''White Coat, Black Art'' is a Canadian

radio documentary A radio documentary is a spoken word radio format devoted to non-fiction narrative. It is broadcast on radio as well as distributed through media such as tape, CD, and podcast A podcast is a Radio program, program made available in digital ...

series Series may refer to: People with the name * Caroline Series (born 1951), English mathematician, daughter of George Series * George Series (1920–1995), English physicist Arts, entertainment, and media Music * Series, the ordered sets used i ...

CBC Radio One CBC Radio One is the English-language news and information radio network of the publicly owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is commercial-free and offers local and national programming. It is available on AM and FM to 98 percent o ...

, hosted by physician

Brian Goldman Howard Brian Goldman (born 1956) is a Canadian emergency physician, author, public speaker, and radio personality. Education and career He completed his undergraduate medical education at the University of Toronto in 1980. In July 1980, he bega ...

that examines the business and culture of

medicine Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for patients, managing the Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, ...

from an insider's perspective. Its name is a reference to the

white coat A white coat, also known as a laboratory coat or lab coat, is a knee-length overcoat or smock worn by professionals in the medical field or by those involved in laboratory work. The coat protects their street clothes and also serves as a simpl ...

s that doctors wear, and to the ways that practicing medicine is still in some ways a "black art" rather than a science: mysterious, intuitive, and difficult to master. The series began as a summer series in 2007 and became a regular program on the network's schedule. The

Canadian Medical Association The Canadian Medical Association (CMA; ) is a national, voluntary association of physicians and medical learners that advocates on national health matters. Its primary mandate is to drive positive change in health care by advocating on key hea ...

awarded the program the 2011 Media Award for Health Reporting (Excellence in Radio Reporting / In-Depth).CMA Announces Recipients of 2011 Media Awards for Health Reporting
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, originally published September 20, 2011; retrieved November 28, 2011

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