Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSGEM Xtra: Doctor, Doctor – We Need More Family Doctors
Date: December 12, 2023 Reference: OCFP News. More Than Four Million Ontarians Will Be Without a Family Doctor by 2026. Nov 7, 2023 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Mahaleh Mekalai Kumanan attended Dalhousie Unive…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
SGEM#423: Where is the Love? Microaggression in the Emergency Department
Reference: Punches et al. Patient Perceptions of Microaggressions and Discrimination Towards Patients During Emergency Department Care. AEM Dec 2023 Date: December 14, 2023 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Chris B…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
SGEM Xtra: Open Label Placebo
Date: November 20, 2023 Reference: Jones et al. Time to reflect on open-label placebos and their value for clinical practice. PAIN October 2023 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Caitlin Jones is a Postdoctoral Rese…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
SGEM#422: And It was all Yellow-Nasal Discharge and Antibiotics in Pediatric Sinusitis
Reference: Shaikh N, et al. Identifying children likely to benefit from antibiotics for acute sinusitis: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA July 2023 Date: October 17, 2023 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Alasdai…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
SGEM#421: I Think I’d Have a Heart Attack – Maybe Not in a Rural Area?
Date: November 22, 2023 Reference: Stopyra et al. Delayed First Medical Contact to Reperfusion Time Increases Mortality in Rural EMS Patients with STEMI. AEM November 2023. Guest Skeptic: Dr. Lauren …
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
SGEM#420: I get knocked down, but I get up again – do I have a scaphoid fracture?
Date: November 2, 2023 Reference: Coventry et al. Which clinical features best predict occult scaphoid fractures? A systematic review of diagnostic test accuracy studies. Emerg Med J. Aug 2023 Guest …
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
SGEM Xtra: Say What You Need to Say…but Don’t Say “Sepsis Screening”
Reference: Roland D, Munro A. Time for paediatrics to screen out sepsis “screening.” BMJ. June 2023 Date: Sept 12, 2023 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Damian Roland is a Consultant at the University of Leicester…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago