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Why you shouldn’t use a incentive spirometer after surgery and what to do instead.
Thats an incentive spirometer. It’s meant to encourage patients bedridden to fill the lungs fully with air periodically to prevent atelect...
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Do vs Don’t I think there are multitude of “facts” about nutrition but little guidance on which of these “facts” are the most important one...
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Given 80% of Canadians have modifiable risk factors (Health Canada); why is there no conversations about “Universal cradle-to-grave educat...
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Dear patient, It is with gratitude for your trust in me as your physician that I share the following personal perspectives with you. ...
In my experience, the sponsors of CME makes valiant effort to be free of bias for its own products. I find what most CME events do lack are the perspectives on the importance of self-management education. There seems to be an implicit bias for the importance of medication over that of patient empowerment. (Even though self-management are Grade 1A. recommendations on national guidelines by CANMAT, CDA, CCS-lipid ) I think these CME events can become great opportunities for open ended discussion that promote a growing awareness on how to provide an even more balanced and effective approach to healthcare.