Welcome to Episode 20 of our MacEmerg podcast. Please take a moment to complete our survey, sharing with us your thoughts on our podcast! This will help us continue to make quality content best suited for our listeners! Click on this link below to complete the survey: surveys.mcmaster.ca/limesurvey/index.php/732233 In this episode: 1) This is a special Resident Take-Over edition of the podcast. Dr. Spencer Sample interviews our trainees from the new Royal College EM program first year cohort abo...
Sep 01, 2020•1 hr
Welcome to Episode 19 of our MacEmerg podcast. Please take a moment to complete our survey, sharing with us your thoughts on our podcast! This will help us continue to make quality content best suited for our listeners! Click on this link below to complete the survey: https://surveys.mcmaster.ca/limesurvey/index.php/732233 In this episode: 1) Dr. Teresa Chan interviews Tim O'Shea about his work within health advocacy for his patients in Hamilton via the HAMSMaRT (Hamilton Social Medicine Respons...
Aug 01, 2020•50 min
Wednesday, July 1, 2020 Welcome to Episode 18 of our MacEmerg podcast. Please take a moment to complete our survey, sharing with us your thoughts on our podcast! This will help us continue to make quality content best suited for our listeners! Click on this link below to complete the survey: https://surveys.mcmaster.ca/limesurvey/index.php/732233 In this episode: 1) Dr. Brendon Trotter interviews Dr. Kashif Pirzada who speaks about the amazing grassroot initiatives that have taken place during t...
Jul 01, 2020•1 hr 21 min
Welcome to Episode 17 of our MacEmerg podcast. Firstly, we would like to invite you to all to participate in our first ever MacEmerg Podcast Survey. Please share with us your thoughts on our podcast? Click on this link below to complete the survey: https://surveys.mcmaster.ca/limesurvey/index.php/732233 In this episode we feature: 1) Dr. Kevin Dong interviews Dr. Teresa Chan about the rise in use of Social Media within medicine. No longer can we ignore that this is a key way that we are learning...
Jun 01, 2020•36 min
1) Dr. Kevin Dong interviews Dr. James Leung on the in situ simulation procedures used by the McMaster Children's Hospital Simulation team. 2)Our residents (Drs. Joana Dida, Laila Nasser, Tara Stratton, Noorin Walji, Mark Hewitt, Jada Fitzpatrick, Alvin Chin) discuss how they are dealing and de-stressing during the COVID-19 pandemic. 3)We also feature another Teaching that Counts (segment 8)by Drs. Alim Nagji and Teresa Chan, this time featuring how we can support our learners either online (for...
May 01, 2020•1 hr 3 min
Dr. Kevin Dong (MacEmerg producer) recently invited in situ and quality improvement leaders from Hamilton area EDs to talk about how they are using simulation to educate and improve COVID-19 preparedness. The doctors in this episode include Alex Chorley (HHS), Michael Ha (SJHH), Chris Heyd (HHS), and Shawn Mondoux (SJHH). They discuss how they used various new forms of simulation to test new protocols, trial donning/doffing procedures, identify latent safety threats, and engage in virtual simula...
Apr 24, 2020•52 min
HFAM (Hamilton Family Medicine) Advanced Care Planning/Goals fo Care Task Force has been working hard to advocate for our most vulnerable patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the most important topics of discussion is about Advanced Care Planning and how this will be extremely vital to the Goals of Care of our patients if they arrive in the ED and unwell from the virus. We need to talk about this NOW and all Primary Care and Specialty Physicians should discuss this with their most high-...
Apr 13, 2020•47 min
Welcome to Episode 15 of our MacEmerg podcast. In this episode we feature: 1) Our residents give us an update about all the really amazing things they've been doing to support front-line workers in this age of COVID-19. 2) Dr. Ari Greenwald shares his perspective on the COVID-19 pandemic. 3) Dr. Jonathan Edlow's Regional Rounds recap is presented (to give us all a much needed a break from COVID-19 content). 4)We also feature another Teaching that Counts (segment 7) by Drs. Alim Nagji and Teresa ...
Apr 01, 2020•1 hr 34 min
Alert! This is a special episode of MacEmerg Podcast. Today on March 26, 2020, our own Dr. Teresa Chan hosted the Department of Medicine's Chair's Rounds with Dr. Zain Chagla (@zchagla) on the topic of COVID19. Dr. Chagla reviewed the up-to-the-day evidence on #COVID19 diagnosis and management, with full critical appraisals of the most recent literature. The full talk and discussion is archived on YouTube: https://youtu.be/m0TyZW1x83Y?t=2 At that link in the comments there are links to his slide...
Mar 26, 2020•1 hr 26 min
Welcome to Episode 14 of our MacEmerg podcast. In this episode we feature: 1) Dr. Leila Salehi from William Osler is interviewed (by our Bramptonian Correspondent Dr. Prashant Phalpher) about her research on ED overcrowding. 2) Dr. Lauren Cook-Chaimowitz (PGY4 and chief resident)talks about her Point-of-Care Ultrasound fellowship experience with Dr. Joana Dida. 3)We also feature another Teaching that Counts (segment 6) by Drs. Alim Nagji and Teresa Chan. This time they discuss the Anatomy of Fee...
Mar 01, 2020•34 min
Happy birthday to us!! This is the 1-year anniversary (and episode 13) of our MacEmerg podcast. Thank you so much for tuning in - and if you have time, please drop us an email with your feedback (or birthday memes) at [email protected]. This thirteenth episode features three segments that should really get you jived about making change! In this episode we feature: 1) Dr. Michelle Welsford is interviewed about her perspectives on Women in Medicine. A woman and a physician-leader herself, ...
Feb 01, 2020•1 hr 18 min
Wishing you a happy new year from your MacEmerg podcast team. This twelfth episode features numerous guests in one mega segment followed by another one of our regular segments. In this episode we feature: 1) Dr. Richard Winters, a coaching and leadership expert from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, USA. He visited us in May 2019 to talk about the differences between coaching, mentoring, and teaching. 2) Our own Dr. Jillian Roberge is interviewed in the Resident's Corner about her work on indige...
Jan 01, 2020•1 hr 5 min
Welcome to the MacEmerg podcast. This podcast aims to connect all the faculty members in the MacEmerg family from across the region. From Niagara to Brampton...from Kitchener-Waterloo to Hamilton... we are going to feature the awesome talent from our region and highlight awesome things that are going on. This eleventh episode features numerous guests in one mega segment followed by another one of our regular segments. Our McMaster Children's Hospital Simulation team all piled in with Dr. Kevin D...
Dec 02, 2019•1 hr 17 min
Welcome to the MacEmerg podcast. This podcast aims to connect all the faculty members in the MacEmerg family from across the region. From Niagara to Brampton...from Kitchener-Waterloo to Hamilton... we are going to feature the awesome talent from our region and highlight awesome things that are going on. This tenth episode features three guests and one new TTC segment: 1) New Chiefs are in town! Drs. Greg Rutledge (St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton - new Chief of ED) and Kuldeep Sidhu (Hamilton H...
Nov 01, 2019•47 min
Welcome to the MacEmerg podcast. This podcast aims to connect all the faculty members in the MacEmerg family from across the region. From Niagara to Brampton...from Kitchener-Waterloo to Hamilton... we are going to feature the awesome talent from our region and highlight awesome things that are going on. This ninth episode features two guests and one new segment: 1) Dr. Teresa Chan interviews the MacEmerg family members (nurses, residents, physicians, administrators, and educators) on the recent...
Oct 01, 2019•46 min
Welcome to the MacEmerg podcast. This podcast aims to connect all the faculty members in the MacEmerg family from across the region. From Niagara to Brampton...from Kitchener-Waterloo to Hamilton... we are going to feature the awesome talent from our region and highlight awesome things that are going on. This seventh episode features two guests and one new segment: 1) Dr. Jeff Handler (POCUS director at Brampton Civic Hospital) is interviewed by our community correspondent Dr. Prashant Phalpher....
Sep 01, 2019•41 min
Welcome to the MacEmerg podcast. This podcast aims to connect all the faculty members in the MacEmerg family from across the region. From Niagara to Brampton...from Kitchener-Waterloo to Hamilton... we are going to feature the awesome talent from our region and highlight awesome things that are going on. This seventh episode features two guests: 1) Dr. Alex Chorley (Clinical Assistant Professor/CPD Director for MacEmerg)who drops some great clinical teaching pearls; 2)Dr. Ali Mulla (PGY5) who sp...
Aug 02, 2019•43 min
Welcome to the MacEmerg podcast. This podcast aims to connect all the faculty members in the MacEmerg family from across the region. From Niagara to Brampton...from Kitchener-Waterloo to Hamilton... we are going to feature the awesome talent from our region and highlight awesome things that are going on. This sixth episode features two guests: 1) Dr. Kyla Caners (Assistant Professor/Simulation Director/Founder of EMsimcases.com) who tells her personal story of how she developed her academic nich...
Jul 01, 2019•41 min
Welcome to the MacEmerg podcast. This podcast aims to connect all the faculty members in the MacEmerg family from across the region. From Niagara to Brampton...from Kitchener-Waterloo to Hamilton... we are going to feature the awesome talent from our region and highlight awesome things that are going on. This fifth episode features two guests: 1) Dr. Jonathan Sherbino (Full Professor/Trauma Team Leader) who has a few tips and tricks before we head into the high season of trauma; 2)Dr. Paula Snea...
Jun 01, 2019•25 min
Welcome to the MacEmerg podcast. This podcast aims to connect all the faculty members in the MacEmerg family from across the region. From Niagara to Brampton...from Kitchener-Waterloo to Hamilton... we are going to feature the awesome talent from our region and highlight awesome things that are going on. This fourth episode features two guests: 1) Dr. Kerstin De Wit, a thrombosis and emergency medicine physician and leading researcher in the field, is interviewed by Dr. Brendon Trotter. She spea...
May 01, 2019•35 min
Welcome to the MacEmerg podcast. This podcast aims to connect all the faculty members in the MacEmerg family from across the region. From Niagara to Brampton...from Kitchener-Waterloo to Hamilton... we are going to feature the awesome talent from our region and highlight awesome things that are going on. This third episode features two guests: 1) Mr. Omar Boursaille joins Dr. Teresa Chan in discussing the role of artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms in the future of medicine; ...
Apr 01, 2019•32 min
Welcome to the MacEmerg podcast. This podcast aims to connect all the faculty members in the MacEmerg family from across the region. From Niagara to Brampton...from Kitchener-Waterloo to Hamilton... we are going to feature the awesome talent from our region and highlight awesome things that are going on. This second episode features two guests: 1) Dr. Anthony Crocco - Chief of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at McMaster Children's Hospital 2)Dr. Chris Skappak (PGY4) - who has undertaken a geriatric...
Feb 28, 2019•38 min
Welcome to the MacEmerg podcast. This podcast aims to connect all the faculty members in the MacEmerg family from across the region. From Niagara to Brampton...from Kitchener-Waterloo to Hamilton... we are going to feature the awesome talent from our region and highlight awesome things that are going on. This first episode will feature two guests: 1) Dr. Sangita Sharma - coroner, EM doc, and an expert in domestic violence). 2)Dr. Laila Nasser (PGY2) - who has been designing an implementing a wel...
Jan 24, 2019•27 min
