Osler Society at Western

Thursday November 16, 2023
6:00-7:00 p.m.

A Tri-University event – Medical students from uOttawa, Queen’s, Western [virtual event]

historymedicine/osler_society/SOJC 16-nov-2023 poster.pdf

“Shockingly Outdated Journal Club”
Hosted by uOttawa Medical History Collective
Session facilitated by Dr Sony Singh and Hannah Professor Susan Lamb
See event poster for attendance details

Article under discussion (5-minute read):
Instance of cesarian operation of a woman performed on herself. London Med J. 1785 Vol. 6 (Pt 4): 366-373. PMID: 29139760. historymedicine/osler_society/SOJC 1769 Self Cesarian Original with Plain English.pdf

Come by to speak with faculty members and other students on how to submit an abstract for your History of Medicine project to be accepted for presentation at the 2024 History of Medicine Days conference in Calgary.

Guest Speaker: Dr. Justin Barr, MD, PhD,  Duke University and Toronto HPB/Transplant

“Bottoms Up: Rectal Nutrition and the Making of a Surgeon Historian”

"A Stitch in Time: Arterial Repair and the Process of Change in Surgery”

Doing an Independent HoM Research Project: Topic, Question, Presentation

Terrific turnout of medical students at this meeting!  Thank you to Osler Society Co-Presidents for running this session on how to design a history of medicine research project, compose an abstract, and present research findings as a poster and oral presentation.  Many thanks to Hannah Skarnikat and Winston Hou for sharing their HoM research projects presented at last year’s History of Medicine Days (HMD) at Calgary as demonstration presentations.

Guest Speaker:  Dr Michael Rieder, MD, PhD, Professor, Clinical Pharmacology, SSMD 
"Connecting today’s high-cost drug issues with the Therapeutic Revolution of the mid-20th century"

Osler Society, planned club activities & meet the Co-Presidents for 2023-24

• Brian Cho (London), Meds 2026
• Winston Hou (London), Meds 2026
• Aishwarya Kulkarni (London), Meds 2026
• Charlie Fang (Windsor), Meds 2026