Hey Clerk Commuters - here's an episode you won't find a textbook page for: the soft skills in psychiatry. Today's episode features an interview with Dr. Mary Preisman, a consultant liaison psychiatrist at Mount Sinai Hospital who gives advice on some important topics for your block - enjoy!
Hey Clerk Commuters - time to start off the psychiatry block series. Mental status exam is significant for thought process being clear and succinct and thought content being advice! We have the privilege of asking for advice for this block from two UofT psychiatry residents, Drs. Sabrina Botsford and Dr. Rachel Carr, and two psychiatry staff, Dr. Ralph Lewis, affiliated with Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Dr. Mary Preisman, staff psychiatry consultation liaison at Mount Sinai Hospital....
Hey Clerk Commuters - time to cut the skin! For this episode, we interview two staff breast surgical oncologists and general surgeons, Dr. Jory Simpson, affiliated with St. Michael’s Hospital and Dr. Alana Hosein, affiliated with Credit Valley Hospital Trillium Health Partners. Scrub in and let's get started.
Hey Clerk Commuters - sticks and stones may break your bones but gallstones might hurt you ... especially after a fatty meal! Join us today for an introduction to gallstone pathology. Todays episode was written by senior medical student, Danning Zhang, and edited by staff breast oncologist and general surgeon at Trillium Health, Dr. Alana Hosein.
Hey Clerk Commuters - is that Niagara falls or is my patient in labour? Join us for another OB GYN episode where we learn how to assess whether a triage patient is in labour. This episode was written by senior medical student, Lauren Clarfield, and edited by Dr. Chelsie Warshafsky, a PGY5 obstetrics and gynecology resident at the University of Toronto.
Hi Clerk Commuters! Looks like we’re crowning - welcome to the kick-off episode for your OB GYN block. Today we are lucky enough to interview two University of Toronto PGY5 Residents, Drs. Rebecca Cherniak and Michael Chaikof and two staff obstetricians and gynecologists from Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Drs. Leslie Po and Jamie Kroft to give us advice starting the OB GYN block and advice for clerks in general! Time to get our feet wet and check if it’s amniotic fluid!
Hi Clerk Commuters - welcome to the first episode of what UofT Med Students will know as the “Grab Bag” rotation series. Grab Bag consists of Anesthesia, Emergency Medicine, Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology. Today we have the pleasure of getting Grab Bag specific advice from a physician anesthesia physician at St. Michael’s Hospital, Dr. Jeff Wassermann, a staff emergency room physician at Sick Kids Hospital, Dr. Greg Harvey, and Dr. Chantal Li, a PGY3 Otolaryngology resident at UofT.
Hey Clerk Commuters - I can’t remember the 5 A’s of anesthesia because I’m amnestic but you will after this podcast! This introduction to anesthesia episode was written by John Mikhaeil, senior medical student at the University of Toronto and edited by Dr. Sena Aflaki, staff Anesthesiologist at Southlake Regional Health Centre (Newmarket), Cardiac Anesthetist. Enjoy and we’ll see you when you wake up :)
Hey Clerk Commuters - time to meet our 1st developmental milestone of the peds rotation - the advice episode! Today we interview three pediatrician staff at the Hospital for Sick Children, Dr. Julie Johnstone, Dr. Stacey Bernstein, and Dr. Hosanna Au.
Hey Clerk Commuters! Red cells are red, violets are blue, you might be anemic, don’t forget to check the other cell-lines too! Check out this weeks episode with an approach to anemia! This episode was edited by Dr. Sumedha Arya, a hematology oncology fellow at the University of Toronto.
Hey Clerk Commuters - let’s compensate your heart failure knowledge with a podcast episode about Acute Decompensated Heart Failure. Today’s episode was edited by Dr. Mena Gewarges a PGY-5 Cardiology Heme-Onc fellow at the University of Toronto.
Hey Clerk Commuters - my insides are excited because this Internal Medicine Advice episode is overloaded with great content! We have the pleasure of getting tips and tricks from two internal medicine residents, Drs. William Silverstein and Mitchell Elliott, as well as two internal medicine staff physicians, Dr. Lindsay Melvin affiliated with Toronto Western Hospital and Ariel Lefkowitz, affiliated with Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Mount Sinai Hospital.
Hey Clerk Commuters - Vaccines and cancer screenings and lab tests - oh my! Today we review screening in Ontario! Special thank you to Dr. Elliot Lass for editing!
Hey Clerk Commuters - we’re BACK (no pun intended). Today we explore a very common presenting complaint in family medicine - back pain! Today’s episode was edited by Dr. Hamilton Hall, an orthopedic surgeon and one of Toronto’s leaders in back pain management. Enjoy.
Hi Fam (Clerk Commuters)! - welcome to the kick off episode for the Family Medicine Block. Today we have the pleasure of interviewing an awesome group composed of three Family Medicine residents at the University of Toronto, Dr. Vivian Tam, Dr. Elliot Lass and Dr. Gray Moonen, alongside two staff family medicine physicians, Dr. James Owen affiliated with St. Michael’s Hospital and Dr. Sharon Domb, affiliated with Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
Hi Clerk Commuters, welcome to the first ever episode of the Clerk Commute, a medical content podcast designed for third and fourth year medical students in Canada. We are Lauren Clarfield and Brendan Kelly, fourth year medical students at the University of Toronto. We designed this podcast to bring you high yield clerkship content for you to enjoy on your commutes. Stay tuned for our rotation specific advice episodes coming up!
Hey Clerk Commuters, welcome back to another episode! Today we will be learning about polyarticular joint pain, a common challenge in both family practice and in internal medicine. This episode was edited by Dr. Gregory Choy, a rheumatologist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. We would also like to thank our sponsor for this episode, BeMo Academic Consulting. As a part of their sponsorship to our podcast, BeMo is offering all listeners one free session with their admissions ad...
Hey Clerk Commuters, welcome back to another episode! Today, we will be learning about prenatal care, which is sure to be an important part of your family medicine and obstetrics and gynaecology rotation. This episode will discuss prenatal visits and pregnancy counselling during the 1st trimester. This episode was edited by Dr. Karen Swirsky, a family physician at St. Michael’s Hospital. We would also like to thank our sponsor for this episode, BeMo Academic Consulting. As a part of their...
Hey Clerk Commuters, welcome back to another episode! Today we will be discussing preterm prelabour rupture of membranes (or PPROM!), including its presentation, investigations and management. Tune in prior to your next OB shift so you are prepared for this presentation. This episode was edited by Dr. Suraya Bhabha, an obstetrician and gynecologist at St. Joseph’s Health Sciences Centre. We would also like to thank our sponsor for this episode, BeMo Academic Consulting. As a part of their s...