Michener Blog: The Truth Behind the Stigma
“Oh wow, that must be so sad!” “Isn’t it going to be really hard to be surrounded by cancer all the time?” “Are you sure you’re going to be able…
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Michener Blog: Interprofessional Collaboration and Caring Safely – Let’s preach how we practice
Since 2010, a number of Michener radiation therapy alumni have been meaningfully engaged in the Canadian Partnership for Quality Radiotherapy (CPQR) initiative. As radiation therapists, working in partnership is integral…
Michener Blog: Open Access – Publish or Perish?
Open access publishing is an interesting and relatively new business model that’s received a lot of attention lately in academia. As defined by the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition,…
Michener Blog: Reflections on compassion, teamwork and integrity
I have thought much, read much and struggled much with what to say in this blog. In the moving words of my colleagues, Dr. Susan Rappolt, Chair of the Department…
Michener Blog: Turf (Toe) Wars
In the latest post on the Michener blog, Antonietta Galati, Clinical Coordinator and Manager of the Chiropody Student Teaching Clinic at the Michener Institute of Education at UHN asks: could…
Michener Blog: See Something, Say Something – Canadian Patient Safety Week
In the latest post on the Michener blog, UHN President & CEO Dr. Peter Pisters encourages Michener students and other health care professionals to speak up for safety. This past month…
A bird’s-eye view of the Sonography Canada Conference and Board Meetings 2015
Michener Ultrasound professor Sheena Bhimji-Hewitt recently attended the 33rd national Sonography Canada conference in Moncton, New Brunswick. As her final duty as outgoing Chair of the Sonography Canada Board of Directors,…