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Author: Brenda Robinson The old days of “nose to the grindstone — shoulder to the wheel” are gone. People go to work today with a changed expectation and a changed perception. All of the research says we are working harder and we will work longer than the previous two generations — the 25-year job ending with retirement and a gold watch is a thing of the past. Given the changing situation, people are looking for work to provide more job satisfaction, enjoyment, interaction, [...]

Every so often a new therapy shifts the landscape of current practice. It’s a game changer – a disruptive technology. For the past two decades the use of image-guided radiotherapy, using computed tomography (CT), changed the way radiation therapy was delivered to patients with cancer. However, a new technology – magnetic resonance imaging-guided radiotherapy (MRgRT) – is emerging in Canadian practice. Will MRgRT be the game changer CT was? Radiation therapy is a common treatment for cancer and can [...]

Author: Brenda Robinson We live in busy busy times. Our intuitive response is to see this as a problem. We use the refrain “I’m so busy,” as a reason to see our work from a problem perspective. Can we reframe that to celebrate being busy by approaching it in positive, productive ways? When our “busyness” comes across to our patients and clients we may give a message of impatience or a hurried approach. We need to work hard to [...]

My patient is here for their test, whose responsibility is it for informing the patient of all the risks involved? Is this activity within a regulated member’s scope of practice? As a healthcare professional, a regulated member has to ensure that informed consent for the procedure has been obtained. What is appropriate informed consent? Informed consent requires a healthcare professional to explain the procedure, all the implications, and recognize that the patient has the right to accept or refuse [...]

Author: Jonathan Schaeffer Artificial Intelligence (AI) seems to be a popular media topic these days, and with good reason. The past decade has seen a phenomenal growth in deployed AI applications, many of which are having or will soon be having profound effects on society. Three are three things driving the rapid advances in the field: Fast, inexpensive, and plentiful computers (i.e., speed); Lots of data (i.e., storage/memory); and Data analysis (i.e., learning). This is the technology triumvirate of [...]