The Canadian Journal of Physician Leadership (CJPL) is a peer-reviewed journal launched in 2014. Published quarterly, it focuses on topics and issues related to leadership and the health care system as they pertain mainly, but not exclusively, to physicians and physician leaders.

Volume 4, Issue number 3, Happy People Work Better features:

• Achieving Joy in Canada’ health care system: What can we do today?
  – Johny Van Aerde, MD, PhD
• Turning burnout into joy
  – Mamta Gautam, MD
• Transforming health care through systems and stories
  – Cheryl Heykoop, DSocSci, and Guy Nasmyth, PhD
• Five fundamentals of civility for physicians: Part 2
  – Michael Kaufmann, MD
• The continuing challenge of patient-centred care
  – Michael Gardam, MD and Judith John, BA
• Could Saskatchewan become the best place in the world to practise medicine?
  – Susan Shaw, MD, and Ivan Muzychka
• Accountability and trust: Sitting on a three-legged stool
  – Darren Larsen, MD
• Physician leadership development through the lens of LEADS and competency-based education
  – Ming-Ka Chan, MD, Celia Rodd, MD, Elisabete Doyle, MD, Eleanor MacDougall, MD, Jenette Hayward, MD, and Karen Gripp, MD
• Stories from our CCPES: Journey into the unknown
  – Gary Ing, MD
• Stories from our CCPES: My leadership journey
  – William Sischek, MD

This policy provides a series of broad, aspirational recommendations to help guide stakeholders at all levels of the health system to promote a healthy, vibrant, and engaged profession.

For more details visit the Canadian Medical Association website.

U of T Med is an alumni magazine like no other. Bold, ambitious and lively, we dive into medicine’s most pressing topics. Heal Thyself is the U of T Med publication from Summer 2017 addressing the topic of physician mental health.

This issue features:

• Can We Talk About Physician Mental Health?
• Who Heals the Healer?
• The Unspeakable Struggle
• A Heavy Toll
• Under Pressure
• After the Tragedy
• The Millennial Approach
• Ready, Steady, Reset
• Human Beings First and Foremost
• Unvarnished Truth

To review the U of T Med Summer 2017 issue, visit the website.

Participate by Live Stream or in-person on October 10 from 1:30 – 2:30 PM. This interactive talk will provide an overview of what predatory journals are and describe how they are having an impact on organizations, researchers, and patients. In doing so, the talk will touch on related topics including academic incentives, research funding, and science policy. It will discuss the impact of predatory journals on knowledge synthesis efforts and health literacy. It will recommend safeguards that stakeholders can put in place to limit interaction with these journals and to help reduce waste in how biomedical research is shared and used.

The speaker, Dr. Kelly Cobey,  is an Investigator at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) working in the Centre for Journalology.

CPD Credits

Earn 0.5 MOC credits under Section 2 for participating.

Access Details

For more information and to register visit the CADTH website.

Key Literature in Medical Education (KeyLIME) is a weekly podcast produced by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.  Articles that are important, innovative, or will impact your educational practice are discussed, bringing you the main points in under half an hour.

In episode 191, Creating a risky recipe for learning, host Dr. Linda Snell reviews the paper Assessment, feedback and the alchemy of learning by Watling CJ, and Ginsburg S. The paper delves into the tension between assessment’s focus on judgement and decision making and feedback’s focus on growth and development

Target Audience
Students, Scholars, Teachers

CPD Credits
Earn 0.5 MOC credits under Section 2 for each podcast

(July 2019 )

Background

The use of nonpowder projectile weapons, including airsoft, ball bearing (BB), Nerf, paintball, and pellet guns, is associated with a risk of eye injury that could result in vision loss, blindness, or loss of the eye. Given the growing number of recreational activities—for both children and adults—involving nonpowder projectile weapons, the COS has developed the following position statement and recommendations to encourage the safe use of these weapons and minimize the risk of eye injuries.

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Read the full position statement and recommendations from the Canadian Ophthalmological Society (COS).

The Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology (CJO) is pleased to announce that we are now accepting submissions of two new article types:

1. Research Letters: New or preliminary research findings, early reports of therapeutic trials in a cohort of patients, and survey research.
2. Photo Essays: High-quality photographs, photomicrographs, radiologic/other imaging studies, procedural illustrations depicting novel features of clinically important entities.

In addition to these new article type categories, the CJO has also added a new section for Ocular Imaging. Authors are encouraged to submit full length articles, research letters, correspondence/case reports, and photo essays to this new section. For more information on submission requirements, visit the CJO Author Information page.

We look forward to receiving your submissions!

Submit Your Manuscript

(July 2019)

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Read the full position paper from the Canadian Retina Society (CRS)

(April, 2019)

We are saddened about Jessica Starr’s death and convey our sympathy to her family, friends and all who are affected. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide is one of the leading causes of death in the United States and one of the few that is rising. However, it cannot be reduced to any single cause, and there is no clinical evidence linking suicide to laser vision correction surgery.

Based on the 7,000+ studies conducted, the millions of satisfied patients and the successful twenty years in-market history, we are fully confident in the safety and efficacy of laser vision correction for qualified candidates.

The safety and the benefits of laser vision correction procedures have been recognized by organizations with the highest standards for safety and visual acuity — including the U.S. Military and NASA, who conducted their own independent research. Today, these organizations make laser vision correction procedures available to improve the vision of their most elite personnel, including sharpshooters and astronauts.

Not everyone is a candidate for laser vision correction and every individual must weigh the risks and benefits of an elective medical procedure. The Canadian Ophthalmological Society and the Canadian Cornea, External Diseases and Refractive Surgery Society actively support patient education efforts with the goal of ensuring those who are interested in laser vision correction get the information they need to make the right decision for themselves and their vision.

Anyone contemplating suicide or worried about a friend or loved one should contact the Canada Suicide Prevention Service (CSPS) at the following toll-free number: 1-833-456-4566. Services are available in English and French, 24 hours a day.