Department of Family Medicine

Dr. Farrell and her research team work to reduce potentially harmful or unnecessary medications in older adults.

By Dr. Kevin Pottie

When I began my residency at Bruyère FHT, many years ago, I mentioned that I spoke Spanish. A week later, a large wave of Guatemalan and Salvadorian refugees arrived in Ottawa. For the next 2 years, I learned Family Medicine in a rich, chaotic but inspirational group of newly arriving 200 children, women and men from Latin America.

By: Michael Pratte, uOttawa MD student

For me, global health is an interdisciplinary collective effort to address disparities in healthcare throughout the world. It is also a lifelong dedication to helping those in need not only in one’s own clinic, but beyond through care, advocacy and social accountability.