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Indigenous health disparities: a challenge and an opportunity

WEBAfter years of funding Indigenous health research at levels less than 2% of its total budget, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research increased such funding to 3% …

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Use of safety scalpels and other safety practices to reduce

WEBBackground: The occupational hazard associated with percutaneous injury in the operating room (OR) has encouraged harm reduction through behaviour change and …

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Preoperative stoma site marking for fecal diversions (ileostomy …

WEBIt is estimated that 13 000 new ostomy procedures are performed annually in Canada.1, 2 An ostomy operation may be necessary for patients in all stages of life …

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Physical fitness of medical residents: Is the health of surgical

WEBPostgraduate medical residency is an extremely laborious and time-intensive process. Medical residents often disregard their health in order to benefit their patients …

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Addressing the mental health of Canadians waiting for elective

WEBThe impact of waiting for surgery on the mental health of patients usually receives little attention. Because of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

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Evaluation of a tiered operating room strategy at an academic

WEBBackground: Wait times for many elective orthopedic surgical procedures in Ontario have become unacceptably long and substantially exceed the recommended …

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A systematic review of global surgery partnerships and a proposed …

WEBBackground: Building surgical capacity through global surgery partnerships (GSPs) between high and low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is a rising global …

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Leveraging financial incentives and behavioural economics to

WEBBackground: Dedicated quality-improvement (QI) initiatives within health care systems are of clear benefit, and physicians respond to financial incentivization. …

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Improving the quality of care of Canadians waiting for elective …

WEBThe backlog of cases on surgical wait lists is a substantial problem for surgical patients, their families, surgeons, health care systems and governments. There …

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Ambulatory surgery centres: a potential solution to a chronic …

WEBLong wait times for elective surgery in Canada have been a persistent problem for many years and the recent pandemic has made the situation substantially …

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Dr. Norman Bethune as a surgeon CJS

WEBDr. Norman Bethune’s recognition as a Canadian of renown resulted from his devoted work in China during the late 1930s. He had received a general surgical …

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Impact of outpatient total hip or knee replacement on informal

WEBBackground: Although total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) offer significant cost savings to our health care system, the degree to …

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E62 Andrea MacNeill On Planetary Health In The Operating Room

WEBOur guest for this episode, Dr. Andrea MacNeil took that thought and decided to do something about it. Dr. MacNeil is a surgical oncologist at Vancouver General Hospital, …

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Characteristics and contributing factors of diagnostic error in …

WEBContributing factors of surgical diagnostic errors by provider, team, and system. More than 80% of the factors contributing to diagnostic errors in these surgical …

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Surgical sexism in Canada: structural bias in reimbursement of …

WEBGender bias is prevalent in medicine worldwide, and women experience poorer health than men as a result.1, 2 The disparities in the health outcomes of men and …

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Cancellation of elective surgery: rates, reasons and effect on

WEBMethods Cancellation records of all elective surgeries scheduled between June 1, 2012, and Jan. 31, 2016, at a medium-sized, tertiary care, academic centre …

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Physician extenders on surgical services: a systematic review

WEBBackground: With the introduction of resident duty hour restrictions and the resulting in-house trainee shortages, a long-term solution to ensure safe and efficient …

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Surgical wait list management in Canada during a pandemic: many …

WEBThe British Columbia Ministry of Health announced that for the period between Mar. 16 and May 18, 2020, there were 30 298 elective nonurgent operations …

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Informed consent for surgery: risk discussion and documentation

WEBInformed consent for surgery has become a critical component of surgical practice. There are specific legal requirements for what has to be disclosed to patients …

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