{"title":"Conference Proceedings: Faculty of Medicine Research Day","authors":"Zacharie Saint-Georges, Omar Dewidar","doi":"10.18192/uojm.v11is3.6079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18192/uojm.v11is3.6079","url":null,"abstract":"Actes de la conférence: Journée de la recherche de la Faculté de médecine / Conference Proceedings: Faculty of Medicine Research Day","PeriodicalId":30662,"journal":{"name":"University of Ottawa Journal of Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43993044","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Vaccine Hesitancy in the Current Landscape of the COVID-19 Pandemic","authors":"J. Ranot","doi":"10.18192/uojm.v11is1.5932","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18192/uojm.v11is1.5932","url":null,"abstract":"For a procedure so commonplace in a doctor’s office, so critical to the prevention of disease, and so marred by controversy, it seemed odd that in my third year of medical school, I had yet to perform a vaccination. For that reason, I was very excited for my first rotation in family medicine. One could even say I was a little overzealous to learn about vaccines. To my credit, as someone who studied healthcare economics, there is a lot to love about the social return on investment of vaccines. Two weeks into my rotation I came across my first case of vaccine hesitancy. They were parents who had immigrated to Canada and were skeptical of vaccines. They wanted to pick and choose which vaccines their child would receive. These people are called the ‘vaccine hesitant’ and, unlike the devout ‘vaccine deniers’, they are the crucial swing states in a political battle for the health of our country. [1]","PeriodicalId":30662,"journal":{"name":"University of Ottawa Journal of Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44992841","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Le vaccin à ARNm, au-delà du COVID-19","authors":"Léa Caya-Bissonnette","doi":"10.18192/uojm.v11is1.6028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18192/uojm.v11is1.6028","url":null,"abstract":"La pandémie mondiale causée par la COVID-19 a occasionné beaucoup de turbulences dans la dernière année et, chose certaine, beaucoup d’énergie et de financement ont été attribués au développement de vaccins pour inoculer la population mondiale. Cet effort collectif en quête de vaccin avancera-t-elle par inadvertance la recherche sur le cancer?","PeriodicalId":30662,"journal":{"name":"University of Ottawa Journal of Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49409415","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Le pouvoir de la langue","authors":"Melanie Elhafid","doi":"10.18192/uojm.v11is1.6023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18192/uojm.v11is1.6023","url":null,"abstract":"Récemment, pendant un stage à l'hôpital, j'ai traité une patiente âgée (Mme C) qui avait eu un accident vasculaire cérébrale (AVC). Elle parlait dans une langue anglaise si brisée qu'il était difficile de la comprendre et de faire un diagnostic approprié. Mme C m’a informé que son voisin était à l’extérieur lorsqu’elle avait eu son AVC, et il a appelé les Services Médicaux d'Urgence (SMU) car elle ne pouvait pas se lever par elle-même, mais surtout parce qu’elle était sûre que les SMU n’auraient pas compris son accent Français épais au téléphone. Étant moi-même bilingue, je lui ai immédiatement demandé si c’était préférable de continuer la consultation en français. Sans aucune hésitation, elle a répondu avec enthousiasme « Oui, oui, ça me ferait si contente ». Vers la fin de la consultation, Mme C a pris mes deux mains entre les siens et m’a profondément remercié d’avoir fait l’effort supplémentaire d’effectuer son évaluation en Français. Elle m’a informé que c’était la première fois depuis qu’elle avait immigré au Canada, il y a plus de trois décades, qu’elle recevait des soins de santé en Français et qu’elle espérait que ce ne serait pas la dernière. Cette expérience avec Mme C m’a poussé à me demander combien d’autres patients ont enduré ou endureront une situation pareille? Quel est l’ampleur du problème? Comment remédier à cette situation? Quel est l’impact sur la qualité des soins reçus quand le Docteur et le patient ne parlent pas la même langue? Pour répondre à toutes ces questions, j’ai effectué une étude bibliographique approfondie dont les résultats les plus saillants sont mis en relief dans ce qui suit.","PeriodicalId":30662,"journal":{"name":"University of Ottawa Journal of Medicine","volume":"132 1-2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41303592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The COVID-19 vaccine evidence gap: Decisions without data for pregnant and breastfeeding women","authors":"A. Johnston","doi":"10.18192/uojm.v11is1.5919","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18192/uojm.v11is1.5919","url":null,"abstract":"On March 11th, 2020, the Word Health Organization officially declared the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak a pandemic, setting in motion an unprecedented modern-day global public health response [1, 2]. Since that time, COVID-19’s impact has been wide-reaching and complex; influenced by a diverse set of biologic, clinical, psychologic, and sociodemographic factors [3, 4]. Indeed, not all members of society are at equal risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection or experiencing severe infection-related outcomes [3, 4]. For example, older adults and individuals with comorbid conditions (e.g., cardiovascular disease) are at increased risk for severe disease [5]. Further, males are at higher risk of serious COVID-19 outcomes compared to females, underscoring the importance of including sex as a fundamental variable in the design and conduct of COVID-19 research [6]. Certainly, without sex-disaggregated data, it is impossible to know if, or to what extent, sex-specific approaches to the care and prevention of SARS-CoV-2 infection should be employed [7].","PeriodicalId":30662,"journal":{"name":"University of Ottawa Journal of Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45877367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Subtle and Silent Issue in Older Adult Care","authors":"Sar Fu","doi":"10.18192/uojm.v11is1.5939","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18192/uojm.v11is1.5939","url":null,"abstract":"The treatment of elders in the community and ageism in our society has been an issue often underlooked. However, since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, poor treatment of elders in the community and long term care homes has been brought to light. During the beginning of the pandemic, long term care homes in Canada accounted for around 80% of all COVID-19 related mortalities [1]. This situation is due to an amalgamation of factors leading towards the ultimate neglect of the elderly population, including the governance of long term care homes in Canada, the stigma against the elderly population, and the commonly misconceived clinical picture of a ‘frail’ senior by the medical community.","PeriodicalId":30662,"journal":{"name":"University of Ottawa Journal of Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48870339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Hidden Costs of COVID-19 and School Closure on Children","authors":"A. Rosenfeld","doi":"10.18192/uojm.v11is1.5931","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18192/uojm.v11is1.5931","url":null,"abstract":"An initial public health measure enacted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic was the closure of schools.[1] This action was motivated by previous observations regarding school closure and prevention of pandemic flu transmission.[2,3] In response to periodic school closure, many schools in Ontario have adopted a hybrid model of schooling with both in-person and remote learning. However, due to the emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants, considerable concern has been raised regarding in-person learning.[4,5] This is an important discussion to have as additional variants and waves are likely to arise, and school closure poses a substantial burden to the well-being of children —especially those from marginalized populations.","PeriodicalId":30662,"journal":{"name":"University of Ottawa Journal of Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42320141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Revising the model for vaccine development: a step towards tuberculosis immunity","authors":"Am Dagenais","doi":"10.18192/uojm.v11is1.5929","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18192/uojm.v11is1.5929","url":null,"abstract":"Thanks to accelerated vaccine development, the first COVID-19 vaccine was approved for use by Health Canada only nine months after the disease was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization [1]. This unprecedented feat was made possible by three critical factors: a stressed sense of urgency, substantial funding, and parallel pre-clinical and clinical trials. Such a concerted effort not only led to the development of multiple effective vaccines, but also bred innovation as mRNA technology bloomed despite its limited use in the past. This success story paves the way for the accelerated development of vaccines for other diseases, such as tuberculosis—the deadliest infectious disease of modern times before COVID-19 emerged.","PeriodicalId":30662,"journal":{"name":"University of Ottawa Journal of Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43120888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Grossesse et accouchement en temps de pandémie de la COVID-19","authors":"A. Ferreira","doi":"10.18192/uojm.v11is1.6004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18192/uojm.v11is1.6004","url":null,"abstract":"La grossesse et la naissance d’un enfant sont des événements spéciaux et merveilleux. C’est aussi des périodes comportant leurs lots de difficultés et d’adaptations, particulièrement pour les mères. En passant par les nouvelles responsabilités, l’allaitement, la nouvelle image de soi et la santé mentale périnatale et post-partum.","PeriodicalId":30662,"journal":{"name":"University of Ottawa Journal of Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44884623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Les mains liées, mais pas les trompes","authors":"Kamille Monosiet","doi":"10.18192/uojm.v11is1.6025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18192/uojm.v11is1.6025","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":30662,"journal":{"name":"University of Ottawa Journal of Medicine","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45251487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}