So what has the Cochrane membership done for me? Inspired by Dr Jeremy Grimshaw’s question: “So what has the Cochrane Collaboration ever done for us?”
How to find non-academic mentors
Mentors facilitate professional development in academia. But non-academic mentors are equally important. Here, I acknowledge non-academic mentors and
Addiction training provision must meet training needs
Closing the gap between training needs and training provision in addiction medicine Substance use disorders pose a significant
Boost for Oral Opioid Agonist Therapy
Although opioid agonist treatment is effective in treating opioid use disorders, retention in such treatment is suboptimal in part due to quality of
Closing gap between workforce needs and training provision in addiction medicine
Substance use disorders represent a significant social and economic burden globally. While effective interventions exist, the overall treatment
Drug court and Addiction, AMERSA conference
Is drug court meeting the need of the most vulnerable people who use drugs? What is the drug court judge’s hardest decision? What is social detox? How
Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine, CSAM conference
Celebrating 30 years of CSAM-SMCA in Vancouver, BC, the conference focused on: Crisis, Controversy & Change. What is the role of education in
Farewell Thursdays Writing Collective
With the end of the Thursdays Writing Collective coming soon in April 2018, I've decided to re-post my earlier blog from 2016 about this unique
War on drugs, war on wolves
Have you ever heard of compound 1080? No? I'm not surprised. Illegal in most countries, this poison (sodium monofluoroacetate) is used to kill wolves