Today we shall be talking about Pneumonia! What an exciting topic. According to Dr William Osler considered to be the “father of modern medicine” and who trained at McGill, pneumonia is known as “the old man’s friend” he wrote, “"Pneumonia may well be called the friend of the aged. Taken off by it in an acute, not often painful illness, the old man escapes those 'cold gradations of decay' so distressing to himself and his friends.” Dr. Olser himself died from complications of pneumonia. Pneumonia has a fascinating history as it has been with humanity for many centuries. Symptoms of pneumonia w ..read more

  Authors: Veronica Oczkowski (MS4) and Andrea Brabant (rFM PGY-2) Content Expert and Reviewer: Dr. Matt Strickland   The rest of trauma objectives including: secondary survey, child abuse suspicion, and a review of everything before we finish up ..read more

Authors: Veronica Oczkowski (MS4) and Andrea Brabant (rFM PGY-2) Content Expert and Reviewer: Dr. Matt Strickland According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), more than nine people die every minute from injuries or violence. A total of 5.8 million people of all ages and economic groups die every year from unintentional injuries and violence. The burden of injury accounts for 18% of the world’s total diseases. Motor vehicle crashes alone cause more than 1 million deaths annually and an estimated 20 million to 50 million significant injuries; they a ..read more

  https://thegenerehlist.ca/episode-3-bpsd-behavioural-and-psychological-symptoms-of-dementia/   Written By: Christine Miller, COE Resident  Review By: Dr. Christian Weins, Psychiatrist, Palliative Care Hosts: Christine Miller, COE Resident & Hannah Dunnigan, Rural Family Medicine Resident Art: as ever by Aikansha Chawla ..read more

Written By: Christine Miller, COE Resident Review By: Dr. Keiran Tuck, Neurologist, Movement Disorder Specialist Hosts: Christine Miller, COE Resident & Hannah Dunnigan, Rural Family Medicine Resident Art: as ever by Aikansha Chawla https://thegenerehlist.ca/episode-2-parkinsons-disease-part-2/  ..read more

A quick hello to meet the force behind all things Geriatrics in Family medicine in the GenerEHlist family ..read more

Obesity Canada published a guideline in 2020 that we will be referring to a lot in this episode. It defines obesity as a chronic, progressive and relapsing disease characterized by the presence of adiposity that impairs health and social well-being.    So today you’ll learn what you need to know for the exam, but also some practical considerations for real life visits that take into account the pressures of diet culture, and how we as physicians can provide evidence based advice that doesn’t isolate and judge our patients. And because we know language matters, you’ll hear us use term ..read more

Syncope = a brief loss of consciousness and postural tone that resolves spontaneously with a return to baseline neurological function within seconds or a few minutes. Presyncope = near LOC. Should be worked up the same as we know it portends a similar risk of downstream badness as syncope. presyncope is “I almost lost consciousness and then recovered” → more of acute thing. The final common pathway of syncope is the same regardless of the underlying cause. In general, 10 seconds of interrupted blood flow to the brain ..read more

An update episode for 2023 on some tips and tricks for both the SAMP and SOOs from the founders of The Review Course: Dr Paul Dhillon and Dr Simon Moore. New bundled labs that are okay What guidelines are too new? Review the SNO PQRST method AND, get $100 off The Review Course in 2024 by using the code 'GenerEhlist' when you register ..read more

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