Ep 51: Grand Rounds: Experiencing Health Care Through Language: Exploring Patients Perioperative Experiences With a Background of English as an Additional Language (Sebastien Turcotte)

Recorded on December 20, 2024.

Join us for grand rounds this week where Sebastien Turcotte, a third year anesthesia resident at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, discusses the perioperative experience of patients with English as a second language.

Sebastien is a third year resident with the Department of Anesthesia in Saskatoon. He was born and raised in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and grew up in a francophone family. He completed his undergraduate bachelor's degree and medical degree at the U of S. He has experience with the FrancoDoc program, both at a local and national level, offering medical terminology in French courses for health care workers. Outside of work, Sebastien enjoys spending time outdoors golfing, biking, and exploring his new love of pickle ball.

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