DAILY SAS

A jigsaw of thoughts, pictures, and logs of life as a former Canadian/Irish IMG, now newly minted Rural Family Doc in Ontario.

[sleepearlyonsunday]

Thunderbay ON,

When you pick up your rental car and it’s a grey Mazda 5 that smells like cigarettes, just let them know politely then… you win!

[sasbytheday]

Sometimes saying something pays off. Also quit smoking people!

[momentarymood]

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“Every medical case, to paraphrase the writer Viet Thanh Nguyen, is lived twice: once in the wards and once in memory.” 

As I become staff, this is truer every day. 

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A far too short visit to the island that still feels like home. This time flown out by Air Creebec’s bad-ass Cree women as Captain and co-pilot! Hoping to be back very soon. (at Moose Factory Island)

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It's worth remembering we're people too.

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Hi! I will be an IMG from a med school in the UK and I want to do a Canadian residency. Did you have to do MCQE1 prior to applying to residency? Is it beneficial to have done it or is it something you can do after 1st year of residency? Thanks! :)

It doesn't make a difference to your application unless your EE score is low in which case it can boost your score. As for the Dean's letter you could ask the Dean of your medical school but it does require a dean's letter for Carms

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The Charlie Gard story reveals what we won't accept about medicine - Macleans.ca

Amid the crass politicization and the cruel false hope around the Charlie Gard case is this truth: We, as a society, refuse to grasp death

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From Cup & Saucer trailblazing, to swimming, canoeing in the bay and toasting to island sunsets. Our first anniversary much like our first year was full of adventure, hard work, a little romance and a lot of silliness like Prifting. Thank you to all who celebrated with us this time last year, it was such a fun night for us and this one though cooler and quieter just wasn't the same without you. Hope to see you in at least 49 more July 3's! (at Manitoulin Island)

[aestheticalspace]

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A few words of rationality amidst the chaos.

[sunshinetoday]

Today, we March

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Incredible new tools for the doctor's bag are en route! Would seriously help me shorten waits for derm appointments...

[microminutes]

Happy Birthday Gertrude Elion!

Winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (with George H. Hitchings and Sir James Black). Elion invented 6-mercaptopurine, azathioprine, allopurinol, pyrimethamine, acyclovir, and trimethoprim.

Elion had a tough time in her early scientific career overcoming gender bias, but was rewarded for her perseverance and brilliance with a Nobel Prize.

Image from Wikipedia.

A message from Dr Warhol’s Periodic Table of Microbes, The Small Guide to Small Things and WarholScience.

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Winter has arrived but thanks to some amazing roomies and Food Factory there's pie to warm up with! (at Moose Factory Island)

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Escaped the ER early, to learn to shoot bottles and unsuspecting rocks at the dump. Another successful Saturday in Moose Factory! (at Moose Factory Island)

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Escaped clinic early to catch the last bit of daylight and even found Venus! Maybe I'll just move to Peawanuck far from Trumpland (at Peawanuck)

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Just another Manic Monday, commuting from Moose Factory to Peawanuk. Beautiful skies for flying and moon watching!