Background: Anatomy teaching is often described as foundational in the education of physicians,
but in recent years there has been increasing pressure on teachers of neuroanatomy to …

Background: Physicians are required to maintain and sustain professional roles during their
careers, making the Professional Role an important component of postgraduate education. …

Group interventions for individuals facing cancer or HIV disease have drawn considerable
attention among researchers and clinicians over the past 20 years. There is growing evidence …

… Lara Hazelton Lara Hazelton, MD, is the director of academic faculty development for
Dalhousie Faculty of Medicine and an associate professor within the Department of Psychiatry. …

Power and leadership are intimately related. While physician leadership is widely discussed
in healthcare, power has received less attention. Formal organisational leadership by …

Background Distributed medical education (DME) offers manifold benefits, such as increased
training capacity, enhanced clinical learning, and enhanced rural physician recruitment. …

Background Previous studies have found that 20% of surveyed physicians had received gifts,
with the most common items being chocolates, baked goods, alcohol, and money. 1, 2 …

Successful medical encounters. Caregivers often feel inadequate and overwhelmed; a
small yet effective intervention is to acknowledge the caregiver’s competence and help the …

Requests for competency assessment of elderly patients are among the more common
referrals that medical and surgical units make to consultation-liaison psychiatrists. Special …

Growing evidence supports the value of group interventions for individuals who are at risk for
or have developed cancer or HIV disease. However, information is more limited concerning …