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Malika Sharma

Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Verified email at utoronto.ca
Cited by 1194

Applying feminist theory to medical education

M Sharma - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
To adequately address gendered issues of sexual harassment, wage gaps, and leadership
inequities, medical institutions must interrogate medical education. Feminist theories can …

Teaching the social determinants of health: a path to equity or a road to nowhere?

M Sharma, AD Pinto, AK Kumagai - Academic medicine, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Medical schools are increasingly called to include social responsibility in their mandates. As
such, they are focusing their attention on the social determinants of health (SDOH) as key …

[HTML][HTML] Harm reduction in hospitals

M Sharma, W Lamba, A Cauderella, TH Guimond… - Harm reduction …, 2017 - Springer
Despite the high rates of hospitalization among people who use drugs (PWUD), harm reduction
interventions have not been widely adopted in inpatient settings. We list several harm …

The role of people living with HIV as patient instructors–reducing stigma and improving interest around HIV care among medical students

D Jaworsky, S Gardner, JG Thorne, M Sharma… - AIDS care, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
People living with HIV/AIDS (PHAs) are increasingly recognized as experts in HIV and their
own health. We developed a simulated clinical encounter (SCE) in which medical students …

[HTML][HTML] Preparing for PrEP: perceptions and readiness of Canadian physicians for the implementation of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis

M Sharma, J Wilton, H Senn, S Fowler, DHS Tan - PLoS One, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Recent evidence has demonstrated the efficacy of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV
prevention, but concerns persist around its use. Little is known about Canadian physicians' …

'Can the patient speak?': postcolonialism and patient involvement in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education

M Sharma - Medical education, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Context Patients are increasingly being engaged in providing feedback and consultation to
health care institutions, and in the training of health care professionals. Such involvement …

Pre-exposure prophylaxis for sexually-acquired HIV risk management: a review

J Wilton, H Senn, M Sharma… - HIV/AIDS-Research and …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Despite significant efforts, the rate of new HIV infections worldwide remains unacceptably
high, highlighting the need for new HIV prevention strategies. HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (…

[HTML][HTML] Decentralizing PrEP delivery: Implementation and dissemination strategies to increase PrEP uptake among MSM in Toronto, Canada

M Charest, M Sharma, A Chris, A Schnubb, DC Knox… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is traditionally prescribed by HIV specialist physicians.
Given finite specialist resources, there is a need to scale up PrEP delivery by decentralizing …

[HTML][HTML] Critical race theory in medicine

R Zewude, M Sharma - CMAJ, 2021 - Can Med Assoc
E740 CMAJ| MAY 17, 2021| VOLUME 193| ISSUE 20 means valuing the expertise of people
who have been marginalized and oppressed, in addressing inequities and creating new …

[HTML][HTML] Decentralizing the delivery of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) through family physicians and sexual health clinic nurses: a dissemination and …

M Sharma, A Chris, A Chan, DC Knox, J Wilton… - BMC Health Services …, 2018 - Springer
Background Gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (gbMSM) in Canada
continue to experience high rates of incident HIV. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP, the regular …