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Dr. Cindy Maxwell (Associate Professor and Division Head of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Sinai Health) has accepted the inaugural role of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Officer for the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at the University of Toronto. Dr. Maxwell will engage widely in her new role, including serving as a member of the Executive Committee and in an advisory capacity to all statutory committees in our Department. Read more from U of T.


Is vaping safe? Dr. John Granton, Head of the Division of Respirology at UHN and Sinai Health, answers audience questions on CBC Morning Live about the health concerns of vaping and e-cigarettes. Watch the segment on CBC Morning Live’s Twitter page


Identifying potentially aggressive patients through a variety of tools proves to be effective in reducing violence against health care workers, according to a recent case study from researchers at Mount Sinai Hospital. Read more in the latest issue of Canadian Occupational Safety


Dr. Kieran Quinn, General Internist and Palliative Care physician at Sinai Health, shares his thoughts about both the legal and ethical considerations of MAiD, and who has access. Read more on Healthy Debate.


Podcasts

In the latest episode of At the Bedside, Christianna Facey-Crowther, RN at Mount Sinai Hospital, Chats with Kathryn Kozell and shares clinical pearls and language to support patients to live well with ostomy. Learn more and listen: https://atthebedside.ca/

Drs. Amol Verma and Kieran Quinn discuss four articles that piqued their interest related to high value care in the latest The Rounds Table podcast.

Drs. Ross Upshur and Michelle Nelson recently published “Healthy research ecosystem – healthy researchers? The researcher as an organism of focus within a ‘research ecosystem’” in Academic Matters. Hear Michelle and Ross discuss what it means to be a good academic citizen and more in Parts I and II of their discussion. Learn more and listen: http://researchcollab.blubrry.com/


Awards

Congratulations to the Reitman Centre, who were recognized with a Gold award in the International 21st Annual Digital Health Awards® Fall 2019 Session for the video “s it OK to Lie to My Family Member with Dementia?. This patient education video was created by the Reitman Centre team, written by Dr. Rhonda Feldman, presented by LJ Nelles, and produced by Deiren Masterson. View the full announcement and the video on DementiaCarers.ca