Articles
June 2014
Two Wings and a Prayer: Should Canada Make It Easier for Canadian Doctors Trained Abroad to Enter Practice Here?
When physician supply outpaced population growth in the 1970s, as it is doing today, governments curtailed the entry of international graduates. This misguided approach could happen again.
May 2014
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons
Science writer Sam Kean burrows into the workings of an organ once deemed as unknowable as the far reaches of the galaxy, and does so with boyish charm, accessible language, ...
May 2014
I want the Safe Surgery Checklist to be used in my operation!
A recent publication by Canadian authors suggested that the Safe Surgery Checklist was ineffective in achieving its objectives of reducing complications and deaths, despite having been adopted by Accreditation Canada ...