Latest Safe medical care Podcast Episodes
Disclosing patient safety incidents
CMPA: Practically Speaking - September 20, 2022 10:00 - 17 minutesDisclosure of patient safety incidents to patients or caregivers is a legal, ethical and professional obligation for physicians. Appropriate disclosure conversations facilitate dialogue during the incident management process and reinforces patient-physician trust. In this month’s episode, Steven ...
Leveraging Patient Decision Aids To Ensure Shared Decision Making
CMPA: Practically Speaking - August 22, 2022 10:00 - 20 minutesDecision support tools are designed to ease shared decision-making and patient involvement on health care decisions. When patients actively participate in decision-making and understand what is required of them, they are more likely to follow through. To establish an efficient shared decision mak...
Ensuring a safe return environment for patients
CMPA: Practically Speaking - July 18, 2022 10:00 - 16 minutesWhen considering medical clearance for participation after injuries, there are numerous components to take into consideration to ensure physicians act within the standard of care, and that they keep patients’ best interest in mind. In this month’s episode, Steven and Yolanda discuss the precautio...
Reducing diagnostic errors in the OR
CMPA: Practically Speaking - June 14, 2022 15:00 - 16 minutesRelated CMPA Perspective article: Can intraoperative decisions be diagnostic errors? https://www.cmpa-acpm.ca/en/advice-publications/browse-articles/2020/can-intraoperative-decisions-be-diagnostic-errors
The ins and outs of team debriefs
CMPA: Practically Speaking - May 16, 2022 13:30 - 15 minutesRelated CMPA Perspective article: Team debriefs: Participate and minimize your medical-legal risks https://www.cmpa-acpm.ca/en/advice-publications/browse-articles/2019/team-debriefs-participate-and-minimize-your-medical-legal-risks Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Framework for Impr...
Contingency planning for the unplanned absence from practice
CMPA: Practically Speaking - November 12, 2020 20:02 - 11 minutesRelated CMPA Perspective article: Closing or leaving a practice: Tips for primary care physicians https://www.cmpa-acpm.ca/en/advice-publications/browse-articles/2020/closing-or-leaving-a-practice-tips-for-primary-care-physicians
Covering other specialties? Know the risks
CMPA: Practically Speaking - November 12, 2020 19:49 - 22 minutesOccasionally, physicians may be asked to provide medical care outside of their area of expertise. During the COVID-19 pandemic, for example, more physicians have been asked to fill-in on the ICU and in long-term care facilities. What are your rights as a physician? How can you best handle the sit...
Accessing EMRs: How to avoid breaching privacy rules
CMPA: Practically Speaking - October 07, 2020 17:35 - 17 minutesCMPA Perspective article: Why do you need to know? A balancing act for accessing personal health information www.cmpa-acpm.ca/en/advice-publications/browse-articles/2020/why-do-you-need-to-know-a-balancing-act-for-accessing-personal-health-information
COVID-19: Managing wait times
CMPA: Practically Speaking - September 10, 2020 19:36 - 19 minutesConcerns surrounding wait times in the delivery of health care are not new, however, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in further concerns due to the postponement of elective procedures. In this episode, Dr. Steven Bellemare and Dr. Yolanda Madarnas discuss the impact of wait times on patient...
COVID-19: Virtual care
CMPA: Practically Speaking - August 26, 2020 16:15 - 18 minutesCMPA Perspective article: Providing virtual care during the COVID-19 pandemic www.cmpa-acpm.ca/en/advice-publications/browse-articles/2020/providing-virtual-care-during-the-covid-19-pandemic
COVID-19: Advance care directives
CMPA: Practically Speaking - August 26, 2020 16:09 - 17 minutesCMPA Perspective article: End-of-life: Planning for compassionate care during COVID‑19 www.cmpa-acpm.ca/en/advice-publications/browse-articles/2020/end-of-life-planning-for-compassionate-care-during-covid-19
COVID-19: Physician Moral Distress
CMPA: Practically Speaking - July 17, 2020 16:41 - 18 minutesCMPA Perspective article: Moral distress: The cost of uncertainty during a pandemic www.cmpa-acpm.ca/en/advice-publications/cmpa-perspective/2020/message-from-the-cmpa-president
COVID-19: Reasonable Care
CMPA: Practically Speaking - July 17, 2020 15:07 - 14 minutesCMPA Perspective article: Scarce resources: Caring for patients during COVID-19 www.cmpa-acpm.ca/en/advice-publications/browse-articles/2020/scarce-resources-caring-for-patients-during-covid-19
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