For those that aren’t familiar, Anki is a very popular multi-device flashcard app with spaced repetition. It’s one of those FOSS apps that’s fairly popular even outside the tech/FOSS community, and it is used by a lot of (most?) med students, pre-med students, etc. It's definitely the best flashcard software out there.

This update is bigger than others because now image occlusion is built in, which is where you can build flashcards out of photos/screenshots by covering up parts of it. Super helpful for memorizing and practising with diagrams (ex. anatomy). Before you'd need an add-on for it (of which there are many, Anki has a pretty big add-on development community too)

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/7667031

The College of Family Physicians of Canada is being asked to "pause, hold and maybe stop" its plans to increase the time it takes to train a family doctor from two years to three — as some medical students, family doctors and provincial health ministers express their opposition.

"Our class, the class of 2027, is going to be the first that's impacted by this change in residency length," said Yash Verma, a first-year medical student at the University of Toronto.

"It feels like that's something that's out of our control and that we have no power to change at all."

Verma said he first heard about the plan from CBC News in September. Alarmed, he asked his classmates for their thoughts.

He says he heard a recurring theme: "If this third year were to happen, they would not become family doctors."

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/3088191

Canada Health Infoway is a decent organization that works on increasing interoperability of healthcare systems in Canada. I haven't personally been to this event, but I heard about it in their newsletter. Hopefully someone finds it useful!

I copied the relevant portion below:

Are you a patient or caregiver who is passionate about helping shape health care in Canada?

As part of Infoway’s commitment to amplifying the patient voice and acknowledging the critical role patients, families and caregivers have in the health system, we are pleased to offer a limited number of scholarships to patients, caregivers, and family members to attend the 2023 Infoway Partnership Conference in Vancouver Nov. 14-15, 2023.

The presence and participation of patients is crucial in enriching the experience for all conference attendees, as well as empowering and engaging patients as advocates for patients in their own communities.

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