in a health system on the brink – not to mention two years of a pandemic – can erode the sense of meaning that motivates so many physicians. But two emergency doctors, Anthony Fong in Vancouver and Daniel Kollek in Hamilton, found inspiration by going towards, rather than away…
Last year, a Texas A&M University professor predicted a mass exodus of workers in the wake of the pandemic, as people reflected on whether their jobs provided them a sense of purpose.  He called it “The Great Resignation.”  In medicine, job dissatisfaction, combined with increasing levels of bu…
Working mothers have suffered tremendous levels of stress throughout the pandemic – and doctors are no exception. A recent study found that physician mothers scored substantially higher on measures of anxiety and depression than physician fathers, in part because they’ve had to take on a disproport…
“Code White” is a term used in many health care settings to alert workers to a real or perceived threat of violence. Unfortunately, they are being called more frequently, especially in emergency departments.  The reality is that health care workers face four times as great a rate of workplace viole…
Physician advocates never imagined being the targets of intimidation and death threats for supporting public health measures during the pandemic. But it’s happening. Three doctors -- Nili Kaplan-Myrth, Naheed Dosani and Jennifer Kwan -- open up about the impact these violent threats have had on the…
For most physicians, the fight against COVID-19 took place away from public scrutiny. But for public health physicians, their words, their work, and sometimes their raw emotions, have taken centre stage. Two of Canada’s chief medical officers of health – Dr. Saqib Shahab from Saskatchewan and Dr. C…
Dr. Amy Tan shares how she endured months of online harassment during the pandemic for defending racialized communities.  “There was a racist, misogynistic, violent threat made to me by phone, which is different than keyboard warriors on Twitter, tweeting or emailing terrible things. It's diff…
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