The
Canadian Medical Education Journal (CMEJ) is pleased to announce the publication of its inaugural issue.
The CMEJ "is an online, open-access peer-reviewed journal exploring new developments and perspectives in the field of medical education from premedical to postgraduate and continuing medical education. We intend to publish research that focuses on the quantitative and qualitative aspects of prominent issues in the education, training and maintenance of health care professionals. Furthermore, the journal provides a forum for discussion specific to the challenges faced by medical education practitioners in Canada and internationally. Research in areas related to medical education including psychology, psychometrics, sociology, anthropology, linguistics, economics and other sciences is welcome. The target audience includes medical and medical education researchers and scholars, practitioners and professionals, universities and their students."
Labels: Canada, Canadian Medical Education Journal, ejournals, medical education, medical journal
Since the 1970s, the percentage of foreign-trained doctors practising in Canada has declined considerably.
A new report released by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) shows the number of international medical graduates (IMGs), as a proportion of the physician workforce in Canada, decreased from 33% in the 1970s to 22% in 2007. The decline was seen in all provinces and in the territories and may be largely due to the aging and retirement of the wave of British- and Irish-trained physicians who began practising in earlier decades, as well as smaller proportions of new foreign-trained doctors setting up practice in Canada. The report also found that more than one-quarter (
27%) of
Canada’s foreign-trained doctors actually grew up in Canada but studied overseas. Labels: Canada, Foreign Medical Graduates, foreign-trained doctors, IMG, International Medical Graduates, statistics
"Medicine has one of the highest rates of burnout. Experts say some 50% of medical professionals suffer from a form of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. It's not unexpected - the hours are long, the patients looking to you to solve their problems, and the stakes are very high if you can't. No medical professional wants to compromise patient care, but when they're burned out, it's pretty much inevitable. This week on
White Coat, Black Art, burnout among your health professionals [in Canada].
CBC Radio Canada hosts "White Coat, Black Art":"Dr. Brian Goldman takes listeners through the swinging doors of hospitals and doctors' offices, behind the curtain where the gurney lies. It's a biting, original and provocative show that will demystify the world of medicine. We'll explore the tension between hope and reality: between what patients want, and what doctors can deliver. Doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals will explain how the system works, and why, with a refreshing and unprecedented level of honesty."
UPDATE Jan 12/2010: More research has now been published on the subject of
'burnout' among physicians in the December issue of
Canadian Family Physician.
Labels: burnout, Canada, health care, stress
An important new partnership initiative was announced yesterday in Ottawa, Canada. The
National Research Council's Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (NRC-CISTI), the
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and the US
National Library of Medicine (NLM) will be working together to establish
PubMed Central Canada (PMC Canada). This will be a searchable, web-based, national digital repository of peer-reviewed health and life sciences literature providing free and open access to Canadian health research.
Click on the title to read the press release.Labels: Canada, CIHR, CISTI, health research, medical research, NLM, NRC, open source, PubMed Central Canada
Official Launch of a Canadian 30-Year Cancer Prevention Study The Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow Project will be a study of 300,000 Canadians from across the country "that explores how genetics, environment, lifestyle and behaviour contribute to the development of cancer."
One of the largest studies of its kind, the intention is to track "randomly selected Canadians (ages 35 to 69) for at least the next 20 to 30 years", gathering information on health and lifestyle; along with data from laboratory tests. The information will help researchers, policy-makers and others understand how different combinations of risk-factors may contribute to cancer.
Labels: Canada, cancer prevention, cancer research
