Curing doctor shortage
Suggesting that medical education has not evolved with the needs of society, Dr. Tony Santilippo, a Queens University professor, writes that team- based care is one of the best ways to address the need for more primary care physicians. Shift training, extending co-op stints in family medicine and working with other health professionals, will help familiarize and bring med school students into the what one med school dean called, the “joy of family medicine”.
Source: CBC
Game builds trust
‘Little by little’ is a conversational card game designed to facilitate trust between previously unhoused individuals and their new housing service providers, case managers and social workers. The easy-to-play game incorporates trauma informed prompts to promote meaningful connections which focus on the role of trust in breaking the cycle of homelessness. Workers find a 30% improved recovery rate tied to establishing 2–3 year post-housing care programs.
Source: Design Boom
What is Impostor Syndrome?
Recognized in the ‘70’s, this condition is being seen more in marginalized groups. After decades of feeling like a fraud in their own bodies and being told symptoms like pain are in their head, people start to believe that they are impostors. Not only do they start to believe asking for help is a sign of weakness but often begin to self-sabotage and compare too much with others.
Source: The Mighty
Growing older in Canada
With 2024 findings drawn from nearly 6,000 Canadians aged 50 and older, this year’s NIA report, builds on the work done in previously highlights areas of stability, progress, ongoing challenges and persistent inequities particularly for Canada’s vulnerable populations. It also identifies actionable areas where focused interventions and innovations in policy can truly improve quality of life for older adults. The full report can be found at the National Institute of Ageing, www.niageing.ca/
Source: NIA
Flesh-eating bacteria
On the rise and “scaring the living daylights out of ER doctors”, ‘Nec fasc’ is a rapidly spreading and potential lethal necrotizing soft-tissue infection. It’s said to be caused by invasive group A streptococcus but research is ongoing. Life and limb threatening, cases are tough to spot, hard to control and if the patient survives, recovery taking months. Amputations may be necessary to control the infection.
Source: National Post
Images: CanStock. National Institute of Ageing. Joe Finbow. iStock.
