Family Medicine in the COVID-19 Global Pandemic

A Podcast Partnership Between the Besrour Centre and Canadian Family Physician

Using the Besrour Centre’s network of international partners, Dr. Christine Gibson interviews family physicians around the world who are helping to manage this pandemic, finding the common thread of humanity between those on each side of the mask. 

These stories are introduced by Dr. Nick Pimlott, Scientific Editor of Canadian Family Physician.

Dr. Gibson is a family physician in Calgary, Alberta and is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary.  Dr. Gibson is an international consultant for family medicine development and capacity building. Dr. Gibson is the Co-Lead of the Narrative Working Group of the Besrour Center at the College of Family Physicians of Canada. As Dr. Gibson writes:

“This is a timely opportunity to learn from our global partners on the front line of the Covid outbreak. Family physicians worldwide are stepping up to help their communities battle this illness as best we can. People are yearning for stories, whether for professional or personal reasons. Stories of hope and of communities in grief, stories of authentic experiences that we can all learn from and through. This is a unique experience in the history of humanity – a pandemic that is truly shared worldwide, revealing our interconnectivity in heroic and tragic ways. Now is the time for collective healing.”

We hope listeners find these stories compelling and healing.

This podcast was recorded on March 25, 2020.

Dr. Gibson's website: www.christinegibson.net 

Dr. Kenneth Yakubu is a family physician from Nigeria who is currently living in Australia. He is currently studying for his PhD with The George Institute for Global Health, and the University of New South Wales.

Read Dr. Gibson's accompanying blog post at https://www.cfp.ca/blog

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Family Medicine in the COVID-19 Global Pandemic

A Podcast Partnership Between the Besrour Centre and Canadian Family Physician

Using the Besrour Centre’s network of international partners, Dr. Christine Gibson interviews family physicians around the world who are helping to manage this pandemic, finding the common thread of humanity between those on each side of the mask. 

These stories are introduced by Dr. Nick Pimlott, Scientific Editor of Canadian Family Physician.

Dr. Gibson is a family physician in Calgary, Alberta and is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary.  Dr. Gibson is an international consultant for family medicine development and capacity building. Dr. Gibson is the Co-Lead of the Narrative Working Group of the Besrour Center at the College of Family Physicians of Canada. As Dr. Gibson writes:

“This is a timely opportunity to learn from our global partners on the front line of the Covid outbreak. Family physicians worldwide are stepping up to help their communities battle this illness as best we can. People are yearning for stories, whether for professional or personal reasons. Stories of hope and of communities in grief, stories of authentic experiences that we can all learn from and through. This is a unique experience in the history of humanity – a pandemic that is truly shared worldwide, revealing our interconnectivity in heroic and tragic ways. Now is the time for collective healing.”

We hope listeners find these stories compelling and healing.

This podcast was recorded on March 20, 2020.

Dr. Gibson's website: www.christinegibson.net 

Dr. Innocent Besigye is the Program Director for Family Medicine training at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.

Read Dr. Gibson's accompanying blog post at https://www.cfp.ca/blog

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Family Medicine in the COVID-19 Global Pandemic

A Podcast Partnership Between the Besrour Centre and Canadian Family Physician

Using the Besrour Centre’s network of international partners, Dr. Christine Gibson interviews family physicians around the world who are helping to manage this pandemic, finding the common thread of humanity between those on each side of the mask. 

These stories are introduced by Dr. Nick Pimlott, Scientific Editor of Canadian Family Physician.

Dr. Gibson is a family physician in Calgary, Alberta and is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary.  Dr. Gibson is an international consultant for family medicine development and capacity building. Dr. Gibson is the Co-Lead of the Narrative Working Group of the Besrour Center at the College of Family Physicians of Canada. As Dr. Gibson writes:

“This is a timely opportunity to learn from our global partners on the front line of the Covid outbreak. Family physicians worldwide are stepping up to help their communities battle this illness as best we can. People are yearning for stories, whether for professional or personal reasons. Stories of hope and of communities in grief, stories of authentic experiences that we can all learn from and through. This is a unique experience in the history of humanity – a pandemic that is truly shared worldwide, revealing our interconnectivity in heroic and tragic ways. Now is the time for collective healing.”

We hope listeners find these stories compelling and healing.

This podcast was recorded on March 18, 2020.

Dr. Gibson's website: www.christinegibson.net  Dr. Baraa Alghalyini, graduate of Toronto Family Medicine and School of Public Health, is the Chair of Family and Community Medicine at Alfaisal University Riyadh.

Read Dr. Gibson's accompanying blog post at https://www.cfp.ca/blog

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Dr. Nick Pimlott interviews Dr. Robert (Bob) Woollard, family physician, former Chair of the Department of Family Practice at UBC and winner of the 2019 W. Victor Johnston Award from the College of Family Physicians of Canada. Dr. Woollard discusses growing up in a small, rural community and how that has influenced his career in family medicine and his long-term commitment to social accountability, distributed medical education and rural and remote practice.

 

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Dr. Nick Pimlott interviews Dr. Allan Grill, family physician and Physician Advisor at the College of Family Physicians of Canada.  Dr. Grill has also been a contributing author to Canadian Family Physician.  Dr. Grill discusses his leadership roles in family medicine, why he became a family physician, his career influences, participation in the Ontario Renal Network, and tips for other family physicians on how they can take on a larger leadership role.

Dr. Grill’s most recent article in CFP, Approach to the detection and management of chronic kidney disease, appeared in the October 2018 issue. https://www.cfp.ca/content/64/10/728

 

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Dr. Nick Pimlott interviews Dr. David Ponka, family physician and Director of The Besrour Centre at the College of Family Physicians of Canada.  Dr. Ponka discusses global health and the role of the Besrour Centre at the CFPC and its role in primary care in low and middle income countries.  Dr. Ponka also talks about his experiences practicing family medicine with Doctors Without Borders.

 

Dr. Ponka is the lead author of a paper that appears in the December 2019 CFP, entitled ‘Contrasting current challenges from the Brazilian and Canadian national health systems” https://www.cfp.ca/content/65/12/890 

 

As mentioned in this episode, If you have any feedback for Dr. Ponka, you can email him at [email protected]

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Dr. Nick Pimlott interviews Dr. Roland Grad, a family physician and an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McGill University in Montreal. He is also a member of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care. Dr. Grad is the lead author of an article in the August issue of CFP from the Prevention in Practice series entitled, “Age to Stop  - Appropriate Screening in Older Patients”.  Read the full article here: https://www.cfp.ca/content/65/8/543

Read Dr. Grad’s blog that was mentioned in the interview, “Family Medicine and The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care: Are we up for the challenge?” https://www.cfp.ca/news/2019/09/10/09-10

 

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Dr. Nick Pimlott interviews Dr. Ross Upshur, author of a paper for Associated Medical Services Healthcare entitled,  “Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and the Potential Impacts of the Practice of Family Medicine: A Briefing Document”.  Ross presented his paper at the CFPC’s 2019 Leaders’ Forum and the topic was part of the July 2019 editorial in CFP, “Family physicians of the future redux.  The robot will see you now?”.

Read the July 2019 CFP editorial:  https://www.cfp.ca/content/65/7/454

Read Dr. Upshur’s discussion paper: https://www.cfpc.ca/uploadedFiles/About_Us/Discussion-Paper-AI-Impacts-on-FM-AMS-CFPC-May2019.pdf

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Dr. Nick Pimlott interviews Dr. John Bosomworth, author of a June 2019 Canadian Family Physician Clinical Review article entitled “Normal-weight central obesity: Unique hazard of the toxic waist”. Read the full article here: https://www.cfp.ca/content/65/6/399 

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Join Dr. Nick Pimlott as he interviews Dr. Christina (Tina) Korownyk and Dr. Mike Allan, co-authors of a May 2019 Canadian Family Physician (CFP) Clinical Practice Guidelines article, “Managing opioid use disorder in primary care: PEER simplified guideline.”  In addition to discussing the current guideline, Dr. Pimlott will explore the origins of the PEER Group and how they became involved in the development of clinical practice guidelines for family physicians. Read the full article: www.cfp.ca/content/65/5/321

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