MacEmerg Podcast

Friday June 2, 2021

Welcome to Episode 30 of our MacEmerg podcast. Please take a moment to complete our survey, sharing with us your thoughts on our podcast! This will help us continue to make quality content best suited for our listeners!

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In this episode:

1) Dr. Teresa Chan interviews Dr. Mike Gisondi about his new open access modules on LGBTQIA+ education for educators. Check it out and learn how to be more confident and competent about things.

2) Dr. Chan also interviews Drs. Sim Sandhanwalia, Raj Grewal, and Dash Sehdev about their experience with the COVID-19 South Asian Task force and also The #ThisIsOurShot campaign.

3) We bring you yet another great Resident's Corner section.

ALSO, make sure to check out our new DIY Mentorship Playbook - on sale now!

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Tuesday June 1, 2021

Welcome to Episode 29 of our MacEmerg podcast. Please take a moment to complete our survey, sharing with us your thoughts on our podcast! This will help us continue to make quality content best suited for our listeners!

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In this episode:

1) Dr. Brendon Trotter interviews Dr. Amna Zaki about her work as a Coroner (in addition to being an emergency physician at St. Joesph's Healthcare Hamilton).

2) Dr. Spencer Sample interviews Dr. Beatrix Bérczi about Financial Advice. A must read for ANY physician.... or really anyone else!

ALSO, make sure to check out our new DIY Mentorship Playbook - on sale now!

https://www.macpfd.ca/modalities/coaching-mentorship/1on1-diy-mentorship-playbook

Make sure to check out the Gritty Nurse podcast!

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Saturday, May 1, 2021

Welcome to Episode 28 of our MacEmerg podcast. Please take a moment to complete our survey, sharing with us your thoughts on our podcast! This will help us continue to make quality content best suited for our listeners!

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In this episode:

1) Dr. Barry Lumb speaks with Dr. Teresa Chan about the journey that he is leading the Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation through their digital transformation via Project Odyssey.

2) Dr. Ben Forestell interviews some of our trainee leaders about their IDEA (Dr. Kathryn Chan, Dr. Maggie Vincent) a new curricular/leadership program on equity, diversity, and inclusion.

3) We feature a promo of the Gritty Nurse podcast (Amie Varley, Sara Fung). Stay tuned for a crossover episode with our residents soon!

ALSO, make sure to check out our new DIY Mentorship Playbook - on sale now!

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Welcome to Episode 27 of our MacEmerg podcast. Please take a moment to complete our survey, sharing with us your thoughts on our podcast! This will help us continue to make quality content best suited for our listeners!

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In this episode:

1) We invited Dr. Eve Purdy (@Qmerg FRCPC graduate 2020) to discuss the nature of how her observations as an anthropologist are changing the way she sees emergency medicine. (Resources from this discussion are listed below)

2) Rank list FAQ! Our resident team discusses some frequently asked questions that they heard during the CaRMS 2021 crew. An all star cast of our trainees Spencer Sample, Frank Battaglia, and Chad Singh answer some questions from med students about our FRCPC program.

“The team briefing: setting up relational coordination for your resuscitation”

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32252127/

“Improving the relational aspects of trauma care through translational simulation”

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31139436/

“Doing our work better, together: a relationship-based approach to defining the quality improvement agenda in trauma care”

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32046977/

Suggested Anthro Reading:

The Culture Code

http://danielcoyle.com/the-culture-code/

Tribal Leadership

https://www.triballeadership.net

ALSO, make sure to check out our new DIY Mentorship Playbook - on sale now!

https://www.macpfd.ca/modalities/coaching-mentorship/1on1-diy-mentorship-playbook

In honour of #BlackHistory month being this past February, this episode we feature an episode about racism in healthcare and urge our listeners to think about how they might be part of the solution going forward. Dr. Chan interviews patient advocate Mr. Lyndon George and healthcare equity advocate Dr. Madeleine Verhovsek about how we might create greater equity in our healthcare system.

We also Drs. Lauren Beals & Ben Forestell bring us another Resident's Corner segment on the very important topic of CaRMS. Beware the CaRMS of March!

Welcome to Episode 25 of our MacEmerg podcast.

In this episode:

1) We have Dr. Kevin Dong discussing a really great case and reminding us about some key pearls related to that case.

2) Dr. Lauren Beals and Dr. Jada Fitzpatrick discuss the trick topic of physician wellness in our Resident's Corner section.

Now, sit back, relax and enjoy this months episode!

ALSO, make sure to check out our new DIY Mentorship Playbook - on sale now! https://www.macpfd.ca/modalities/coaching-mentorship/1on1-diy-mentorship-playbook

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Welcome to Episode 24 of the MacEmerg podcast. Please take a moment to complete our survey, sharing with us your thoughts on our podcast! This will help us continue to make quality content best suited for our listeners!

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In this episode:

1) Teaching that Counts - Teresa interviews her segment co-host Dr. Alim Nagji about the COVID-19 Clerkship changes. Find out how we've change the clerkship to be compliant with public health demands!

2)CaRMS Corner - Drs. Lauren Beals & Ben Forestell are back again for the third instalment of their CaRMS tips section, giving their tips about reference letters!

Welcome to Episode 23 of the MacEmerg podcast. Please take a moment to complete our survey, sharing with us your thoughts on our podcast! This will help us continue to make quality content best suited for our listeners!

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In this episode:

1) In time for PGY1 CaRMS apps, this month we hear from Drs. Battaglia, Van diepen, & Pardhan speak about the RCPSC program and why you might be interested in becoming one of our trainees!

2)Teaching that Counts duo Drs. Alim Nagji & Teresa Chan discusses how you might fold #FOAMed (free open access medical education) resources at the bedside.

Welcome to Episode 22 of our MacEmerg podcast. Please take a moment to complete our survey, sharing with us your thoughts on our podcast! This will help us continue to make quality content best suited for our listeners!

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In this episode:

1) We had the pleasure of hearing from Dr. Carys Massarella - long time leader and advocate here in Hamilton, ON. Dr. Massarella tells us her story behind her own journey as a leader - and the story behind her passion for working within the transgendered community.

2)CaRMS Cast is back with PGY1s Ben Forestell and Lauren Beals continuing their about this years highly unusual CaRMS process.

Welcome to Episode 21 of MacEmerg Podcast. In this episode we feature one of our regional rounds speakers from this past year, Dr. Lisa Calder. Dr. Calder visited us from the University of Ottawa in the Fall of 2019 (in the time before COVID-19). She was our speaker at Resident Research Day.

Then our resident correspondents take us through a few tips around the Canadian Residency Match Service (CaRMS) process. Although the process will be different this year, we thought that they could still share some of their hard earned insights with the world.