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Specialty Café

Are you a medical student or resident choosing your path in healthcare? Grab a coffee and settle in… this café is for you! Our hosts (med students & residents) chat with Royal College specialists and residents about their day to day lives, the reasons behind their specialty choices, the joys, the challenges, and more!  Although conversations are full of specialty insights, you’ll gain invaluable life advice about being a fulfilled and excellent clinician (and human being).  Feedspot has voted Specialty Café as one of the 10 Best Canadian Medical Podcasts.  The Royal College produces a uniquely French version of this podcast - Café des spécialités: https://cafedesspecialites.libsyn.com/. 
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OBGYN Residency, Hockey Sticks & Mucky Boots

Dec 23, 2025

A season of planting. A season of watering. A season of harvest. Farm life & OBGYN are actually kind of similar! 

Recorded at the 2025 International Conference on Residency Education (ICRE), join Specialty Café reporters Sienna Allan and Dr. Harley Bray (PGY2 OBGYN) as they hijack the podcast lounge for a candid...

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A GIM Redefines Physician Inclusion in Medicine

Dec 9, 2025

Are you a medical student or resident living with a disability and/or chronic illness, and unsure what accommodations you’re entitled to during training? Or, as a medical trainee or practicing physician, are you aware of these accommodations so you can better support your peers and colleagues?

Dr. Michael Quon,...

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Orthopedic Surgery, Skiing, Leadership… and Belonging!

Dec 2, 2025

Diversity in surgery - and in medicine - is essential to better patient care and stronger clinical teams. In this candid episode, Dr. Marcia Clark, FRCSC - orthopedic surgeon, mother, athlete and President of the Royal College - shares her honest journey through medicine and leadership.

With host Mark Garabedian,...

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