Stories In Family Medicine
 | | Welcome! These are our stories about the meaning of being a family physician, and the contributions of family medicine and family physicians to the history of medicine, health care and life in Canada. Supported by AMS and the CFPC Research and Education Foundation. |
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AMS / Mimi Divinsky Award Winners
Timko, Julie; 2012. Medicine is a fascinating job. In one afternoon, I could see three patients with the...
2012
Abells, Yoel; 2012. It was, one might say, a sublime reflection of the totality of what we do. I was about a dozen years into…
2012
Alabaster, Jane; 2012. In the fall of 2006 I embark on a life changing professional odyssey that turns me into a different physician. In 2000 I receive a...
2012
Francis, George; 2012. My favourite part about paediatric rotations is being present at deliveries. Most deliveries are a...
2012
Bursey, Tiffany; 2012. We initially met early in the first trimester of her pregnancy, while I was still a medical student doing a...
2012
Caldwell, Paul; 2012. 2:30 am phone call; pregnant, only 28 weeks, cervix fully dilated. “Come quickly!” I jolt out of...
2012
Guirguis, Mariam; 2013. I knew a person who started dying before they started living. Well, truthfully, I never met this person. But I knew…
2013
Hoffart, Kaili; 2013. The day started out just like every one of my other Obstetrics call shifts as the off-service Family Medicine Resident. I met the team to round on the…
2013
Cohen, Dan; 2013. My wife wanted to make my 40th birthday memorable. It was early June 2003 in Toronto. She knew I was a big…
2013
Saveland, Christine; 2013. Prior to starting maternity leave from my Family Medicine residency, I had parenting all figured out. When on my…
2013