Dalhousie physican named one of
10 most influential Hispanic Canadians
ARTICLE | January 04, 2010
Dr. Ivar Mendez. (Photo, courtesy of the Brain Repair Centre.)
ONE OF CANADA'S LEADING NEUROSURGEONS HAS BEEN
named among the 10 most influential Hispanic Canadians and he’s delighted. Ivar Mendez hopes it will inspire others from Latin America to come to Canada and Nova Scotia and build a future here. MORE
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Article | January 04, 2010
Dalhousie physician named one of 10 most influential Hispanic Canadians
One of Canada’s leading neurosurgeons has been named among the 10 most influential Hispanic Canadians and he’s delighted. Ivar Mendez hopes it will inspire others from Latin America to come to Canada and Nova Scotia and build a future here.
Article | December 18, 2009
Broad outline of a new systems-based MD curriculum emerges from two-day retreat
The broad outline of a new systems-based curriculumfor Dalhousiemedical students emerged after two days of intense discussion, last week, by about 28 pumped participants, led by the dean
of medicine.
More from the retreat
• Popular Dalhousie med school teacher predicts faculty will
like
the revised curriculum
• Curriculum Management Team compiles "must do" list
News Release | December 18, 2009
Newly discovered neuron may improve muscle
function
Researchers have discovered a new kind of neuron in the spinal cord that may play a key role in treating spinal cord injury and motor neuron diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Dalhousie Medical School professor of neurosurgery Dr. Rob Brownstone made the discovery in collaboration with colleagues at Columbia University and University of St. Andrews. The team’s results were recently published in Neuron, the world’s leading neuroscience journal.
Article | December 08, 2009
Interview p
rocess dispels myths about med school applicants
Artists, athletes and musicians are now successfully applying tomedical schools because doctors must have good communication skills, the ability to manage stressful, complex situations and a sense of responsibility to their communities.
Article | December 07, 2009
Doctor
s should be resources for their patients
Medical schools ought to be turning out doctors, who see themselves more as resources for patients to meet their priorities, according to one of the world’s leading authorities on health policy.
More from the interview with Dr. Roz Lasker
• Why collaborative ventures go off the rails
• Reconnecting worldviews yield game-changing solutions in
public policy
Article | December 07, 2009
Public disma
y over H1N1 vaccine rollout could have been averted
Widespread confusion, concern, and even anger
over the H1N1 vaccination program could have been averted, had public health organizers looked at the rollout through the eyes of the people they were trying to immunize. That’s the view of Roz Lasker MD, a forthright and leading world authority in public health policy.
Article | December 07, 2009
Symposiu
m looks for best prescription for new curriculum
What’s the best prescription for a new curriculum? That’s the question the Faculty of Medicine asked its community at a recent symposium into rethinking undergraduate medical education.
More from the symposium
• The end of exams?
Article | December 01, 2009
Cardiov
ascular research chair aims to impact Atlantic heart health
Dr.Jafna Cox, professor of cardiology at Dalhousie Medical School and director of research in the division of cardiology, was named the inaugural holder of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia Chair in Cardiovascular Outcomes Research.
The appeal committee of the American-based Liaison Committee
for Medical Education (LCME) has upheld its preliminary ruling to assign “accreditation on probation” to Dalhousie’s undergraduate medical education program. As a result, the school’s undergraduate program will be placed on a two-year probation effective Thursday,
October 15. The appeal was heard last Thursday in Chicago.
Dalhousie Medical School is appealing a preliminary finding by an international accrediting body that calls for Dalhousie University’s undergraduate medical education program to be placed on 24-month probation.
News Release | July 6, 2009
Study seeks, and finds, curable lung cancer
in smokers
A study underway in Halifax is looking for early lung cancers in people who have a significant smoking history but no symptoms. The study aims to identify the most effective methods of detecting lung cancer
in its earliest, most treatable stages.
News Release | June 12, 2009
Pan-Canadian network aims to improve dementia care
The Canadian Dementia Knowledge Translation Network (CDKTN) launched today in Halifax, with the aim to improve care for Canadians living with Alzheimer’s and other diseases that affect memory, attention, language, and problem-solving abilities.
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