Written By: Dr Nova Zhao – Family Physician – Halifax Nova Scotia Reviewed By: Dr Tania Wong – Paediatrician & Assistant Professor of Community Paediatrics at Dalhousie
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CCFP Topic: Heart Failure
Written By: Dr Chris Cochrane, and Dr Sarah Donnelly Reviewed By: Dr Kristin Dawson Heart failure can be confusing and nebulous, so we will do our best to break this down into the key definitions and clinical pearls you’ll need when seeing heart failure in clinic. A lot of today’s information will be coming fromContinue reading “CCFP Topic: Heart Failure”
CCFP Topics: Dizziness 2.0 – An Update With Dr Peter Johns
Written By: Dr Caleb Dusdal Expert Review By: Dr Peter Johns
CCFP Topics: Hyperlipidemia
Written By: Dr. Khash Farzam Peer Review By: Dr Kristin Dawson
CCFP Topic: Headaches
Written By: Josh Piemontesi, FM PGY1 – Black Diamond AB Peer Review By: Caleb Dusdal
CCFP Topics: Hypertension
Written By: Dr Jessica Dawson Expert Review: Dr Jennifer Ringrose, Internist in Edmonton, AB Hypertension is one of those issues that we encounter every day in family practice, whether in the office or acute settings. Roughly one in four to one in five Canadian has hypertension. It is a top modifiable risk factor for cardiovascularContinue reading “CCFP Topics: Hypertension”
CCFP Topic: Grief
Written By: Eleanor Crawford Peer Review by: Sonja Poole
CCFP Topic: Gastrointestinal Bleeds
Written by: Braedon Paul Expert Review By: Dr Jordan Iannuzzi – GI Fellow – Calgary, Alberta
CCFP Topic: Gender Specific Issues
Written By: Kyla Freeman Peer Review By: Caleb Dusdal
CCFP Topic: Fever
Written By: Karkirat Singh – 4th Year Medical Student – University of Alberta Peer Review: Sarah Donnelly – PGY-2 IM This episode was written, and lovingly crafted by Karkirat Singh, 4th year medical student at the University of Alberta. Fever VS Hyperthermia Fever (usually >38°C) is an elevation in core body temperature seen in infections,Continue reading “CCFP Topic: Fever”
Bonus Episode: Patient Perspectives – Disability
Written and Hosted By: Shaila Gunn MS4 – Vancouver Join Shaila Gunn in a wonderful discussion on the patient perspective of living with disability and experiences with Primary Care. A massive thank you to this episode’s guest Lynda Bennett
CCFP Topic: Palliative Care
Written By: Caleb Dusdal Expert Review By: GP Palliative Care specialists at Foothills Hospital in Calgary Alberta Dr Amir Surmawala and Dr. Katherine Liu Episode Art By: Aikansha Chawla
CCFP 105 Topic: Family Issues
Written By Sonja Poole – PGY1 FM Yellowknife, NWT Reviewed by: Eleanor Crawford
CCFP Topic: Epistaxis
Written & Researched By: Thomsen D’hont Peer Review By: Shaila Gunn (MS4 UBC)
CCFP Topic: Disability
Written By: Shaila Gunn Expert Review By: Dr. Bonita Sawatzky, an orthopaedics biomechanics researcher at iCORD spinal cord injury research center in BC
CCFP Topic: Fatigue
Written and Researched By: Jessica Dawson – PGY1 Edmonton, AB Peer Review By: Caleb Dusdal First, some definitions. Generally, fatigue is defined as feeling exhausted during or after activity, or as a feeling of not having enough energy to even start activities. You want to try to distinguish this from related complaints like daytime sleepinessContinue reading “CCFP Topic: Fatigue”
CCFP Topic: Elderly
Written/Researched By: Caleb Dusdal Peer Review By: Chris Cochrane
CCFP Topic: Dyspepsia
Written/Researched By: Chris Cochrane Peer Review By: Sarah Donnelly
CCFP Topic: Domestic Violence
Written By: Kajsa Heyes Peer Review By: Sarah Donnelly Well, domestic violence is a serious, preventable public health problem that will present in your practice. It doesn’t matter what you do or what types of patients you will see, you are likely to see pathology and social issues related to domestic violence, and if youContinue reading “CCFP Topic: Domestic Violence”
CCFP Topic: Dizziness
Written by: Caleb Dusdal Peer Review by: Hermeen Dhillon Co-hosted with: Chris Cochrane