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November 20, 2023

How can you define a ‘drug’? Nobody really knows

Sam Baron, Australian Catholic University

Everybody thinks they know what drugs are, but a clear definition is surprisingly elusive.

Health sciences education needs to be updated to include training in technology. (Shutterstock)

March 16, 2022

Using artificial intelligence in health sciences education requires interdisciplinary collaboration and risk assessment

Elif Bilgic, McMaster University and Jason M. Harley, McGill University

There are growing applications of artificial intelligence in health sciences education. Students and practitioners need to be educated on using these technologies and made aware of their implications.

Training in improvisational theatre enables health professionals to learn deeper empathy, as well as mental agility and other clinical skills. (Shutterstock)

October 2, 2018

How theatre training can boost your doctor’s empathy

Hartley Jafine, McMaster University

Health professionals need a dose of drama in their training to build clinical and interpersonal skills.

A few woefully underfunded academic health sciences centres are responsible for providing complex care to patients with life-threatening illnesses as well as training future doctors and testing the latest in new surgical techniques. (Shutterstock)

August 29, 2018

Why we need academic health science centres

Stephen L Archer, Queen's University, Ontario

Canada’s systems of health funding, medical training and physician compensation need an overhaul – to support vital centres of medical research and complex care.

June 10, 2018

Life in a herd – and why in health watching symptoms is easy, but finding causes is hard

Will J Grant, Australian National University and Rod Lamberts, Australian National University

Life in the human herd is complex, and we are unavoidably inter-dependent when it comes to our health. Population health science looks at the things that cause ill-health in the first place.

If the government expanded the new $73 million Student Work-Integrated Learning program to all students it could help tackle Canada’s most intractable social problems — such as homelessness, reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, affordable housing, social cohesion and intercultural understanding.

October 24, 2017

Government should expand student placements into social sector

Dr David Peacock, University of Alberta

A new government program will create 10,000 work placements for undergraduates in only business and STEM subjects. Why not fund students to innovate in the social sector too?

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