Being a senior postdoc brings many opportunities. I wrote about them in my blog last year. Now, I’d like to revisit them, see what’s new and what has
New paper out now: Psychosocial Interventions for Alcohol use among problem drug users
May 18th: Many people in methadone treatment receive it through their primary care provider. As many also drink alcohol excessively, there is a
Using Doctors Notes to See How They Treat people with Mental Health Disorders: New study out now
April 9th: Prevention and treatment of mental disorders challenge primary care doctors worldwide. Most of them use electronic medical records
How Do We Make Tracks? Meeting of The Society for Technical Communication
January 31, 2015– The STC Canada West Coast chapter hosted a day for technical communicators, both new and those more seasoned, which included tips
New paper out now: Alcohol Screening among Opioid Agonist Patients in a Primary Care Clinic and an Opioid Treatment Program
February 25th: Drinking in people who also use other illicit drugs causes serious problems. Their doctors and health professionals can ask about
Conference of the North-American Primary Care Research Group: This is Times Square
“What’s this?” “This is Time Square” an overheard conversation made me smile and think to myself “Yes, this is the centre. North-American Primary
How to go about getting a postdoc position? Finding funding
There probably isn’t a simple answer to this question. Everybody has a different experience. My path was one of finding my own funding to do what I
Families of opioid users in Ireland may be given drug to stop overdose deaths
By Siobhan MaguireArticle from The Sunday Times, 21 September 2014, p4The department of healthis reviewing distribution of Naloxone, a drug that
Does it work? When doctors need evidence
Healthcare professionals can generate important clinical questions for addiction research. Answering such questions by conducting a Cochrane review of