Education
Celebrating the Class of 2017
On May 30, several hundred students from across McGill University’s Health Sciences programs packed the tent on lower campus, joined by family and...
June 2, 2017
First graduates of McGill’s Physical Therapy Extension Program at UQAC
On May 30, the first class of Physical Therapists from McGill University’s extension program at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC) received...
June 2, 2017
MUHC takes augmented reality into the operating room
By Patricia Vasquez, MUHC Communications New technology using augmented reality* and mixed-reality** is assisting surgeons with planning and real-time positioning in patients who require...
June 1, 2017
Scientific Platforms Meeting: Networks, Funding & Sustainability
By Dr. Claire Brown The Canadian Network of Scientific Platforms (CNSP) had their inaugural meeting in Montreal on May 9, 2017. More than...
May 25, 2017
McGill students help develop World Health Organization tools
Faculty of Medicine students play roles in developing training manual and e-learning tool for ethics in public health emergencies From a young age...
May 25, 2017
Queen Elizabeth Scholars explore gardens
On April 27 a community engagement event, called Exploring Urban Gardens, was held for members of the first two cohorts of the Queen...
May 19, 2017
New Canadian guideline recommends against screening for hepatitis C in adults who are not at increased risk
The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care recommends against screening for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) in adults at low risk in a...
May 19, 2017
I want to hold your hand: from the McGill Model to Strengths-Based Nursing and the evolution of patient-centred care
By Gillian Woodford Patient-centred care has become something of a buzz term in medicine in the past decade. But what many in the...
May 12, 2017
MS Awareness Month 2017
Source: The Neuro The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (The Neuro) is home to Canada’s first multiple sclerosis (MS) clinic, and MS research...
May 11, 2017
Community Mobilization Training for Diabetes Prevention: Implementation and scale-up of a best practice training model for diverse Indigenous communities
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Pathways to Health Equity for Aboriginal People has awarded $674,220 CAD to Dr. Lucie Lévesque (Queen’s...
May 11, 2017
Help Haiti Fundraiser
Following the devastation caused by Hurricane Matthew, which wreaked massive destruction in Haiti in October 2016, Dr. Geoffroy Noel (Director, Division of Anatomical...
May 5, 2017
Leadership Matters: Managing our way to a healthier, happier nursing workforce
It’s National Nursing Week in Canada starting May 8, culminating in International Nurses Day on May 12, celebrating the birthday of Florence Nightingale....
May 5, 2017