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Roland Grad
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Practicing family doc, family man and McGill faculty.
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Roland Grad @rolandgrad.bsky.social · 9d
As a medical student, I was lucky to attend a lecture from Dr Mount on palliative care. He was so engaging. His lecture even included a segment from the Beatles song ‘A Day in the Life’. Unforgettable.
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Roland Grad @rolandgrad.bsky.social · 18d
There is a way to effectively help people decide about cancer screening. But primary health care can’t go it alone. open.substack.com/pub/sensible...
A Plea for Better Cancer Screening Guidelines
A Sensible Medicine Guest Post
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Roland Grad @rolandgrad.bsky.social · Aug 3
Thanks for covering the top 20 article. One of my annual favourites too, for choosing more wisely in Medicine podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/a...
AFP: American Family Physician Podcast
Medicine Podcast · Updated Biweekly · Twice a month, faculty and residents of the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix Family Medicine Residency discuss key clinical points from each issu...
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Roland Grad @rolandgrad.bsky.social · Jul 28
On Wednesday, join me for a discussion about the …
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Roland Grad @rolandgrad.bsky.social · Jul 16
On July 30, please join me online for a discussion about the …
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Roland Grad @rolandgrad.bsky.social · May 28
This episode is not to be missed (speaking as a clinician in primary health care) podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/b...
Episode 6: Presenting balanced information about benefits and harms to patients makes you more contented
Podcast Episode · Best Science Medicine Podcast - BS without the BS · 2025-05-27 · 1h 9m
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Roland Grad @rolandgrad.bsky.social · May 15
Impressive. How the Dutch implement primary health care. Side effects of listening to this podcast episode include some hope for the future. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p...
In the Netherlands: a day in a GP practice (Part 1)
Podcast Episode · Primary Focus with Dr. Tara Kiran · 2025-05-15 · 35m
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Roland Grad @rolandgrad.bsky.social · May 1
Canadians benefit from Task Force guidance for preventive health care. Our new Minister of Health can make a difference. Undo the pause. www.cmaj.ca/content/197/...
The “pause” on the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care is misguided
A recent editorial published in CMAJ highlighted how the journal has called out the actions of past Canadian governments when they tried to stifle research and silence researchers.[1][1] We write with...
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McGill University @mcgill.ca · Apr 25
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, a former McGill football star who went on to become an NFL Super Bowl champion and then retired to serve the community as a physician, is among the latest laureates selected to receive the Order of Montréal. ✨

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McGill football grad Duvernay-Tardif to receive the Order of Montréal - McGill University Athletics
MONTREAL – Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, a former McGill University football star who went on to become an NFL Super Bowl champion and then retired to serve the community
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Roland Grad @rolandgrad.bsky.social · Feb 28
Clinical questions addressed by first-year medical students url:https://journals.stfm.org/familymedicine/online-first/malik-0246/

Students did not commonly address questions related to diagnosis. #medicaleducation #medicalstudent #EBM
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Roland Grad @rolandgrad.bsky.social · Jan 30
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We explored the views of physician educators on implementation of SDM in practice.
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We identified five themes that fell in two categories.
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We found an inconsistent understanding of what is SDM, as well as other challenges.

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Perspectives of family physician educators on shared decision making in preventive health care: A Qualitative Descriptive Inquiry
To explore the views of family physician (FP) educators on shared decision making (SDM).Qualitative descriptive study. Individual interviews were reco…
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Roland Grad @rolandgrad.bsky.social · Jan 30
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We explored the views of physician educators on implementation of SDM in practice.
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We identified five themes that fell in two categories.
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We found an inconsistent understanding of what is SDM, as well as other challenges.