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Scholarly projects have long been required in physician training programs in Canada and the United States. While there is literature on challenges and solutions in delivering scholarly curricula, we found no publications describing residents’ topic choices.

This workshop is open to conference participants and specially invited guests. Hosted by the Canadian Collaboration for Immigrant and Refugee Health, we will share newly developed diabetes guidelines with an emphasis on culturally appropriate lifestyle interventions, digital support tools, and the role of semaglutide (Ozempic), a medicine poised for inclusion in the WHO Essential Medicines List.

The annual Dr. David Gass Memorial Walk was held on Nov. 3rd at Point Pleasant Park. Dr. Gass loved to walk, and this event gives colleagues, family, and friends the opportunity to remember a kind, wise, and a wonderful mentor.

Starting in 2024, two graduating MD students will each receive the James Walker Wood, MD, Award in Medicine valued at $100,000—the largest ever individual prize for MD graduates at Dalhousie’s Faculty of Medicine. To qualify, recipients must demonstrate financial need and be entering a Family Medicine Residency at Dalhousie, specifically serving a rural or remote communities in the Maritimes.

We all have family, friends, colleagues and neighbours who have been waiting to find a family doctor or nurse practitioner and struggling to access the health care they need when they need it. Primary care -- services to meet our day-to-day health needs, from family doctors, nurse practitioners and other team members -- is under enormous pressure in Nova Scotia and across the country.