FOOD FOR THOUGHT: AN EVENING WITH DR. GOLDMAN
Schedule
Thu Apr 30 2026 at 04:15 pm to 05:30 pm
UTC-03:00Location
Collaborative Health Education Building (CHEB) | Halifax, NS
From DalMed to the ER: Straight Talk for Turbulent Times in NS HealthcareAbout this Event
From DalMed to the ER: Straight Talk for Turbulent Times in NS Healthcare
This is a celebration + one-of-a-kind opportunity for DalMed students to engage with Dr. Brian Goldman, veteran ER Physician, bestselling author, host of CBC’s White Coat, Black Art, as he visits Halifax to launch his newest book, The Casino Shift.
Event details:
- Thursday, April 30 at 4:15 pm
- Open to DalMed students only
- Free Ticket required (Get your ticket today before space runs out)
- Location: CHEB 170
- Admission is free but consider bringing an arty treat to share ideally enough for 3 people ** prize awarded for the most creative arty treat
Open exclusively to DalMed students, this event offers a rare chance to hear directly from one of Canada’s leading voices in emergency medicine. Dr. Goldman will be introduced by a member of faculty before leading an interactive, student-driven discussion exploring the topical demands and real-world realities of working in the ER. The conversation will highlight key themes relevant to Nova Scotia and will appeal to DalMed students at all stages of learning and practice with time built in for your questions throughout.Books will be available for purchase on site through King’s Co-op Bookstore, and Dr Goldman will be happy to sign copies. Pizza and sodas will be served at the end and Dr. Goldman will stick around to mingle with students.This is designed as a fun, informal, and memorable gathering bring something creative, come ready to engage, and take part in a unique evening connecting medicine, storytelling and community.
About the Book:
For fans of The Pitt, a look at life on the front line in one of Canada’s busiest ERs
The Casino Shift is an hour-by-hour account of what a Canadian emergency room is like in these turbulent times when ER staff must be prepared to see, diagnose, and treat any condition, often under unrelenting pressure. In addition to the introduction of the “casino shift” (a shorter night shift), there have been incredible leaps in technology and the know-how of ER physicians since Dr. Brian Goldman wrote the bestselling The Night Shift fifteen years ago. But patients’ problems can be exponentially more complex too.
But The Casino Shift is about much more than one shift at one hospital, though. It’s also about what goes on in ERs big and small across Canada. From the incredible challenges of practising “waiting room medicine,” to discovering untreated cancer in a twenty-something patient, to diagnosing an extremely rare case of auto-brewery syndrome, Dr. Goldman shares the stories of frustrated and burned-out colleagues as well as the passion they have for being there in your hour of greatest need. With inspiring stories about diagnoses made, puzzles solved, and lives saved, The Casino Shift is a raw, revealing, and compelling look at life on the front line.
Where is it happening?
Collaborative Health Education Building (CHEB), 5793 University Avenue, Halifax, CanadaCAD 0.00
