CMAJ Podcasts: Exploring the latest in Canadian medicine from coast to coast to coast with your hosts, Drs. Mojola Omole and Blair Bigham. CMAJ Podcasts delves into the scientific and social health advances on the cutting edge of Canadian health care. Episodes include real stories of patients, clinicians, and others who are impacted by our health care system.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 6 days 41 minutes
Virtual versus in-person consultation: getting the mix right
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, Ontario saw a 5600% increase in virtual visits to health care practitioners, while in-office visits decreased by 79% from the previous year. In 2018, only 4% of family physicians in Canada were offering video visits while, at the peak of the pandemic, about 80% of primary care visits were being delivered virtually in Ontario...
Diagnosing, treating and living with migraine
Migraine is a common condition that affects around 12% of adults, with a higher prevalence in women (18%) than men (6%). Global burden of disease estimates in 2019 found migraine to be the leading cause of disability in women aged 15-49 years and the second leading cause of disability overall.
On this episode, Drs. Mojole and Bigham interview three authors of two review articles on the topic published in CMAJ, which focus on diagnosis, acute treatment and prevention of migraine. Dr...
Diagnosing, assessing and treating long COVID
Diagnosing long COVID, or post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC), is challenging for clinicians. With up to 200 possible symptoms, heterogeneous presentations and no definitive diagnostic test, the diagnosis is a clinical one.
In this episode, Dr. Kieran Quinn, a general internist and palliative care physician at Mount Sinai and Bridgepoint Hospitals in Toronto, emphasizes the importance of judicious diagnostic testing in patients with suspected long COVID...
Looking back, looking forward with CMAJ editors
On this special episode, Drs. Blair Bigham and Mojola Omole interview CMAJ editor-in-chief, Dr. Kirsten Patrick, and executive editor, Dr. James Maskalyk. They talk about the journal's accomplishments over the past year and some of the challenges related to its increased focus on social determinants of health and equity.
In the year ahead, Drs...
Canada’s primary care crisis: addressing the causes and finding solutions
A popular theory to explain the crisis in primary care in Canada is that newly graduating physicians simply do not see as many patients as previous generations. But recently published research has thoroughly debunked that myth...
Managing epistaxis and identifying who may have a bleeding disorder
An “old wives’ tale” has persisted in the treatment of anterior epistaxis. A practice article in CMAJ entitled, "Five things to know about anterior epistaxis" discusses what many are doing wrong and the proper way to treat anterior epistaxis. On this episode, co-author and rhinologist Dr. Leigh Sowerby elaborates on the causes and the full suite of options for treating this common cause for emergency department visits.
Next, Drs. Bigham and Omole speak with Dr...
Recognizing and addressing human monkeypox in Canada
A practice article in CMAJ presents 8 images of monkeypox mucocutaneous lesions presenting in Canadian patients from May to July 2022. The images show a spectrum of common lesions seen in patients with human monkeypox during the 2022 outbreak in non-endemic countries.
On this episode, Dr. Sharon Sukhdeo and Dr...
Exploring the promise of AI in medicine
Artificial intelligence, such as computer-aided detection and computer-aided diagnosis or differentiation uses complex algorithms to identify and characterize polyps in situ during screening for colorectal cancer. Emergent evidence suggests that the performance of AI models is superior to current standards of practice.
On this episode, Drs Bigham and Omole speak with Dr...
Special Episode: Tackling anti-Black racism in medicine
Efforts to combat anti-Black racism in Canadian healthcare are underway but much remains to be done to dismantle the ideas, systems and implicit biases that underpin this specific form of discrimination.
On this special one-hour episode, Drs Omole and Bigham explore the history of anti-Black racism in Canada’s medical schools, in particular at Queen’s University, where a ban on Black students was only formally lifted in 2018...
Ensuring equitable access to cancer care for Black populations
Black and immigrant populations are disproportionately underrepresented in regular screening for cancer. Race-based data from Canada are minimally-available, but research from the United States and Europe has shown that the lifetime risk of developing prostate cancer is much higher among Black people compared to white people and Black people who do get the disease tend to have more aggressive tumors and to present at a later stage...