Providing trauma simulation training
By Elise Copps
35-year-old woman, unrestrained driver of an all-terrain vehicle. Rolled multiple times into the ravine, approximately eight feet down an embankment. Blood pressure...
Education night helps high school students prepare for a career in medicine
By Kaylee MacMillan
As a healthcare professional, Shannon Puna thought she had all the resources she needed to answer any questions her Grade nine son...
Training to improve HIV care
By Caroline Dobuzinskis
Since its launch in 2011, the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE)’s highly regarded Education and Training program has engaged over 13,500 participants...
Doctors Without Borders: Meaningful work that fosters leadership
By Claudia Blume
Each year, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) sends more than 3,600 international staff to join more than 40,000 locally hired staff...
The power of peer support in healthcare
By Justin Faiola
The Mental Health Commission of Canada states that health-care workers are 1.5 times more likely to be off work due to illness...
Training workshop on communications at the end of life available to long-term care homes
By Stephen Smith
Maya Angelou the poet once said “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but...
One in four Canadian physicians report burnout
New CMA survey provides key indicators on physician health
A survey by the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) shows physician health is a growing concern within...
Enhanced training for healthcare teams who treat critically ill pediatric patients
By Steven Gallagher
Soon after becoming Niagara Health’s Chief of Pediatrics more than three years ago, Dr. Madan Roy saw an opportunity to enhance training...
Online learning—made for physicians
If you are a physician, you are also quite likely used to making sacrifices. It starts with an immense amount of education. Then, the...
How a simulation dramatically improved blood delivery times for trauma patients
By Amber Daugherty
When a critically injured and bleeding patient is rushed into a trauma bay, every second counts – the faster they can receive...
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