MacEmerg Podcast

Welcome to Episode 25 of our MacEmerg podcast. In this episode: 1) We have Dr. Kevin Dong discussing a really great case and reminding us about some key pearls related to that case. 2) Dr. Lauren Beals and Dr. Jada Fitzpatrick discuss the trick topic of physician wellness in our Resident's Corner section. Now, sit back, relax and enjoy this months episode! ALSO, make sure to check out our new DIY...

Welcome to Episode 24 of the MacEmerg podcast. Please take a moment to complete our survey, sharing with us your thoughts on our podcast! This will help us continue to make quality content best suited for our listeners! Click on this link below to complete the survey: surveys.mcmaster.ca/limesurvey/index.php/732233 In this episode: 1) Teaching that Counts - Teresa interviews her segment co-host Dr...

Welcome to Episode 23 of the MacEmerg podcast. Please take a moment to complete our survey, sharing with us your thoughts on our podcast! This will help us continue to make quality content best suited for our listeners! Click on this link below to complete the survey: surveys.mcmaster.ca/limesurvey/index.php/732233 In this episode: 1) In time for PGY1 CaRMS apps, this month we hear from Drs. Batta...

Welcome to Episode 22 of our MacEmerg podcast. Please take a moment to complete our survey, sharing with us your thoughts on our podcast! This will help us continue to make quality content best suited for our listeners! Click on this link below to complete the survey: surveys.mcmaster.ca/limesurvey/index.php/732233 In this episode: 1) We had the pleasure of hearing from Dr. Carys Massarella - long...

Welcome to Episode 21 of MacEmerg Podcast. In this episode we feature one of our regional rounds speakers from this past year, Dr. Lisa Calder. Dr. Calder visited us from the University of Ottawa in the Fall of 2019 (in the time before COVID-19). She was our speaker at Resident Research Day. Then our resident correspondents take us through a few tips around the Canadian Residency Match Service (Ca...

Welcome to Episode 20 of our MacEmerg podcast. Please take a moment to complete our survey, sharing with us your thoughts on our podcast! This will help us continue to make quality content best suited for our listeners! Click on this link below to complete the survey: surveys.mcmaster.ca/limesurvey/index.php/732233 In this episode: 1) This is a special Resident Take-Over edition of the podcast. Dr...

Welcome to Episode 19 of our MacEmerg podcast. Please take a moment to complete our survey, sharing with us your thoughts on our podcast! This will help us continue to make quality content best suited for our listeners! Click on this link below to complete the survey: https://surveys.mcmaster.ca/limesurvey/index.php/732233 In this episode: 1) Dr. Teresa Chan interviews Tim O'Shea about his work wi...

Wednesday, July 1, 2020 Welcome to Episode 18 of our MacEmerg podcast. Please take a moment to complete our survey, sharing with us your thoughts on our podcast! This will help us continue to make quality content best suited for our listeners! Click on this link below to complete the survey: https://surveys.mcmaster.ca/limesurvey/index.php/732233 In this episode: 1) Dr. Brendon Trotter interviews...

Welcome to Episode 17 of our MacEmerg podcast. Firstly, we would like to invite you to all to participate in our first ever MacEmerg Podcast Survey. Please share with us your thoughts on our podcast? Click on this link below to complete the survey: https://surveys.mcmaster.ca/limesurvey/index.php/732233 In this episode we feature: 1) Dr. Kevin Dong interviews Dr. Teresa Chan about the rise in use...

1) Dr. Kevin Dong interviews Dr. James Leung on the in situ simulation procedures used by the McMaster Children's Hospital Simulation team. 2)Our residents (Drs. Joana Dida, Laila Nasser, Tara Stratton, Noorin Walji, Mark Hewitt, Jada Fitzpatrick, Alvin Chin) discuss how they are dealing and de-stressing during the COVID-19 pandemic. 3)We also feature another Teaching that Counts (segment 8)by Drs...

Dr. Kevin Dong (MacEmerg producer) recently invited in situ and quality improvement leaders from Hamilton area EDs to talk about how they are using simulation to educate and improve COVID-19 preparedness. The doctors in this episode include Alex Chorley (HHS), Michael Ha (SJHH), Chris Heyd (HHS), and Shawn Mondoux (SJHH). They discuss how they used various new forms of simulation to test new proto...

HFAM (Hamilton Family Medicine) Advanced Care Planning/Goals fo Care Task Force has been working hard to advocate for our most vulnerable patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the most important topics of discussion is about Advanced Care Planning and how this will be extremely vital to the Goals of Care of our patients if they arrive in the ED and unwell from the virus. We need to talk ab...

Welcome to Episode 15 of our MacEmerg podcast. In this episode we feature: 1) Our residents give us an update about all the really amazing things they've been doing to support front-line workers in this age of COVID-19. 2) Dr. Ari Greenwald shares his perspective on the COVID-19 pandemic. 3) Dr. Jonathan Edlow's Regional Rounds recap is presented (to give us all a much needed a break from COVID-19...

Alert! This is a special episode of MacEmerg Podcast. Today on March 26, 2020, our own Dr. Teresa Chan hosted the Department of Medicine's Chair's Rounds with Dr. Zain Chagla (@zchagla) on the topic of COVID19. Dr. Chagla reviewed the up-to-the-day evidence on #COVID19 diagnosis and management, with full critical appraisals of the most recent literature. The full talk and discussion is archived on...

Welcome to Episode 14 of our MacEmerg podcast. In this episode we feature: 1) Dr. Leila Salehi from William Osler is interviewed (by our Bramptonian Correspondent Dr. Prashant Phalpher) about her research on ED overcrowding. 2) Dr. Lauren Cook-Chaimowitz (PGY4 and chief resident)talks about her Point-of-Care Ultrasound fellowship experience with Dr. Joana Dida. 3)We also feature another Teaching t...

Happy birthday to us!! This is the 1-year anniversary (and episode 13) of our MacEmerg podcast. Thank you so much for tuning in - and if you have time, please drop us an email with your feedback (or birthday memes) at macemergpodcast@gmail.com. This thirteenth episode features three segments that should really get you jived about making change! In this episode we feature: 1) Dr. Michelle Welsford...

Wishing you a happy new year from your MacEmerg podcast team. This twelfth episode features numerous guests in one mega segment followed by another one of our regular segments. In this episode we feature: 1) Dr. Richard Winters, a coaching and leadership expert from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, USA. He visited us in May 2019 to talk about the differences between coaching, mentoring, and teach...

Welcome to the MacEmerg podcast. This podcast aims to connect all the faculty members in the MacEmerg family from across the region. From Niagara to Brampton...from Kitchener-Waterloo to Hamilton... we are going to feature the awesome talent from our region and highlight awesome things that are going on. This eleventh episode features numerous guests in one mega segment followed by another one of...

Welcome to the MacEmerg podcast. This podcast aims to connect all the faculty members in the MacEmerg family from across the region. From Niagara to Brampton...from Kitchener-Waterloo to Hamilton... we are going to feature the awesome talent from our region and highlight awesome things that are going on. This tenth episode features three guests and one new TTC segment: 1) New Chiefs are in town! D...

Welcome to the MacEmerg podcast. This podcast aims to connect all the faculty members in the MacEmerg family from across the region. From Niagara to Brampton...from Kitchener-Waterloo to Hamilton... we are going to feature the awesome talent from our region and highlight awesome things that are going on. This ninth episode features two guests and one new segment: 1) Dr. Teresa Chan interviews the...

Welcome to the MacEmerg podcast. This podcast aims to connect all the faculty members in the MacEmerg family from across the region. From Niagara to Brampton...from Kitchener-Waterloo to Hamilton... we are going to feature the awesome talent from our region and highlight awesome things that are going on. This seventh episode features two guests and one new segment: 1) Dr. Jeff Handler (POCUS direc...

Welcome to the MacEmerg podcast. This podcast aims to connect all the faculty members in the MacEmerg family from across the region. From Niagara to Brampton...from Kitchener-Waterloo to Hamilton... we are going to feature the awesome talent from our region and highlight awesome things that are going on. This seventh episode features two guests: 1) Dr. Alex Chorley (Clinical Assistant Professor/CP...

Welcome to the MacEmerg podcast. This podcast aims to connect all the faculty members in the MacEmerg family from across the region. From Niagara to Brampton...from Kitchener-Waterloo to Hamilton... we are going to feature the awesome talent from our region and highlight awesome things that are going on. This sixth episode features two guests: 1) Dr. Kyla Caners (Assistant Professor/Simulation Dir...

Welcome to the MacEmerg podcast. This podcast aims to connect all the faculty members in the MacEmerg family from across the region. From Niagara to Brampton...from Kitchener-Waterloo to Hamilton... we are going to feature the awesome talent from our region and highlight awesome things that are going on. This fifth episode features two guests: 1) Dr. Jonathan Sherbino (Full Professor/Trauma Team L...

Welcome to the MacEmerg podcast. This podcast aims to connect all the faculty members in the MacEmerg family from across the region. From Niagara to Brampton...from Kitchener-Waterloo to Hamilton... we are going to feature the awesome talent from our region and highlight awesome things that are going on. This fourth episode features two guests: 1) Dr. Kerstin De Wit, a thrombosis and emergency med...