Redefining professionalism to improve health equity in competency based medical education (CBME): A qualitative study.

Purpose: There is a pressing need to address all forms of anti-oppression in medicine, given systemic harm and inequities in care and outcomes for patients and health care professionals from equity-deserving groups. Revising definitions of professionalism used in competency-based education can incorporate new professional competencies for physicians to identify and eliminate the root causes of these inequities. This study redefined the CanMEDS definition to centre perspectives of equity-deserving groups.

Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) guided gynecologic/oncology surgery - The patient's perspective.

Objective: Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) pathways have demonstrated improvements in outcomes following benign gynecologic and gynecologic oncology surgery. However, there is limited data reporting the benefit of ERAS from the patient's perspective. This study aimed to explore patient knowledge of and experience with ERAS-guided surgery.

Patient experiences of virtual care across specialist neuroscience and psychiatry clinics related to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Calgary, Alberta.

Purpose: The emergence of the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has led to public health restrictions and a shift towards virtual care and telehealth. The aim of this study was to explore barriers and facilitators of virtual care from the perspective of neurological and psychiatric patients.

Methods: One-on-one interviews were conducted remotely using telephone and online video teleconferencing.

Evaluating transformative health leadership education for Indigenous health: a mixed methods study.

Background: There is an urgent need to improve structural competency and anti-racism education across health systems. Many leaders in health systems have the ability and responsibility to play a significant role in policy change and transforming healthcare delivery to address health inequities and injustices. The aim of this project was to evaluate a new health leadership Indigenous health course: PLUS4I.

Adolescent experiences of pregnancy in low-and middle-income countries: a meta-synthesis of qualitative studies.

Background: Fertility rates among adolescents have fallen globally, yet the greatest incidence remains in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). Gaining insight into adolescents needs and experiences of pregnancy will help identify if context specific services meet their needs and how to optimise pregnancy experiences. A meta-synthesis of qualitative studies considering adolescent experiences of pregnancy in LMICs has not yet been published.

"If it helps someone, then I want to do it": Perspectives of persons living with dementia on research registry participation.

Registries are an important platform to which persons with dementia and other cognitive impairments can contribute to research studies. Registries also provide an opportunity for patients to stay informed about current studies. Engaging patients in registry development can increase sustainability of a registry and patient retention in clinical registries.

Mind the gap: Exploring information gaps for the development of an online resource hub for epilepsy and depression.

Purpose: Depression is common in epilepsy, and is often under-detected and under-treated. The motivation to create a depression eHub for persons with epilepsy is to connect them to the best available online resources to effectively manage their depression. The study sought to: 1) identify facilitators and barriers to accessing resources related to management of epilepsy and/or depression and 2) discuss gaps in available resources (free and in the public domain) and 3) identify suggestions for future content.