Going against the status quo in screening

Antao et al discuss the need to improve teaching in preventive health care with regard to screening. Screening as part of preventive health care is complex, and teaching these skills poses specific challenges. Multiple factors influence how clinician teachers elect to address screening. Direct-to-patient provincial screening programs and limited clinical time and resources make it easy to adopt a reflexive approach and screen all those who qualify. The perceived screening backlog created during the COVID-19 pandemic provides an opportune time to improve the approach and better understand the limits of screening.