Check out our recently published review led by @sandralee990! With students @uoftmedicine, residents @UofTanesthesia, and @PinnaclePeriop. The impact of pre‐operative depression on pain outcomes after major surgery: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

How to doctor - a thread.

Today is Match Day! Medical students across Canada are learning the results of the first iteration of the 2023 Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS). Congrats to the CaRMS Match of 2023! Don't forget to tag us in your match day pics! Read more: https://t.co/cvdnwcYXwM

🔐This new meta-analysis finds that diagnosed obstructive sleep apnoea is associated with an almost two-fold increased risk of postoperative complications. Time for more polysomnography and home sleep apnoea testing? @biancapivetta2 @FrancesChung6 🔗 https://t.co/zLpMDBji9T

Congrats to all the students presenting today, great job. Thanks to the Faculty mentors, fantastic breadth and quality of work! @SKAnesthesia @SickKidsNews @GoldenbergLab @asid1003 @GMI_Canada @LabSteinberg @nanesthetist @SimonKelleyMD @BAmirSayed @DrFCampbell @augusto_zani

No matter how you look at it, your OMSAS result does not define you, your success, and most importantly, your worth. Keep moving forward - acceptance or rejection.

Great news! We are currently expanding eligible postal codes to the below hotspot priority postal codes at Habitant Arena 3383 Weston Rd. While supplies last! @VaxHuntersCan

It’s a beautiful day...to save lives (literally)

It’s a beautiful day so we’re going to open things up a bit (a lot) more - all of these postal codes are eligible today👇

Date correction: Big clinic day today (THURSDAY May 6) with roughly 2,500 doses to give out. Let’s do this North Western Toronto!

New emergency orders announced yesterday to help limit the spread of Covid-19 are now in effect. The Toronto Police Service will continue to engage, educate and enforce, but we will not be doing random stops of people or cars. 1/2

Use and Performance of the STOP-Bang Questionnaire for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Screening Across Geographic Regions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Pivetta B, Chen L, Nagappa M, Saripella A, Waseem R, Englesakis M, Chung F. JAMA Netw Open 2021;4(3):e211009.

Systematic review & meta-analysis finds the STOP-Bang questionnaire is a useful tool to screen for patients with suspected obstructive sleep apnea in sleep clinics globally. @biancapivetta2 @uOttawaMed @FrancesChung6 @uoftmedicine

I keep these on my calendar as a reminder that a woman can do anything - I am a strong woman because strong women raised me. Thankful to have incredible women by my side on my rollercoaster journey. #IWD2021

Did you know that the early signs of a heart attack are missed in 78% of women? My @uottawamed MD2023 classmates and I proudly wear red in support of #HerHeartMatters because our female patients deserve better. Show me a cuter group of people... I'll wait. #WearRedCanada

Today we published a systematic review in Pain Medicine on the use of N-acetylcysteine in the management of chronic pain. As pain physicians, we need to continually be searching for novel therapies that provide benefit but with a low burden of side-effects

Normalize saying how you really feel when asked how you are #BellLetsTalk

I start my last semester of preclerkship tomorrow and I really don’t know how to feel about it 🙃

Exams are done - let the Hallmark movies begin! Send all your recommendations plz 🤗