Third Rail: Incorporating psychotherapy into family medicine training - Part 1
Release Date: 07/21/2022
Planet Family Doc podcast with Dr Clayton Dyck: Dr Sonya Tsukagoshi Part 1
CFP Podcast
Canadian Family Physician is pleased to bring listeners the last “Planet Family Doc" Podcasts hosted by Dr Clayton Dyck. “Planet Family Doc” is a production of the Besrour Center, formerly at the College of Family Physicians of Canada. In a two-part podcast Dr Dyck interviews Dr Sonya Tsukagoshi about integrative medicine. Dr Tsukagoshi is a family physician practicing in London, UK. She is the former EYFDM (European Young Doctors) Liaison Officer and the former Chair of the Royal College of GPs (RCGP) Junior International Committee (JIC). She has completed a Masters in...
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Planet Family Doc podcast with Dr Clayton Dyck: Dr Jane Philpott Part 2
CFP Podcast
In this two-part “Planet Family Doc” podcast Dr Clayton Dyck interviews Dr Jane Philpott about her new book “Health For All” and her life-long work to make health care more socially accountable and to strengthen primary care. In part 2 of the podcast Dr Dyck and Dr Philpott discuss more personal issues such as the role of spiritual health in maintaining resilience as a physician in the Canadian context; why family physicians make for great leaders; and her advice to young family physicians interested in developing their leadership skills. Finally, Dr Philpott gives her recommendation...
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Planet Family Doc podcast with Dr Clayton Dyck: Dr Jane Philpott Part 1
CFP Podcast
In this two-part “Planet Family Doc” podcast Dr Clayton Dyck interviews Dr Jane Philpott about her new book “Health For All” and her life-long work to make health care more socially accountable and to strengthen primary care. In part 1 of the podcast Dr Dyck and Dr Phillpott discuss her work as the Dean in the Faculty of Medicine at Queen’s University, the ways to strengthen primary care in Canada by considering our current challenges, but also the things we can learn by looking globally at other primary care systems. They also discuss how Dr Philpott’s experience as a politician...
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2024 year-end review
CFP Podcast
Join Editor Dr Nick Pimlott and Deputy Editor Dr Sarah Fraser for their year-end review of some of the best and most interesting content in Canadian Family Physician for 2024. Sarah and Nick each chose half a dozen (okay, well Nick cheats just a bit) of their favorite articles to review and discuss why they think they are a worth a second look for CFP readers. Together the articles cover everything from practical clinical content, to research, to more reflective commentary and interviews. Below are the links to the articles Nick and Sarah discussed:
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Virtual Care
CFP Podcast
What is virtual care? What are the different types? Are some forms of virtual care better than others, depending on whether it is through the public or private system? In this CFP podcast, Dr Sarah Fraser and Dr Nick Pimlott interview Dr Sheryl Spithoff. She is the lead author of an important Commentary in our combined November-December issue, entitled “”. Co-authors of the article were Dr Ewan Affelck and Dr Lindsay Hedden.
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Perennial post-examination surprises
CFP Podcast
As a family medicine teacher or Program Director, have you ever had a highly capable resident learner fail the Simulated Office Oral (SOO) portion of the CCFP examination? Have you ever wondered why that might happen? In the September CFP Podcast, Editor Dr Nick Pimlott interviews Dr Kendall Noel from the University of Ottawa about his article in the issue of the journal entitled . Together they take a deep dive into Dr Noel’s work on clinical reasoning, dual process theory and his hypothesis that “the intermediate effect” might account for the perennial exam surprise.
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Graphic medicine
CFP Podcast
Have you ever heard of graphic medicine? Have you wondered what is the difference between a comic and a cartoon? And how is this related to your work in the clinic? In this episode of the CFP podcast, Drs Nick Pimlott and Sarah Fraser interview author Susan MacLeod about all things graphic medicine. We dive into Susan’s professional experiences in government health communications and her transition into becoming an internationally acclaimed author. She then defines graphic medicine, gives us an overview of why it’s important, and how it relates to compassion and burnout in the health care...
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Navigating the landscape of health data, health informatics and digital health: a conversation with Dr Rashaad Bhyat
CFP Podcast
In this episode of the CFP Podcast, join Deputy Editor Dr Sarah Fraser and Editor Dr Nick Pimlott in a wide-ranging discussion about health data, health informatics and digital health with Dr Rashaad Bhyat, a family physician and Senior Clinical Leader at the Centre for Clinical Innovation in Digital Health, a branch of Canada Health Infoway.
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Deprescribing sedatives: a discussion with two pharmacists
CFP Podcast
When are sleep aids indicated? What is the evidence behind melatonin? Why do sedatives put patients at risk for pneumonia? Learn all this and more in this week’s episode of the CFP Podcast. Drs Sarah Fraser and Nick Pimlott interview two pharmacists about the topic of insomnia and deprescribing sedatives. Dr David Gardner is a pharmacist and the Director of Research in Community Psychiatry at Dalhousie University and Dr. Stephanie Lynch is a pharmacist with a Family Health Team in the Department of Family Medicine at Queen’s University in Belleville, Ontario. In this podcast, the guests...
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Staying human during residency training
CFP Podcast
Join CFP Editor, Dr. Nick Pimlott, and Deputy Editor, Dr. Sarah Fraser, as they interview Dr. Allan Peterkin on the release of the 25th anniversary edition of the book “Staying Human During Residency Training: How to Survive and Thrive after Medical School”, which he co-authored with Dr. Derek Puddester. They discuss topics ranging from the pervasiveness of burnout in medicine, the value of the medical humanities and narrative medicine, continuing to find meaning in medicine, and why the book, now in its seventh edition, remains a valuable resource on being and staying well, not just for...
info_outlineThe untapped benefits of using psychotherapy techniques in everyday practice drive this conversation between Dr Sarah Fraser and Dr Peter MacKean in Part 1 of this podcast. A semi-retired family physician in PEI, Dr MacKean aims to raise awareness and uptake of these methods in family medicine training and practice.
This podcast builds on his article “Potential of a cognitive-behavioural approach to improve patient symptoms in a primary care setting,” published in the February 2022 issue of CFP.
The book mentioned in this episode is Using CBT in general practice: the 10 minute CBT handbook, by Lee David.