Medical students support Saskatchewan Change Day campaign

The second annual Saskatchewan Change Day will be celebrated on Nov. 5, 2015. To mark the final 30 days of the campaign, the Health Quality Council (HQC) has launched an initiative called 30 Days of Collective Change. http://blog.hqc.sk.ca/hqcchange/

The silver tsunami is coming

Saskatchewan, like much of the industrialized world, is poised to get hit with a silver tsunami that threatens to engulf government health budgets, but also offers exciting opportunities, according to Dr. Jenny Basran.

College of Medicine probation lifted

This morning the University of Saskatchewan received official word that probation has been rescinded for the College of Medicine undergraduate medical education program.

Model behaviour

My day can go from putting makeup of a burn on a mannequin to setting up the medical scenario.

Students key part of One Health event

More than 130 U of S students in medicine, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy and nutrition, public health, veterinary medicine and physical therapy gathered in Saskatoon to take part in the fourth annual conference

CHAMPS camp gives patients confidence to have fun

CHAMPS has brought together children who have had heart surgery from across the province to provide them with the opportunity to do something they may never have felt comfortable doing otherwise: playing the way other kids their age get to without fear.

'This is where I can make a difference'

When Dr. Lucy Nickel was completing her medical training at the University of Saskatchewan, she was doing so without the numerous Aboriginal role models a lot of current students have to look up to in the medicine program.

SMSS president wins leadership award

Despite a busy academic schedule, and the demands placed on her as the president of the Student Medical Society of Saskatchewan, Jillian Kerry still found the time to teach yoga twice a week, and more recently, get involved with Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Canada.

Dean's Summer Students Project

Every year there are a handful of talented medical students working on a Dean’s Summer Students project, and this year is no different.

What can a U of S medical student expect practicing medicine in La Ronge?

When you talk physician recruitment and retention in Saskatchewan, and in Canada for that matter, the term “rural and remote” is often used, but what does it actually mean? In Saskatchewan places like Saskatoon and Regina and their outlying communities would not fall into this category, which begs the question, which ones would?

U of S School of Physical Therapy earns full accreditation

The Master of Physical Therapy Program at the University of Saskatchewan has been awarded full accreditation through to April 30, 2021. This follows a thorough review conducted by Physiotherapy Education Accreditation Canada (PEAC), the accrediting agency for physiotherapy education programs in Canada.

JURSI students getting national experience

An integral part of a medical education is allowing students the opportunity to get hands-on experience in a variety of settings in the hopes of helping them to decide on the specialty that most interests them.

New clot-removal therapy benefits stroke patients

Dr. Michael Kelly has completed a medical trial at several sites around the world showing that a clot retrieval procedure known as endovascular treatment (ET) can dramatically improve patient outcomes after an acute ischemic stroke.