Two graduating McMaster University students have forever changed the relationship between inter-city patients and their doctors in the community. The Hamilton Spectator's "Code Red" series chronicles the serious problem of healthcare disparities within the Canadian Hamilton community, and students Avi Sarker and Kevin Singh decided it...
Would you be interesting in completing a pre med program at your dream university without accruing a mountain of debt? How about a graduate program? While these questions may sound farfetched, they are not only legitimate propositions, they are the foundational questions of an initiative...
In the digital age, where just about every person you come across carries a smartphone like an extra bodily appendage, it’s no wonder smartphone uses keep growing. As more information is stored and shared digitally, whether for environmental reasons or merely for convenience, smartphones are...
All students know the feeling: stubbornly dragging yourself across campus to your dreaded lecture classes where you’ll spend the next hour and a half mindlessly taking notes and trying to stay awake. Or if you’re like me, you might just skip the lecture all together...
Fourth year University of Guadalajara medical student Joseph Ambrose Monye , who had been serving a 2 year rotation at Jackson Hospital in Southside Chicago, went missing without a trace on the evening of April 22. After last being seen studying in a Hyde Park...
Empathy is the cornerstone of compassionate and effective patient care, though the concept is more often seen as an abstract ideal rather than as a definitive principle of patient-physician interaction. This topic is frequently at the center of discussions surrounding medical ethics, as it is an...
Primary Care Today: Dr. Brian McDonough, a nationally recognized clinical expert, public speaker and writer, hosts this interview series about current issues and trends in primary care practice. Each episode, Dr. McDonough brings in a new medical expert to discuss the unique topic at hand,...
Burnout is a widely discussed topic within the medical community, affecting the lives of physicians, nurses and medical students alike. In extreme cases, when burnout goes unnoticed or untreated, it can even lead to suicide. Considering the breadth of this ongoing topic of discussion, there isn’t much in...
In a search of over 300 Journal articles that were published over the last 10 years, it was shown that only 14 contained that controversial word “racism” in their text; this is an odd fact when you consider how big of a role race and...
Graduation season is coming up quick, and a talented new generation of medical students will be getting M.D. added to their names. The graduates may have crossed the hurdle, but that means the time has come for you to pick out a gift worthy of...
