In this Third Rail edition of the CFP Podcast, Dr. Sarah Fraser interviews family physician Dr. Stephanie Hart. Using examples from Dr. Hart's own experiences as a patient, Drs Hart and Fraser discuss the systemis issues and stigma in the care and treatment of obese patients. Is it time to rethink obesity? Dr. Hart worked in rural primary care in Alberta for over a decade before pivoting to a focused practice in sexual medicine. She is also passionate about medical care for obese patients. 

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Dr. Nick Pimlott interviews Dr. Aisha Lofters and Dr. Sheila Dunn who are co-authors of a research article in the February issue of CFP on self-collected HPV swabs as a primary cervical cancer screening method. Dr. Lofters is a family physician and Chair in Implementation Science at Women's College Hospital and Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto. Dr. Dunn is a family physician and scientist at Women's College Research Institute, and Associate Professor and Clinician Investigator in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto.

Read the article from the February issue of Canadian Family Physician (CFP):

"Clinician acceptability of self-collected human papillomavirus swabs as a primary cervical cancer screening method"

 

 

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Dr. Sarah Fraser interviews Canadian hockey icon Dr. Hayley Wickenheiser about her transition from a career as an elite athlete to one as a physician as well as the subject of concussions, which is the focus of the March issue of CFP. Dr. Wickenheiser is currently a family medicine resident at the University of Toronto and Senior Director of Player Development for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

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Dr. Nick Pimlott interviews Dr. Chris Frank about his article in the January 2022 issue of CFP, "Dementia care in acute care settings" and the Geriatric Gems series.  Dr. Frank is a family physician specializing in care of the elderly and palliative care at Queen's University in Kingston, ON. 

Read Dr. Frank's article in the January issue of Canadian Family Physician (CFP): Dementia Care in acute settings

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Dr. Nick Pimlott interviews Dr. Jacqueline Kueper. Dr. Kueper is CFPC-AMS TechForward Fellow at the College of Family Physicians of Canada and a PhD candidate in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the Department of Computer Science at Western University.

Read Dr. Kueper's commentary from the December issue of Canadian Family Physician (CFP):

Primer for artificial intelligence in primary care

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Dr. Nick Pimlott interviews Dr. Neil Bell and Dr. Philip Jacobs. Dr. Bell is a professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Alberta and Dr. Jacobs is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Alberta.

In this episode, Drs Bell and Jacobs discuss their article from the November issue of Canadian Family Physician (CFP):

"Can you afford to keep practising? Family medicine finances transformed by COVID-19 in Alberta"

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Editorial Fellow Dr. Sarah Fraser interviews Dr. Onye Nnorom on Afrocentric approaches to screening in primary care.

Dr. Nnorom is a family physician and Preventive Medicine Specialist in Toronto, Associate Program Director of the Public Health and Preventive Medicine Residency Program at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health.

Read Dr. Nnorom's article in the November 2021 issue of CFP, Afrocentric screening program for breast, colorectal, and cervical cancer among immigrant patients in Ontario.

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Dr. Nick Pimlott interviews Dr. Samantha Green, a family physician at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto and Faculty Lead in Climate Change and Health in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto.

Dr. Green discusses the health benefits of cycling as well as its impact on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Read Dr. Green's article in the October issue of Canadian Family Physician (CFP):

"Cycling for health: Improving health and mitigating the climate crisis"

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In this Third Rail Edition of the CFP Podcast, Editorial Fellow Dr. Sarah Fraser interviews Dr. Adam Sandell on the use of the term family physician. Dr. Sandell is a physician who worked in the UK's national health service for 20 years before moving to B.C. at the start of the pandemic.

Alongside his work as a physician in the UK, Dr. Sandell worked as a barrister, specializing in health-related human rights law.

Read Dr. Sandell's Third Rail article in the September 2021 issue of CFP, "I'm a GP"

The Third Rail is the rail on a train track with a live current running through it, dangerous to the touch. This section in Canadian Family Physician and the CFP Podcast deals with topics that are "Third Rail": controversial and taboo in family medicine.

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Dr. Nick Pimlott interviews Dr. Melissa Nutik, a family physician and Undergraduate Education Lead in the Office of Education Scholarship and Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto. Dr. Nutik discusses the undergraduate curriculum in medical school, student interest in family medicine and the hidden curriculum .

Read Dr. Nutik's articles in the May 2021 issue of Canadian Family Physician (CFP):

"Defining the specialist generalist" "Assessing undergraduate medical education through a generalist lens"

This topic is also discussed by Dr. Pimlott in his May CFP editorial, "Valuing our past, sustaining our future"

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