Winter 2021 (Volume 31, Number 4)
Communications Committee Update
By Dax G. Rumsey, MD, MSc, FRCPC
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As hard as it is to believe, another year of the pandemic
has come and gone. Although we are not entirely
out of the woods yet, there is light at the end of the
tunnel. Through it all, the CRA Communications Committee
has been steadily working away behind the scenes.
Our biggest initiative has been Around the Rheum: the
official podcast of the CRA. Now in its second season, our
podcast has branched out to feature several recurring segments.
The first of these is an "Ask the Expert" segment,
featuring Dr. Janet Pope, one of the gems of the CRA and
Canadian rheumatology community. On these episodes,
Dr. Pope has informal chats with Dr. Daniel Ennis (our
host) and shares her wealth of knowledge on topics ranging
from methotrexate to Raynaud's to systemic lupus erythematosus
(SLE). She always brings wisdom, humour, and
practicality to these discussions, which have been much
appreciated by our listeners.
The second segment that we have launched this year is an
Indigenous series. For our first episode, we had Dr. Cheryl
Barnabe, a Metis rheumatologist who works with Indigenous
people. For the next episode, our guest is Dr. Lindsay
Crowshoe, a Blackfoot primary care physician and researcher.
Both physicians live and work in Alberta. (The second
episode has not yet been released at the time of this writing.)
This is an important series and we can all learn a lot
from listening to it.
The third segment that we have piloted is a long-awaited
French version of Around the Rheum. This is hosted by
Dr. Hugues Allard-Chamard from the Université de Sherbrooke.
His first guest was Dr. Louis Bessette from Université Laval
talking about "Comorbidities in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A
Growing Concern Among Rheumatologists." This was well
received by our community!
Stay tuned for more of these and other episodes in
2022 and beyond!
Many thanks to Dr. Daniel Ennis, our main host, David
McGuffin, our producer, Kevin Baijnauth from the
CRA, our many guests and guest hosts, and our generous
sponsors.
Dax G. Rumsey, MD, MSc, FRCP(C)
Chair, CRA Communications Committee
Zone Section Chief, Paediatric Rheumatology,
Alberta Health Services – Edmonton Zone
(Stollery Children’s Hospital)
Division Director, Paediatric Rheumatology,
Associate Professor, University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
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