Category: Public Health

Communication, Medicine, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Public Health

Entering the phase of R2 aka Second Year Residency

It’s been a while since I last shared any of my musings on medicine. I thought as I enter my final year of residency training and count down the months before I can practice independently, it’s time for an update. I still remember vividly how it felt a year ago to get used to introducing myself to patients as ‘Dr. Martineau’ . . . Continue reading Entering the phase of R2 aka Second Year Residency

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Hope, Medicine, Public Health

If you think Police Brutality doesn’t happen here, you’re wrong.

I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting on the recent recognition of police misconduct and brutality in the context of what happened to George Floyd and the #BlackLivesMatter protests. It’s been absolutely horrifying to see what’s happening in the US, and the degree to which the police have been attacking peaceful protestors and escalating protests into violent confrontations. At first, there seemed to be a … Continue reading If you think Police Brutality doesn’t happen here, you’re wrong.

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