Registered Nurse, Healthcare leader, content creator and podcaster.
Sara Fung is a transformative and inspirational healthcare thought leader, advocate, consultant, speaker, career coach, resume writer, and bestselling author of the Wisdom of Nurses, published by HarperCollins.
Through her work as a co-creator of the Gritty Nurse Podcast and founder of The RN Resume, she has gained national recognition in Canada and the US for her advocacy of better awareness of employee working conditions, mental health support, positive working environments and motivational messaging.
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Sara is a dynamic, inspirational and passionate speaker. She is the cohost of The Gritty Nurse Podcast, an internationally successful chart-topping podcast about hot topics in healthcare.
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Written by Sara and her co-host of the hit podcast The Gritty Nurse, The Wisdom of Nurses details the challenges, heartbreak and humour of life on the front line.
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Sara Fung and Amie Archibald-Varley started the wildly popular The Gritty Nurse podcast to give voice to nurses all over the world, including more than 400,000 nurses in Canada. Sara and Amie have quickly become sought-after speakers and advocates for nurses and are called on regularly by the media to talk about a wide range of issues around the profession.
You can’t have integrity without grit, right?
Our podcast examines hot topics related to health and healthcare. We shy away from nothing, discussing topics such as mental health, social justice, women’s health and women’s rights.
We are story-tellers and love hearing how healthcare has impacted individuals’ lives. We want to discuss the good, bad and ugly .
We also provide a platform for empowerment and shared experiences, where we represent voices that have been silenced, underrepresented and marginalized –so they can share their stories of hope, change and inspiration.
Episodes are informative, gritty, humorous and educational.
In this episode, the Gritty Nurses talk about a new medical school at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) with their founding dean, Dr. Teresa Chan! They discuss their bold new training model, what sets them apart from other medical schools, student racial inequities, bullying and advocacy!
Dr. Teresa Chan is a Canadian emergency physician and medical educator. On July 15, 2023 she became the Founding Dean of the Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) School of Medicine.Â
​She is currently a practicing emergency physician and clinician educator at William Osler Health System in Ontario, Canada. She has formerly served as the Assistant Dean of Faculty Development and Associate Dean of Continuing Professional Development within the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University.Â
Dr. Chan is also the founder and editor-in-chief of the medical education website, CanadiEM.org, which provides resources for medical learners and educators in Canada and around the world.
She is a well-known figure in the medical education community and has received numerous awards for her contributions to the field.
Thank you to our episode sponsor, TMU School of Medicine!
In summer 2025, Toronto Metropolitan University’s new School of Medicine will officially open its doors and begin shaping a new generation of doctors. Through a bold new approach to medical education, we will train future-ready doctors who are dedicated to delivering primary care to those who need it most. Our doctors will come from our communities and work with our communities to improve health and wellbeing. They will disrupt and drive change within the healthcare system for the benefit of our communities all across Canada. And they will advance our shared vision to build a healthier, more equitable world. The TMU School of Medicine will welcome its first cohort of residents in summer 2025 across 17 residency programs, including seven in family medicine and ten in generalist specialties. MD students will follow in September 2025, pending successful preliminary accreditation by the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools. Visit torontomu.ca/school-of-medicine to learn more.
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