One of my all-time favourite medical or scientific journal articles discusses evidence-based medicine, or EBM. And parachutes. To avoid any confusion on the EBM side, let’s talk about that for a moment. I’ll get to the parachutes – I promise! Researchers at McMaster University, here Read More …
Last week at the office (which is at a hospital), a few of us were talking about the holidays – again! This time we were sharing stories of the holiday activity, or event, that was most special to us. And not a single one of Read More …
Do you keep hearing & reading about “phishing”, and wondering what exactly it means? I’ve been asked about it often over the past few weeks, so decided to write a post on this topic. I’m studying bioethics, or biomedical ethics, and the protection of patients’ Read More …
When people realize that I work within an epidemiology and biostatistics research team, while completing my Masters’ degree in bioethics, a common question arises. What’s the difference between incidence and prevalence? Even if you don’t recognize these specific terms, you’ll likely recall having seen medical Read More …
