Background: The demographic and socioeconomic profile of medical school classes has
implications for where people choose to practise and whether they choose to treat certain …

Background: Since 1997, tuition has more than doubled at Ontario medical schools but has
remained relatively stable in other Canadian provinces. We sought to determine whether the …

The dopamine transporter (DAT) protein plays an important role in the termination of
dopamine signaling. We addressed the hypothesis that loss of DAT function would result in a …

Objective The training objectives for postgraduate education in the United States and Canada
both state that teaching skills should be formally developed during training. This article …

Patient safety research in mental health has focused mainly on suicide and violence risk at
the expense of other domains of safety. In Canada, we lack a national strategy or research …

Objective Education is becoming a recognized career path in psychiatry. Yet, there are few
published accounts of how to create sustainable structures within departments to support this …

A patient-oriented discharge summary (PODS) is a patient-facing process to provide best
practices in discharge planning. The PODS process was implemented in phases in 22 units of …

Objectives To assess the incidents of patient-initiated assault (PIA) against clinical clerks
during the first six months of clinical clerkship. To characterise the assaults with respect to …

Prolonged wait times in healthcare are a complex issue that can negatively impact both
clients and staff. Longer wait times are often caused by a number of factors such as overly …

Background Psychiatry has not prioritised quality improvement and patient safety (QIPS) to
the same degree as other medical specialties. Professional capacity building in QIPS through …