Introduction: There is little known about the learning that is undertaken by physicians who graduate from a World Health Organization-listed medical school outside Canada and who migrate to Canada to practice. What do physicians learn and what resources do they access in adapting to practice in Alberta, a province of Canada? Methods: Telephone…

This report describes a young girl in an isolated Manitoba (Canada) community who developed a gonococcal infection resulting from sexual abuse. The report highlights difficulties associated with diagnosis and investigation of sexual assault in remote areas, such as unavailability of culture diagnostic methods and the need for transfer of patients…