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Canadian Journal of Surgery

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E172 - Joy of Surgery

Cold Steel: Canadian Journal of Surgery Podcast ·

2025/01/28

This episode is an edited version of a talk I gave to our first years during their Surgical Foundations course. It’s mainly a reminder to myself: this too shall pass.Links:Steven Covey 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: https://www.amazon.ca/Habits-Highly-Effective-People-Powerful/dp/0743269519“Memento Mori”: https://dailystoic.com/memento-mori/Hans Zimmer soundtracks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJeBQabyLa_FvMxb6G67lkw

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E171 - Selwyn Rogers on Violence Prevention &...

Cold Steel: Canadian Journal of Surgery Podcast ·

2025/01/14

Selwyn O. Rogers Jr., MD, MPH, FACS, is a widely respected surgeon and public health expert. As founding director of the University of Chicago Medicine Trauma Center, Dr. Rogers is building an interdisciplinary team of specialists to treat patients who suffer injury from life-threatening events, such as car crashes, serious falls and gun violence. His team works with leaders in the city's trauma network to expand trauma care on the South Side.Dr. Rogers has served in leadership capacities

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E170 - Dr. Thomas Forbes speaks at William Ersil...

Cold Steel: Canadian Journal of Surgery Podcast ·

2024/12/31

This episode is a recording of the Queen’s Department of Surgery William Ersil Research Day. This year our invited speaker was Dr. Thomas Forbes, chief of surgery at University Health Network in Toronto and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Vascular Surgery.In this “How I Built This” style episode in front of a live audience, we explored Dr. Forbes background, his training, the future of residency/fellowship training, his approach to leadership and how he goes “all in” for both work and his

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E169 - The Canadian Medical Protective Association &...

Cold Steel: Canadian Journal of Surgery Podcast ·

2024/12/17

We are delighted to release our new collaborative mini-series on “Medico-legal Risks forthe Surgeon”. The Canadian Medical Protective Association and the Cold Steel podcasthave teamed up to release this mini-series exploring some common legal issues thatmight arise for surgeons.In this first episode, we explore some basic legal issues that surgeons might face. Weexplore the peer-review system, documentation, inherent risk, the role of the system inmedico-legal errors, and the impact these

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E168 - Caprice Greenberg on Coaching

Cold Steel: Canadian Journal of Surgery Podcast ·

2024/12/03

Thank you for joining us on Cold Steel!Dr. Caprice Greenberg is a surgical oncologist at UNC School of Medicine in North Carolina. She is a preeminent health services researcher and also the founder of the Academy for Surgical Coaching. We caught up with her to do a deep dive on surgical coaching and the work that she’s done on a state-wide level to create a coaching program. Dr. Greenberg is an iconoclast and provides some really important insights on the importance on having a vision and

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E167 - Adom Bondzi Simpson on Diversity in Surgery

Cold Steel: Canadian Journal of Surgery Podcast ·

2024/11/19

Dr. Adom Bondzi-Simpson is a general surgery resident and PhD student at the University of Toronto. He’s been nationally recognized for his advocacy work and research work on social justice and social determinants of health. He is a winner of the Canadian Medical Association for Young Leaders, the 2023 winner of the Mikhael Award for Medical Education from the Resident Doctors of Canada, among other accolades. In this episode we do a very deep dive on Adom’s upbringing and background, and

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E166 - Lilli Cooper on Tremors and Performance Anxiety

Cold Steel: Canadian Journal of Surgery Podcast ·

2024/11/05

Thank you so much for joining us on Cold Steel!The tremulous surgeon seems like such an oxymoron, an impossible paradox. The reality of course, is that many surgeons have a tremor. Our discussion on this episode with Lilli Cooper on tremors was a wonderful exploration of performance anxiety in surgery. Lilli Cooper is a plastic surgeon in the UK, and produced a segment for the BBC on tremors in surgeons. We caught up with her to talk about what she’s learned about tremors and the insights

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