A Doctor's Notes by Dr. T.F. Godwin

David Ingram interviews author Dr. Tom Godwin, about his new book, A Doctor's Notes: Taken From Both Sides of the Bedsheets.

Dr. Godwin participated in pioneer heart monitoring in 1962 at the Toronto General Hospital. In 1968 he became the first chief of cardiology at New Westminster's Royal Columbian Hospital.

During his youth, Tom suffered some serious athletic injuries, including a broken neck, but these experiences sparked his interest in medicine and led to his career as a physician.

Tom shares stories from his career, as well as his outspoken views on the medical system and thoughts on some of the pressing social issues of our time.

• An introduction to Dr. Tom Godwin.
• Broken necks - Tom's has been broken 3 times - and other insights into how a patient is treated.
• Early medical education, including the first anatomy class. Are you right or left handed?
• The beginnings of cardiology. Brown and McMillan in the Toronto General Hospital, 1962.
• Deep feelings and interesting insights about Native rights.
• The medical system and its evolution. Education costs and problems with moving skills between countries.
• Nurse practitioners, clinics, general practitioners and the changes in who rules the hospital ward.
• "I was going to be a veterinarian." More of Tom's background  "With humans you don't use a Ford Tractor during birth" and why doctors should not take up dangerous sports.
• Wrapping up 

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