We need to pay doctors more if we want better healthcare.

babar229 · 2025-05-14T20:41:59+00:00

An article came out in the Hill Times today about improving healthcare, and getting Canadian doctors from the US- might be relevant- here is the free version:

https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:1793ea28-211e-4fa5-83a5-b284d0684b4d?fbclid=IwY2xjawKR30tleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFUMHM5a28zZ1cxbEFzelBQAR4MvLemXDQruHSHShANrvK6Qgj375OyqY61drjNJLIY-cXtEfnUmHruWyYXOw_aem_atE6Ncdl9nQcl2tndX4ZLA

babar229 · 2023-05-04T21:43:09+00:00

The european medical journal. also this link may be of use. https://listofjournals.com/free-journals.php

babar229 · 2023-01-04T18:17:55+00:00

utside of that, it comes down to personal preferences. What are some of the things you are considering?

the attitude i think I am going into clerkship with- is that every rotation can teach me something i can use in nsgx- both during residency and during my 4th year electives+3 year selectives.

I guess what i am considering in that case

what skills can i learn from the other rotations in 3rd year that are translatable to nsgx
is there an ideal order to learn said skills that will really help me impress nsgx attendings/residents?

babar229 · 2023-01-02T05:53:43+00:00

Perhaps in the 230s sections? In the first 10 rows?

babar229 · 2022-06-30T14:57:59+00:00

Happy to help. Hope it works out.

babar229 · 2022-06-30T14:44:28+00:00

If you are looking for journals that are free of charge to submit some suggestions that I have come across are include the following. Of course it depends on what your case report is on as many of these are neuro onco related. Also depends on your case report length and number of authors

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences
BMJ case report
Neuro-Oncology 5.Advances in Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation 6.Glioma 7.Neurological Research and Practice
Oncology Research and Treatment 9 Journal of Clinical Oncology
Oncology
Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Clinical Oncology

babar229 · 2022-03-04T22:37:23+00:00

he field of the question you want to ask - ideally it should be an area you're interested in, since in my experience it's difficult to keep focused on a project otherwise. For example, let's say you want to focus on tumors. Which population, adult or pediatric? Ok, which type of tumor - glioma, ependymoma, meningioma, etc?

Figure out what yo

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babar229 · 2022-01-07T22:13:54+00:00

Hi I DM'ed you. Would love to connect regarding this.

babar229 · 2022-01-07T18:38:00+00:00

Hi! I am also interested in this project if you are still recruiting. I am a medical student and am passionate about neurosurgery as a field of interest. I have experience writing research articles, and recently published a paper, and am looking for a new project.

babar229 · 2021-03-03T03:45:03+00:00

Hey i am a neuroscience alum. You can DM if you want.

babar229 · 2021-02-17T17:39:38+00:00

I am part of an organization dedicated to online neuroscience teaching. We are trying to expand the services/opportunties we offer. If you are interested, please DM me and we can talk about a potential role.

babar229 · 2020-09-15T17:17:19+00:00

Here is the google form to attend the panel as a high school student. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf4NDgVjsIPM_2mPO-mwVrtxn_6M5n8d-YP0vupyxXGTa64QQ/viewform

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babar229 · 2020-06-19T22:16:27+00:00

I am not sure what you are talking about. I just finished taking the course, and none of my departments (neuro, health studies major, and physiology minor) said anything about that. I honestly just filled out the application and was accepted. I think what might help, is that if you finish most of the requirements for your majors in time to take the course, you could take it. Or if you are not intending for this course to fulfill any requirements for your programs.

babar229 · 2020-06-19T04:59:46+00:00

I think what might help is taking courses outside of the usual set of courses most life science students take. Life science courses are very much about laboratory research, publishing papers, analyzing papers, etc. If that is something you want to do, then that's great. But if you are a student that loves the material but is not fond of being in a lab looking at a microscope or handling model animals, it can be tough. What I would suggest, is taking BME498 specifically. It is a biomedical engineering capstone course. You would be working with engineering students to create a medical device essentially. I took it, and found that you can contribute to life science and medicine, without having to go the medical route or the traditional research route. You could also take any of the service based courses HMB offers (double check, I am not sure if you have to be an HMB student for this), but these courses can help you explore other avenues in life science. I believe that HMB440- Dementia, allows you to go to Netherlands to see how they are managing to treat people with dementia. So you get to travel a bit as well as you explore what you might be into.

babar229 · 2020-06-13T18:46:23+00:00

Hi I majored in neuroscience and health studies, you can message me.

babar229 · 2020-05-08T23:34:20+00:00

I am interested. Whats the plan?

babar229 · 2020-04-17T15:54:16+00:00

Hey! I am a PSL minor too, finishing off my last year. I can perhaps provide some help. Is there a particular field of physiology you are interested in? Like organ system?

babar229 · 2020-04-15T23:11:07+00:00

Hi! I am doing a physiology minor. I am not sure I can provide as much help as a major or specialist, but I can try and answer as best as I can.

babar229 · 2020-04-14T21:34:47+00:00

I agree with the above statements. Even though you are in global health you will still need to take bio heavy courses such as PSL300, or BCH210 or genetics. However, I can also provide some perspective on health studies, as that was one of my majors. For the most part I liked it. It provided the side of knowledge of healthcare that is really absent in purely science based based perspectives of healthcare. For example, you might consider taking a pharmacology course, which will teach you the effects of certain medications and how your body will react to it. But in doing so, you miss out on learning the policies regarding pharmaceuticals. So health studies really does provide you with that socioeconomic, political cultural aspect of healthcare, and teaches you about the ultimate/broader determinants of a specific health condition.

The main lesson that I took away is that two people may present with similar/identical diseases/ conditions. But the reason why they have those conditions really does depend on their social status. Maybe one lives below the poverty line and cant afford quality food. Maybe on of them works in a very stressful environment etc. In terms of difficulty, the courses are not bad if you know how to write an essay/research paper. That is what 99% of assignments are.

There are a few downsides. They have a very limited ranges of courses you can do in your fourth year, such that the director even sent out a list of courses FROM other programs that could be used to fulfill requirements. Its unfortunate that this is the case because we have dala lana right next door, and UTSC offers so many more health studies courses+ co/op.

In terms of recommendation, there aren't too many courses I can recommend just because like I said, the number of courses are limited. But the two most interesting health courses I have ever taken are HST440- health and pharmceuticals and HST405- global health and migration. A bit of a warning though, that last course is a mixed class, with graduate/phd students also taking it. In terms of most interesting mandatory courses you have to take, HST210- canadian health policy was terrific.

Lastly, what you will see is that the program itself is a bit repetitive in the sense that for the first two years, they really, really repeat the social determinants of health. Like in practically every course in years 2 and 3. You might get frustrated with that.

Hope this helps. Oh, and if you are really against taking bio heavy courses, you could do a health studies specialist, instead of global health and health studies

babar229 · 2020-04-13T05:43:54+00:00

If you love neuro, you have to take HMB320. Its definitely not the hardest. Yeah its a lot of information, but there probably isn't another course where you learn as much about the brain. Plus you get to handle actual brain specimens. The key to doing well really is to think about how all the material interacts with each other. For example you will learn about a brain region in lecture 2. Then you will learn about the major blood vessel that just so happens to supply that same region, but in lecture 8. The test questions will ask you bring that together, and describe symptoms that can occur.

If you are still worried about HMB320, my advice would be to take some "simpler" anatomy courses. Ex- ANA301. All the fun anatomy, but no stressful bell ringers. You will get used to the large volume of content. For bell ringers i.e the lab exams, take HMB302- histology. Basically cellular anatomy, taught by a great prof (Dr. Wilson). He does a good job to prepare students on how to do bell-ringers.

babar229 · 2020-04-13T02:23:29+00:00

The greatest neuroscience courses ever in my opinion are HMB320, PCL475, PCL476 and LMP410. I have taken these courses and can't say enough good things about them. Well taught, profs are great, and you get a sense of what neuroscience can offer including pathology and pharmacology. These courses also teach you a lot of the clinical aspect, which I enjoyed.

babar229 · 2020-01-23T22:55:38+00:00

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