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Jul 31, 2020
4 min

Keeping Sane as OMSAS Opens

Many of you shared the familiar feeling in the pit of your stomach when you heard that OMSAS opened their application cycle. That looming...

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Jul 30, 2020
3 min

Find My Path: Interview with Ali Hachem pt.2

So remember Ali? Well, we're back with a part 2 where we delve into what life was like for him in med school and later in residency. Just...

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Jul 14, 2020
4 min

Find My Path: Interview with Ali Hachem

“Make an impact, be patient and work very hard,” was the overarching theme of the interview I had with Ali Hachem, a recent medical resid...

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Jun 27, 2020
4 min

MCAT SCHEDULING: AN EXTREME SPORT

Deciding to be a Doctor is one thing; deciding to take the MCAT is another component that seems to be a key factor in one’s journey of be...

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Jun 22, 2020
1 min

Find My Path: Interview with Priscilla Matthews, MMASc (c)

On this episode of Find My Path Ryan talked with Priscilla Matthews, a 2023 McMaster MD candidate. They covered what it was like to apply...

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Jun 19, 2020
1 min

Dr. Mohan, MD, MPH

Find My Path is a video series that is going to highlight medical professionals who had unconventional paths to medicine and how they are...

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Jun 2, 2020
2 min

Productivity during a Pandemic

COVID-19 has drastically changed our daily routines and working or studying from home can be more difficult than expected. With such a la...

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May 20, 2020
1 min

Emotions in Emergency

For out next #ThisIsMedicine video, I share a story about a night on call in the Emergency Department while rotating on Surgery. An endle...

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May 20, 2020
1 min

Because of COVID-19...

Aleena Fiorotto is a colleague of mine at University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine. She provides an emotional account of how COVID-19 has...

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May 20, 2020
1 min

Interdisciplinary Team during COVID-19

In this video, I speak about my experience working in the Emergency Department in the initial days of the COVID-19 pandemic, before being...

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Apr 6, 2020
1 min

7 Minutes to Medicine

For our second video in the #ThisIsMedicine series, I would like to share some interview tips, given that we are in the midst of interview...

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Apr 4, 2020
1 min

Trust Over Treatment

To kick off our #ThisIsMedicine series, I wanted to share one of my first experiences interviewing a patient. This story focuses on the t...

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