Dr. Brian Goldman

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Mea Culpa - a full-length speech based on his widely viewed TEDx talk:  
Doctors make mistakes:  Can we talk about that?   This is Goldman's journey to confront his own human frailty and help create a culture of safety in health care. Using one of his own medical mistakes, Dr. Goldman digs down to discover the roots of medicines' difficulty confronting and dealing with medical errors

Is the health care system working for you? What are your expectations looking ahead?
For many Canadians this country's the health care system has become one of the things that defines us, and any talk about changing it is often met by many of us with great apprehension and by some with great suspicion. In 2012, it is certain to continue as a major topic of conversation. Provincial, territorial and federal health ministers, finance ministers, are meeting, with the major topic of: how to proceed with health care. For an experienced take on the healthcare system with insight from Canadians across the country and from his own show Black Coat, White Art, book Dr. Goldman for your next event.

Can We Talk?  A new multimedia presentation by Dr. Brian Goldman
For health professionals, Goldman gives tips on how to break bad news with patients in part by learning how to empathize with them.  For the patients and their families, he talks about what they can do to make sure they get the straight goods with a dose of compassion.

The Tough Talk about End of Life Care
In this speech Dr. Goldman discuses the difficulties patients, their families and health professionals have in recognizing and acknowledging that death is near

Wake Me Up for the Tsunami
Ageing and Ageism in Health Care

Medicare 2.0
4.1 million Canadians and one million Ontarians can't find a family doctor.  Dr. Goldman talks about new players on the health care scene -- from nurse practitioners to physician assistants -- who are starting to make a difference

Burnout and Moral Distress Among Health Professionals
Studies show approximately half of health professionals suffer from burnout.  This talk discusses the roots of burnout by using the personal stories of doctors and nurses who have appeared on Dr. Goldman's radio show

Queue-Jumping in Health Care
How the pros do it.  Everyone is livid that hockey players and hospital board members can get vaccines ahead of others who should have gotten them first.  In this cheeky talk, Dr. Goldman discusses the roots of queue-jumping, and we meet some MDs and RNs who talk about health professionals and patients who use their connections to obtain fast health care for their friends and family.  He talks about the ethics of queue-jumping, and draws a parallel between queue-jumping and professional courtesy.

Summary Profile

Dr. Brian Goldman is one of those rare individuals with great success in more than one high-pressure field. For more than 20 years, he's been a highly regarded emergency physician at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital. He's also parlayed his medical expertise into an award-winning career in medical journalism.

Millions of Canadians know Goldman as CBC Radio One's on-the-air "house doctor," serving up medical information and advice to 20 afternoon shows across Canada. In addition, he created and hosts the CBC Radio One's White Coat, Black Art. On the show, Goldman takes listeners through the swinging doors of hospitals and doctors' offices, behind where the gurney lies. It's a biting, original and provocative show that will demystify the world of medicine.

He has worked as a health reporter for The National, CBC Television's flagship news program, and for CBC-TV's The Health Show. Also, Goldman served as senior production executive during the launch year of Discovery Health Channel, Canada's only 24-hour channel devoted to health programming.

Goldman released his first book in September 2010, The Night Shift - Real Life in the Heart of the ER, published by HarperCollins. He attempts to show you hour by hour what happens in the ER during a typical night shift, and to pull back the curtain to reveal the culture of emergency medicine.

Goldman's speaks about a variety of healthcare topics, ranging from queue-jumping to confronting and dealing with medical errors. He's not afraid to address the issue of how some professional athletes and hospital board members received the H1N1 flu vaccine ahead of others who should have gotten it first. Goldman draws a parallel between queue-jumping and professional courtesy.

And using one of his own medical mistakes, he digs down to discover the roots of medicine's difficulty with talking about errors when they happen.

Dr. Brian Goldman brings a refreshing and unprecedented level of honesty in his presentations. He is a tenacious journalist and doctor who takes the most confusing and controversial issues and makes them easy for audiences to understand.

Highlights

• Senior production executive during the launch year for Discovery Health Channel

• Health reporter for CBC's The National and The Health Show

 

 

Client Testimonials:

"We presented doctor Goldman last year, he was a big hit!"

Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations

"Dr. Goldman was the guest speaker for our 30th Anniversary Celebration in our fight for public healthcare.  His presentation was excellent and he put real effort into personalizing the content.  He struck an excellent balance between content and entertainment.  We'd be thrilled to have him again."

Friends of Medicare