Barn Fire Prevention and the Law: Challenges and Opportunities for Reform
Sarah Berger Richardson (University of Ottawa), Barn Fire Prevention and the Law: Challenges and Opportunities for Reform, 46 Man. L.J. (2023): In the agricultural sector, a barn fire is a devastating disaster that destroys lives and livelihoods in minutes. They... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - December 16, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Rethinking Tort Liability Regimes for AI-Related Claims in Canada and Europe: A Case Study of AI Applications in Disease Diagnosis
Michael Dugeri (University of Ottawa), Rethinking Tort Liability Regimes for AI-Related Claims in Canada and Europe: A Case Study of AI Applications in Disease Diagnosis (2023): Artificial intelligence (AI) systems are increasingly being integrated into various activities along the continuum... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - October 21, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Learner Perspectives on the Learner Handover Process
On this episode of the Academic Medicine Podcast, Tammy Shaw, MD, MMed, and Research in Medical Education (RIME) Committee member Arianne Teherani, PhD, join host Toni Gallo to discuss new research into learner perspectives on the learner handover process. They discuss the role of trust in this process, the potential for bias, the purpose of handovers vs. how they’re perceived by learners, and recommendations for making handovers safer and more effective.
This episode is now available through Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and anywhere else podcasts are available.
This episode is the first in thi...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - October 16, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: amrounds Tags: AM Podcast AM Podcast Transcript Academic Medicine podcast bias handovers medical education RIME trust Source Type: blogs
Light-Activated Hydrogel Thickens, Reshapes Thinning Cornea
Researchers at the University of Ottawa have developed a light-activated hydrogel treatment for corneal disease. Many of the people who suffer from corneal disease, which can include corneal thinning, are not suitable for a corneal transplant, and obtaining transplants is a challenge for those who are. This technology is intended to assist with thickening and reshaping the cornea, and it may pave the way for an alternative to transplants in the future.
The biomaterial is made using glycosaminoglycans, which are polymers that occur naturally in the body, and short peptides. Following injection into a surgically create...
Source: Medgadget - August 9, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Materials Ophthalmology uOttawa Source Type: blogs
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: It ’s Time to Catch Up to the Science
John Molot (University of Ottawa), Margaret Sears (Independent), Hymie Anisman (Independent), Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: It ’s Time to Catch Up to the Science (2023): Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) is a complex medical condition associated with low dose chemical exposures. It is... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - April 22, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, October 31st 2022
This study used mice to evaluate how their lifestyles - eating fatty foods vs. healthy and exercising vs. not - affected the metabolites of their offspring. Metabolites are substances made or used when the body breaks down food, drugs or chemicals, or its own fat or muscle tissue. "We have previously shown that maternal and paternal exercise improve health of offspring. Tissue and serum metabolites play a fundamental role in the health of an organism, but how parental exercise affects offspring tissue and serum metabolites has not yet been investigated."
Researchers used targeted metabolomics - the study of metaboli...
Source: Fight Aging! - October 30, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
More on the Debate Over the Classification of Aging as a Disease
Whether or not aging is clearly listed as a disease in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) maintained by the World Health Organization (WHO) only matters because medical research and development is heavily regulated. Since aging isn't classified as a disease, there is no clear roadmap to obtaining regulatory approval to treat aging with a working rejuvenation therapy, and therefore no investor is willing to commit to funding that work. What happens instead is that the range of biotech companies presently working to produce age-slowing and rejuvenating therapies pick a specific age-related disease to start wi...
Source: Fight Aging! - October 26, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Politics and Legislation Source Type: blogs
Emergency (ED placement) Transvenous Pacer appears to be working perfectly. What might go wrong?
Thanks to our Electrophysiologists Omar Iqbal and Rehan Karim for the below strips and the explanations I will be giving on this post.A patient had 3rd degree AV block in the ED. A transvenous pacer was placed in the Emergency Department by the emergency physicians. Capture was obtained and a 12-lead ECG was recorded:What do you see here and what complication can occur?The 5th beat (the one with the 4th visible pacer spike) comes early (PAC or PVC), and the pacing spike occurs AFTER initiation of the QRS. (Ken Grauer points out that this 5th beat appears to be due to an early atrial beat and that th...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - October 19, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs
Vaccine Ins and Outs: An Exploration of the Legal Issues Raised by Vaccine Passports
Bryan Thomas (University of Ottawa), Colleen M. Flood (University of Ottawa), Vivek Krishnamurthy (Harvard Law School), Ryan Tanner (University of Ottawa), Kumanan Wilson (University of Ottawa), Vaccine Ins and Outs: An Exploration of the Legal Issues Raised by Vaccine Passports,... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - July 16, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
International Migrants' Right to Sexual and Reproductive Health Care
Y.Y. Brandon Chen (University of Ottawa), International Migrants' Right to Sexual and Reproductive Health Care, 157 Int ’l J. Gynecology& Obstetrics 210 (2022): International migration puts people's sexual and reproductive health (SRH), particularly those of women and children, at increased... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - July 14, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Including Nurses as Members of the Resident Education Team
On this episode of the Academic Medicine Podcast, guests Chirag Bhat, MD, and Warren Cheung, MD, MMEd, join hosts Toni Gallo and associate editor Teresa Chan, MD, MHPE, to discuss their research into nurses’ perspectives about giving feedback on residents’ clinical performance. They share their findings regarding the unique perspective nurses can offer, the barriers nurses face in providing feedback, and some possible ways to overcome these barriers.
This episode is now available through Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and anywhere else podcasts are available.
A transcript is below.
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Source: Academic Medicine Blog - June 20, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: amrounds Tags: AM Podcast AM Podcast Transcript Academic Medicine podcast clinical performance feedback nurses qualitative research residency training Source Type: blogs
Regulation of Health-Related Artificial Intelligence in Medical Devices: The Canadian Story
Michael Da Silva (University of Southampton), Colleen M. Flood (University of Ottawa), Matthew Herder (Dalhousie University), Regulation of Health-Related Artificial Intelligence in Medical Devices: The Canadian Story, U. British Columbia l. Rev. (Forthcoming): Artificial Intelligence (AI) may transform Canadian healthcare.... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - June 5, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Protecting Health, Respecting Rights: Decriminalizing Drug Possession as a Constitutional Imperative
Martha Jackman (University of Ottawa), Protecting Health, Respecting Rights: Decriminalizing Drug Possession as a Constitutional Imperative in First do Less Harm: Harm Reduction as a Principle of Health Policy and Law (Vanessa Gruben, ed., Forthcoming): Between 1969 and 1972, the... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - May 21, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
COVID-19 in Canada: The Legal Framework
Paul Daly (University of Ottawa), COVID-19 in Canada: The Legal Framework, SSRN (2022): In the legal framework for Canada ’s pandemic response, executive government has been the dominant actor. The responsibility of balancing public health and economic well-being in rapidly evolving... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - May 8, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Executive Lawmaking and COVID-19 Public Health Orders in Canada
Shaun Fluker (University of Calgary), Lorian Hardcastle (University of Ottawa), Executive Lawmaking and COVID-19 Public Health Orders in Canada, 25(2) Rev. Const. Stud. 145 (2021): The primary public health response to COVID-19 has been social and economic lockdowns, which have... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - March 26, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
