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Levelling Up; What Medical Students REALLY Need to Know to Succeed

Each May, the graduating class of Dalhousie Medical School awards one of their professors the Silver Shovel Award. It’s an honour that recognizes teaching excellence, rewarding a professor’s dedication, compassion and commitment to helping their students succeed. Dr. Brock Vair […]

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In Nova Scotia physicians and communities work together for better health care

When it comes to physician recruitment and retention, the municipality of Clare, on Nova Scotia’s Acadian shore, has a recipe for success. The five family physicians working in the community were born and raised in the area and returned home […]

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Mentoring the next generation of physicians; Leading recruitment in rural Nova Scotia

Dr. Kenny Yee’s career has not gone how he originally intended, but he says in the end he wouldn’t change a thing.   Born in Malaysia, he completed medical school in Australia and intended to specialize in orthopaedic surgery. Difficulties […]

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Dr. Manohar Bance Makes Impressive Gains In Diagnosing & Treating Hearing Problems

“I have always been a team builder,” says Dr. Manohar Bance. “Brainstorming, developing ideas and bringing people together to discuss them, is an enjoyable and natural impulse for me.”   The surgeon and researcher, who also teaches at Dalhousie Medical […]

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Dr. Jocelyn Foran Gives Kids at Port Williams Elementary A Running Start

When she realized her local elementary school didn’t have a Kids’ Run Club, Dr. Jocelyn Foran took the lead.   “There is no greater stress reliever than a good run,” says Dr. Jocelyn Foran, an anaesthesiologist at Valley Regional Hospital in […]