Audio
December 12, 2011
By: pboinot
Category: Audio, Latest Dossier, New : Arts and Health
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Pour la majorité d’entre nous, la musique est une composante essentielle de notre vie. Certains vont en écouter pour se détendre, d’autres pour accompagner un moment agréable ou encore pour se motiver dans leurs activités quotidiennes. Il n’est donc pas étonnant que la musique ait aussi des vertus thérapeutiques. Mais que savons-nous vraiment de la musicothérapie? Christelle Jacquet, présidente de l’Association québécoise de musicothérapie, nous présente dans cette entrevue cette thérapie. Elle nous raconte notamment son expérience en tant que musicothérapeute et nous décrit le déroulement d’une séance de musicothérapie à l’Hôpital de Montréal pour enfants.
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October 21, 2010
By: mhivon
Category: Audio, Human Enhancement
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Though no one would question the idea of enhancing one’s cognitive abilities by going to school, eating and sleeping well, many of us become uncomfortable at the thought of taking drugs for the same purpose. What is special about using drugs for cognitive enhancement? Is it significantly different from other forms of enhancement? What sort of regulations should apply to the development and use of enhancers? Pauline Boinot discusses these questions and more with Professor Hank Greely, Director of the Center for Law and the Biosciences, Stanford University.
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April 27, 2010
By: pboinot
Category: Audio, Evaluation and policy, Public Participation
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Involving the public within the governance of the healthcare system is not a new phenomenon, but it seems to be a “trendy” issue at this moment. Official instances, governmental bodies or nongovernmental organisations almost unanimously call for public participation. What are the goals pursued through the multiple projects of public participation? Is this participation always necessary or adequate, whatever the issues debated? What is its impact? Are the policies or decisions better when the public contributes? Julia Abelson, from McMaster University, brings light on these questions and others.
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April 27, 2010
By: gdaudelin
Category: Audio, Evaluation and policy, Public Participation
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Clinical guidelines are “systematically developed statements to assist practioners and patients’ decisions about appropriate healthcare for specific clinical circumstances.” Why and how to involve the publics in such a traditionally professional autonomy zone? It is the point that Antoine Boivin, MD and doctorate candidate, exposes in this presentation.
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April 27, 2010
By: pboinot
Category: Audio, Evaluation and policy, Public Participation
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The Cochrane Collaboration produces systematic reviews of evidence about healthcare interventions with the aims to support and improve clinical decisions. Janet Wale, an active member of the Cochrane Consumer Network, presents to Pauline Boinot what they do. She also clarifies why and how consumers of healthcare may contribute to this complex and important work.
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February 19, 2010
By: pboinot
Category: Audio, Cyberaddiction, Information technology
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According to Kimberly Young, a psychologist who did some studies on the impact of the Internet, one person out of eight in the United States may suffer from Internet addiction. In this interview, Dr. Young gives her opinion on this new form of addiction. She explains how people can be addicted to the Internet and what are the treatments offered in the center she founded a few years ago.
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December 18, 2009
By: pboinot
Category: Innovations, Audio, Surgery and devices, Tissue engineering
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Grâce au génie tissulaire du domaine cutané qui permet de cultiver les cellules de la peau, le temps nécessaire au recouvrement des plaies des grands brûlés est raccourci de quelques mois, limitant ainsi les risques d’infections mortelles. Le Dr Berthod, chercheur à l’Université Laval, nous explique dans cette entrevue comment cela est possible mais aussi quels sont les défis qu’il reste à relever pour se rapprocher le plus possible de la peau d’origine.
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November 16, 2009
By: pboinot
Category: Innovations, Audio, Cyberpsychology
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Dans le laboratoire de cyberpsychologie de l’Université du Québec en Outaouais, la réalité virtuelle est utilisée pour traiter les troubles anxieux comme la phobie des araignées ou la phobie des hauteurs. Dans cette entrevue, Stéphane Bouchard, co-directeur du laboratoire, nous explique comment les patients peuvent apprivoiser leurs peurs dans un environnement virtuel. Il nous présente aussi les résultats de ses recherches ainsi que sa vision du futur de la cyberpsychologie.
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October 19, 2009
By: pvachon
Category: Audio, Evaluation and policy, Undesirable Events
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En 2007, au Québec, l’Association canadienne de protection médicale (ACPM) a reçu environ 3000 demandes d’intervention pour défendre des médecins qui ont fait l’objet d’une plainte de la part de patients. De ces demandes, 181 ont fait l’objet de poursuites en justice et six seulement ont donné lieu à des jugements favorables aux patients. De plus, l’ACPM a versé 173 millions de dollars en indemnités à l’ensemble des patients canadiens et elle a déboursé 220 millions de dollars en frais d’avocat et d’expertise pour la défense des médecins. Robert Tétrault, professeur de droit à l’université de Sherbrooke, nous présente dans cette entrevue une esquisse d’un régime québécois d’indemnisation de victimes d’accidents thérapeutiques sans égard à la faute et ce qu’un tel régime impliquerait pour les professionnels de la santé.
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September 15, 2009
By: pboinot
Category: Innovations, Audio, Mundane Technologies
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In this interview, Professor Joshua Silver from the University of Oxford presents one of the technologies developed by the Center for Vision in the Developing World: adaptive eyeglasses. These glasses are fluid-filled corrective lenses, adjustable by the wearer who learns the process of self-refraction, e.g., determining the level of correction required. Professor Silver also explains why this product is a low cost technology and why the shape of the glasses matters. He finally shows how this innovation impacts on the life of people in developing countries.
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June 19, 2009
By: pboinot
Category: Audio, Health care system, Telemedicine
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In this presentation, Dahlia Kairy from the University of Montreal explains how telerehabilitation can change clinical practice and interprofessional communication. She presents the methodology and the results of a study conducted in the province of Quebec, highlighting the advantages but also the limits of using telerehabilitation. She also shows how important it is for healthcare professionals to understand the role of organizational culture to implement a telerehabilitation program.
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June 19, 2009
By: pboinot
Category: Audio, Information technology, Telemedicine
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In this interview, Dr Edward Brown from the Ontario Telemedicine Networks (OTN) presents the main activities of the network. He explains how they deliver telemedicine services and help healthcare professionals and patients to get together. He also points out that patients are very satisfied with telemedicine but that it is harder to convince providers to use it. Dr Brown finally comments the evaluation of a new program: telehomecare which is slightly different than traditional telemedicine.
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