Narrative means to professional ends: new strategies for teaching CanMEDS roles in Canadian medical schools.

Problem Addressed: Medical students in training are rarely encouraged to engage in reflective thinking around clinical encounters. Writing exercises can be an effective route for encouraging student reflection.

Objective Of Program: The purpose of this pilot project was to determine if using reflective writing in teaching the CanMEDS roles helps to increase students' understanding of the roles in the clinical context.

A randomized controlled trial of mindfulness-based stress reduction to manage affective symptoms and improve quality of life in gay men living with HIV.

Unlabelled: To determine whether MBSR groups would help gay men living with HIV improve psychosocial functioning and increase mindfulness compared to treatment-as-usual (TAU).

Methods: 117 participants were randomized 2:1 to MBSR or TAU. No new psychosocial or psychopharmacological interventions were initiated within 2 months of baseline.