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The Mindful Medical Learner initiative interviews physicians across the field about mindfulness and how it relates to their practice. Unique experts, course leaders, and mindfulness advocates - we’re bringing them all to our circle! We are a team of medical learners who have come together to offer meditation and mindfulness-based resources to our colleagues – created by learners, for learners. This initiative is being done in collaboration with the McGill WELL Office, which seeks to support learners throughout their training by creating, promoting and sustaining a culture of wellness and resilience. Research shows that mindfulness-based practices can be hugely beneficial for mental well-being. This is particularly pertinent for medical trainees who are consistently operating in high-stress environments. We hope to create a community around mindfulness and meditation and promote awareness about the role that it can play on both a personal and professional level.
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Saturday Jun 29, 2024
Saturday Jun 29, 2024
Dr. Kaffash will begin his career in July 2024 as a rural family physician in the James Bay territory. He recently completed his residency in family medicine at McGill University. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science from Concordia University and a medical degree from McGill University’s class of 2022. Outside of medicine, Dr. Kaffash is interested in fitness, martial arts, and podcasts (lucky us!)
In this podcast we discuss:
2:50 - Arshi’s path to rural family medicine
4:56 - Arshi explains the ease and sense of community in the rural environment
6:27 - Arshi recounts a day in the life as a medical learner in James Bay
9:15 - Some downsides of a rural practice: seclusion and distance from loved ones
11:04 - The clinical challenges of working in a remote indigenous community
12:30 - The unique sense of support between healthcare staff in James Bay
15:25 - Weaving together western medicine and culturally sensitive care
19:00 - Arshi describes the continuous state of learning in rural medicine
20:40 - Palliative care in rural medicine
21:48 - Goosebreak, a Cree holiday for going out on the land to hunt, and other cultural practices
24:08 - Arshi shares some of his favorite formal mindfulness practices
28:54 - How rural family medicine incorporates informal mindfulness principles into practice, and the power of walking to work
31:23 - Advice for medical students - do a rural rotation!
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