Roland Grad
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Roland Grad
@rolandgrad.bsky.social
Practicing family doc, family man and McGill faculty.
As a family doctor in Montréal, this resonates. open.substack.com/pub/sensible...
Concierge Medicine Signals the Failure to Invest in Primary Care
At this point in my career, I know what I do well and what I do less well.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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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September 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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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August 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
On Wednesday, join me for a discussion about the …
July 28, 2025 at 1:59 AM
On July 30, please join me online for a discussion about the …
July 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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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May 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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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May 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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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May 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Reposted by Roland Grad
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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April 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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
February 28, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Highlights

We explored the views of physician educators on implementation of SDM in practice.

We identified five themes that fell in two categories.

We found an inconsistent understanding of what is SDM, as well as other challenges.

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#SDM #meded #FOAMed
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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January 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM