Discussions

Life had other plans: A clinician’s rethink of ‘non-compliance’
Dropping the label changed my practice more than any communication workshop I ever attended.
Building community and connection: a year with CAPSI at USask
All this year, leaders from the Canadian Association of Pharmacy Students and Interns (CAPSI) chapters across Canada are sharing highlights of what their faculty's CAPSI chapter has been focused on in recent months. This month, we hear from the University of Saskatchewan.

We keep fighting addiction at the worst possible moment in a person’s life

Governments and health systems organize care around crises, yet recovery is decided by everyday life, and that’s exactly where we fail to invest
Universal RSV immunization: Policy must be fit for purpose

While new medical breakthroughs offer unprecedented protection, fragmented provincial policies and surveillance gaps leave Canada’s most vulnerable infants and seniors at risk.
Diabetes management during Ramadhan

It’s important for pharmacy professionals to understand the religious significance and fast-ing practices of Ramadhan and to be able to help patients manage medication and other health concerns.
‘Pay it forward’: First five years in practice doctors

First-five years doctors: A med student wants to interview you for a series helping med students and residents think through the steps ahead of them.
POLL: Do you expect interoperability to get better soon?

See what your colleagues say. Take our weekly doctor poll.
Beginnings and endings

Lessons on letting go of the past, investing in the present, and why I’m signing up for hip-hop classes while I still can.
Case report: Sore foot

At our walk-in clinic, I recently was asked to see a patient with a ‘sore foot.’ The patient had not complained, but his family had noticed a lesion on the sole of his foot and insisted that he seek medical advice.
What Canada can learn from Costa Rica’s primary care system

Nation has public health and health-care delivery under a single national social security agency.