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The Canadian Medical Association Journal, a peer-reviewed general medical journal. Our central objective at the Canadian Medical Association Journal is to foster excellence in the science and art of medicine, to uphold the ideals of the medical profession and to promote the health and well-being of the public.
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2M ago
As for residency, I want to become a cardiac surgeon and am willing to make almost any sacrifice to get there. And maybe, just maybe, living in a camper for a 5-year residency might be one of them ..read more
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10M ago
So then why, every year, do the losses compound? Too many gone with barely a sound ..read more
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10M ago
It’s the construction of a framework on which to hang a lifetime of medical knowledge ..read more
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10M ago
I decided to not let the hard structure of the words in my notebook direct me anymore ..read more
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10M ago
This had been a remarkable journey for me as well. The process of following a patient to recovery made me realize two important lessons ..read more
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10M ago
Tahmeena Ali is a wife, mother, writer and family physician in White Rock, BC In medical school, we learned the components of the cardiac cycle. Systole: contract; diastole: relax. Essential dance partners. But one partner always garners the spotlight. The scene stealer in an echo report is the volume of blood contracted—the ejection fraction. The ..read more
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10M ago
It is not sufficient only to ensure greater enrollment of students from marginalized backgrounds; the clinical learning environment should also be made welcoming and conducive to their thriving ..read more
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10M ago
I didn’t expect that Broadway would be the place that I would ponder how practitioners of medicine are portrayed and the way diseases reflect our society ..read more