Episodes
Friday Oct 14, 2022
What does palliative care learning look like in rural contexts?
Friday Oct 14, 2022
Friday Oct 14, 2022
What does palliative care learning look like in rural contexts?
In this episode, I feature a paper by Kilbertus and colleagues who unravelled the memorable experiences that healthcare professionals recalled about palliative care learning in a rural setting in Canada. The common narrative arc revolved around difference, discomfort, disruption and departure.
Full citation:
Kilbertus F, King K, Robinson S, Cristancho S, Burm S. Understanding palliative care learning: A narrative inquiry exploring health care professionals’ memorable experiences. SSM-Qualitative Research in Health. 2022 May 20:100098.
Monday Oct 03, 2022
What’s the role of character-based leadership in medicine?
Monday Oct 03, 2022
Monday Oct 03, 2022
What's the role of character-based leadership in medicine?
In this episode, I feature a paper by Torti and colleagues who explored the perceptions of healthcare professionals about the role of character in relation to effective leadership in medicine. As they uncovered, even though individuals believe that character matters, there's still work to do about the culture of the medical community.
Full citation:
Torti, Jacqueline MI, Hamza Inayat, Ali Inayat, Lorelei Lingard, Wael Haddara, and Nabil Sultan. "Perspectives on physician leadership: The role of character‐based leadership in medicine." Medical Education (2022).
Wednesday Sep 21, 2022
How do we keep an eye on salinization of our freshwater streams and rivers?
Wednesday Sep 21, 2022
Wednesday Sep 21, 2022
How do we keep an eye on salinization of our freshwater streams and rivers?
In this episode, I feature a paper by Kaushal and colleagues who developed a five stage scale to track the progression of the damage that salinization from winter road salts and other pollutants cause in our rivers.
Full citation:
Kaushal, S. S., Mayer, P. M., Likens, G. E., Reimer, J. E., Maas, C. M., Rippy, M. A., ... & Becker, W. D. (2022). Five state factors control progressive stages of freshwater salinization syndrome. Limnology and Oceanography Letters.
Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
How are medical educators and trainees reconceptualizing their roles amidst Covid-19?
Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
How are medical educators and trainees reconceptualizing their roles amidst Covid-19?
In this episode, I feature a paper by Luong and colleagues who unpacked the struggle medical education community members experienced during Covid-19 and how they are renegotiating their professional values, structures and practices.
Full citation:
Luong, V., Burm, S., Bogie, B. J., Cowley, L., Klasen, J. M., MacLeod, A., & LaDonna, K. A. (2022). A phenomenological exploration of the impact of COVID‐19 on the medical education community. Medical education.
Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
How can nuclear power help us reach zero carbon emissions?
Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
How can nuclear power help us reach zero carbon emissions?
In this episode, I feature a paper by Duan and colleagues who show how nuclear might play a crucial role to reduce carbon emissions especially in countries with low wind resources.
Full citation:
Duan, L., Petroski, R., Wood, L., & Caldeira, K. (2022). Stylized least-cost analysis of flexible nuclear power in deeply decarbonized electricity systems considering wind and solar resources worldwide. Nature Energy, 7(3), 260-269.
Wednesday Jul 20, 2022
In a negotiation, how tough is your first offer usually?
Wednesday Jul 20, 2022
Wednesday Jul 20, 2022
In a negotiation, how tough is your first offer usually?
In this episode, I feature a paper by Engler & Page who showed that first offers can have a significant impact in a negotiation. However, driving it too tough might not always be a good idea.
Full citation:
Engler, Y., & Page, L. (2021). Driving a Hard Bargain is a Balancing Act: How social preferences constrain the negotiation process. Theory and Decision, 1-30.
Thursday Jul 07, 2022
How can temperature be measured using stretchable electronics?
Thursday Jul 07, 2022
Thursday Jul 07, 2022
How can temperature be measured using stretchable electronics?
In this episode, I feature a paper by Wang and colleagues who developed soft temperature sensors that stretch and twist depending on the application. For example, these sensors can be applied to rescue machines that need to navigate complex contours or wearers of smart clothing. The design functions as a charged temperature-sensitive capacitor the generates voltages according to changes in temperature. The voltage is sensitive to temperature, but insensitive to stretch. This way deformation doesn’t affect temperature measurements.
Full citation:
Wang, Y., Jia, K., Zhang, S., Kim, H. J., Bai, Y., Hayward, R. C., & Suo, Z. (2022). Temperature sensing using junctions between mobile ions and mobile electrons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(4), e2117962119.
Wednesday Jun 15, 2022
How could our daily smartphone usage betray our privacy?
Wednesday Jun 15, 2022
Wednesday Jun 15, 2022
How could our daily smartphone usage betray our privacy?
In this episode, I feature a paper by Shaw and colleagues who analyzed smartphone usage across 780 individuals and found that it is possible to profile a person’s day-to-day use of different apps and that this profile remains consistent over time. This suggests that our daily smartphone usage serves as a digital fingerprint that pose risks for security and privacy.
Full citation:
Shaw, H., Taylor, P. J., Ellis, D. A., & Conchie, S. M. (2022). Behavioral consistency in the digital age. Psychological science, 33(3), 364-370.
Wednesday Jun 01, 2022
How does our brain organize memories to plan future behaviour?
Wednesday Jun 01, 2022
Wednesday Jun 01, 2022
How does our brain organize memories to plan future behaviour?
In this episode, I feature a paper by Shahbaba and colleagues who leveraged complex behavioural and statistical machine learning approaches to uncover the fundamental mechanisms by which our brain organizes memories into sequences. This research constitutes a critical early step in understanding memory failure in cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia.
Full citation:
Shahbaba, B., Li, L., Agostinelli, F., Saraf, M., Cooper, K. W., Haghverdian, D., ... & Fortin, N. J. (2022). Hippocampal ensembles represent sequential relationships among an extended sequence of nonspatial events. Nature communications, 13(1), 1-17.
Wednesday May 25, 2022
What does road salt have to do with safe drinking water?
Wednesday May 25, 2022
Wednesday May 25, 2022
What does road salt have to do with safe drinking water?
In this episode, I feature a paper by Kaushal and colleagues who performed a comprehensive analysis of the effects of using salt for de-icing roads and fertilizing farmland on our freshwater supply. They refer to it as the Freshwater Salinization Syndrome, which is becoming one of the most pervasive and systemic water quality problems of this century.
Full citation:
Kaushal, S. S., Likens, G. E., Pace, M. L., Reimer, J. E., Maas, C. M., Galella, J. G., ... & Woglo, S. A. (2021). Freshwater salinization syndrome: from emerging global problem to managing risks. Biogeochemistry, 154(2), 255-292.