The Connection Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Disease
Reading time: 8 minutes The connection between adverse childhood experiences and physical health in adulthood is indisputable, with childhood trauma a significant, independent risk factor for disease.
Working with Trauma Survivors: How Not to Harm Yourself or Others
Reading time: 4 minutes As an adjudicator in the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, Métis-Cree lawyer Myrna McCallum has insights on how to better connect with your Indigenous patients.
‘In Dialogue’ Episode 21: Providing Compassionate and Equitable Care to Unhoused Patients
Reading time: 2 minutes Dr. Claire Bodkin and Marcie McIlveen discuss providing safe opioid supply and support to people who are living with addictions and substance use in addition to facing challenges with housing and shelter in Hamilton, Ontario.
‘In Dialogue’ Episode 20: Rehumanizing Medicine by Addressing Ableism in Health Care
Reading time: 2 minutes Drs. Lynn Ashdown and Caroline Bowman, who both have lived experience with disability, speak candidly about their experiences navigating the healthcare system as providers and as patients living with disabilities.
Human Rights in the Provision of Health Services
Reading time: 2 minutes The updated policy requires physicians take reasonable steps to create and foster a safe, inclusive and accessible environment for their patients.
Ableism is a Health Hazard
Reading time: 9 minutes Ableism is everywhere. Physicians with lived experience describe struggling with their internalized biases as they come to understand what it means to live with a disability.
Reducing Barriers to Care
Reading time: 3 minutes CPSO continues to work closely with our health care partners to improve physician supply in Ontario and results from our updated registration policies have been encouraging.
Bridging the Genetic Gap in Indigenous Health
Reading time: 10 minutes The Silent Genomes Project is working to ensure Indigenous genomes are included as reference data, an important early step when diagnosing rare genetic conditions.
Addressing Urgency
Reading time: 3 minutes Patients are unsettled by their unsuccessful efforts to access care in a stressed system. CPSO Council President Dr. Rob Gratton talks about the urgency for change.
‘In Dialogue’ Episode 16: Transforming Health: Inclusive, Personalized Care
Reading time: 2 minutes Dr. Jordan Goodridge, a family physician specializing in 2SLGBTQIA+ health and HIV care, talks about creating inclusive spaces; continuous learning to better support all patients; and individualizing care for better health outcomes.
Putting Patients First
Reading time: 4 minutes In an era of ongoing crisis and intense change, it’s easy to forget our first principles. But at CPSO, writes Dr. Rob Gratton, our mandate is clear: to serve in the public interest.
Continued Challenges in 2023
Reading time: 3 minutes Dr. Nancy Whitmore, Registrar/CEO, writes about the physician supply issue and the need to disrupt the proliferation of online health misinformation.