On the Edge of Health and Design

06/01/2025

In our May episode, your cohost, Nita shares her recent experience with working night shifts in a healthcare setting.

Do you have experiences with night shifts or other forms of shift work that you'd like to share with us? What made the experience better? What could be optimized to support your overall health?

Full podcast episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4L8IYjoIMRseC5oLa9ztSq?si=6KauuPpcQP6Egenses8wyw

03/24/2025

In celebration of awareness month this March, your cohost Nita Lakhani (pharmacist/designer/podcaster) is interviewed by Sajid Bari, a colleague from their Toronto Go-Getters club. Sajid and Nita discuss Nita's communication journey with Toastmasters and how that intersects with her roles as a and .
Watch on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6rPR2Qa5qH6ga2RE7eTNGj?si=odNKzO0EQDGJ-21j3FgxIA
Or YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkM0cOwO3AE

In celebration of pharmacist awareness month, your cohost Nita (pharmacist/designer/podcaster) is interviewed by Sajid, a colleague from their Toronto Go-Get...

01/16/2025

In our January 2025 kick off 🚀 episode, we interview Tye Farrow, a Canadian 🇨🇦 architect and author of the book 📖 Constructing Health: How the Built Environment Enhances Your Mind’s Health.
Tye explains how differs from and how the built shapes our health for better or for worse. We hope Tye's insights will help you reflect on the environments where you live, work and play!

In our January 2025 kick off episode, we interview Tye Farrow, a Canadian architect and author of the book Constructing Health: How the Built Environment Enhances Your Mind’s Health. Tye has initiated a global “Cause Health” movement aimed at raising expectations for design as the basis for to...

01/16/2025

We missed posting this episode from end of November 2024...

Based on his dual perspectives as a physician and a patient/caregiver, Faizal Kassam identified several challenges facing the system, including public mistrust, inadequate funding to address complex problems, and healthcare worker burnout.
Finally, Faizal shared his personal story of caring for his mother towards the end of her life, highlighting the need for more resources and supports to help us design better collective experiences.

In this month's episode, we welcome Faizal Kassam, a Canadian family physician, who completed medical school/training in Australia. Faizal is currently working as a family physician in Australia, making him the most remotely located guest we have interviewed to date! Based on his dual perspectives a...

12/30/2024

For our of 2024, we interviewed Anita Simon, a with diverse experiences ranging from academia, industry, non-profit and patient advocacy. Anita emphasized the need to shift our from industrial practices, focused on improving cost and efficiency outcome measures, towards measuring outcomes that truly matter to patients and families. We met Anita as we are fellows in The Patient Revolution, a global movement towards kind and compassionate healthcare. There is no better time like NOW for our to work towards improving to , and care for all.
Listen here 👇
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/on-the-edge-of-health-and-design/id1658652759?i=1000680850327
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6NFW1PkE3fLdoGoY82CIkD?si=175vh3PpRL2b-mY0BU7JDA

10/15/2024

In season 3 of our we're returning to interviewing people working and playing On the Edge of and !

In this month's episode, we welcome Jean-Francois Couture from Applications MD. In our conversation, Jean-Francois describes his professional journey from emergency physician to digital health entrepreneur. He shares his experience with developing the resuscitation application, EzResus, and lessons learned along the way.

We hope our conversation inspires you on your personal and/or professional innovation journey!

Check it out here:

In season 3 of our podcast, we’re getting back into interviewing people working and playing On the Edge of healthcare and design! In this month's episode, we welcome Jean-Francois Couture from Applications MD. Applications MD is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving care in medical resu...

09/09/2024

In this much anticipated, new 🚀 follow-up episode with Sandra.Viviana Murillo.Morales (arQ RunicoS), an interdisciplinary artist based in Montreal, your cohosts discover that her Forest in Colour 🍂 has germinated and grown into an exhibition! To celebrate month, Viviana's exhibition will be showcased at La Galerie Atelier Lucie Michel in from September 12 through 29, 2024. Viviana shares her inspiration and artistic process for a Forest in Colour and highlights how and fuel conversations around our crisis, the of our cities and ourselves. Listen 📣 or read 📖 the transcript here
👉 Apple podcasts: https://lnkd.in/gjGrWDPP
👉 Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gNswC5kh
(photo of art below courtesy of the artist, arQ RunicoS)

04/28/2024

What's the ? In this month's brief (less than 15 min!) podcast episode, Nita Lakhani & Sylvia Szkudlarek demystify how to define the problem and explain why it's a crucial step in the process.

If you have questions or comments about this process, feel free to email us at info@sichealth.ca. Your questions could be featured on a future episode!

Check it out on Spotify, your preferred podcast app or our website
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ccHpXsAbRX1LoFH6Azcd6

03/31/2024

In Season 2 of our podcast, we return to Learning On the Edge (with SIC), where we'll explain the key elements of the Design Process using the method. In this month's episode, we focus on the first diamond - , and specifically, the tool - . We share our experiences of interviews we’ve conducted around a problem in the context!
Check it out 👉 https://www.sichealth.ca/podcast/episode/3bdcf4e4/s2-e2-lets-discover-discovery-interviews

02/25/2024

On Season 2 of our podcast, we'll experiment with some shorter length, learning oriented episodes. In this episode, we review responses to our most important question from Season 1 - What does On the Edge mean to you? We've compiled 6 responses to this question from our Season 1 interviewees around the theme of knowledge and learning. As well, we share our personal insights and professional experiences on this theme.
Check it out here: https://www.sichealth.ca/podcast/episode/312fb66b/s2-e1-what-does-on-the-edge-mean-to-you

01/28/2024

How might we shift Western societal perspectives around ? What could a "good death" look like and how might we for it?
In our final season 1 podcast episode, we interview Dr. Natasha Datoo, a pediatric oncologist and palliative care physician. We discuss our society's taboo and how we might begin to shift perspectives.
Natasha describes what a "good death" looks like for the children and families she cares for, and how a approach could be used to design better end of life experiences for us all. Check it out here
👉https://www.sichealth.ca/podcast/episode/1b744d09/episode-14-taking-care-of-dying-children-with-dr-natasha-datoo

01/21/2024

For our 2024 kick off 🚀 , we interview Dr. Natasha Datoo, a pediatric oncologist and palliative care physician. In this 1 minute clip, Natasha identifies the need for Western medical systems to enhance the experience for sick children and their families. Stay tuned for our full episode where Natasha describes what a "good death" looks like and how a care approach could be used to better end of life experiences for us all.
https://www.sichealth.ca/podcast/episode/46fabc96/trailer-episode-14-with-dr-natasha-datoo