Related To:
Physician engagement in our health facilities [3]
In the November 2015 President’s Comment, Dr Webb states that the 2014 Physician Master Agreement includes a “facility-based physician initiative” that “offers us a unique opportunity to engage with health authorities” [BCMJ 2015;57:379 [3]]. I agree wholeheartedly that this is an important advance, but I would encourage Doctors of BC to endeavor to make this initiative inclusive of office-based physicians such as dermatologists, allergists, etc., as well.
The Divisions of Family Practice have done a wealth of good for GPs, as former Doctors of BC President Bill Cavers acknowledged in a President’s Comment (“Specialists are due their own renaissance” [BCMJ 2014;56:319 [11]]), not to mention the GP Services Committee, but Dr Cavers called for a renaissance for “specialists and facility-based physicians,” not just the latter. Indeed, the Specialist Services Committee has overwhelmingly supported facility-based physicians alone.
Our section, and I am most certain others as well, would appreciate a voiced commitment from the president and Doctors of BC Board to this end, followed by visible and tangible action.
Nonfacility-based physicians deserve it and our patients expect no less.
—Evert Tuyp, MD, FRCPC
President, BC Section of Dermatology
Links
[1] https://bcmj.org/cover/march-2016
[2] https://bcmj.org/author/evert-tuyp-md-frcpc
[3] https://bcmj.org/issues/physician-engagement-our-health-facilities
[4] https://bcmj.org/node/95
[5] https://bcmj.org/sites/default/files/BCMJ_Vol58_No2_pv_0_2.pdf
[6] https://bcmj.org/print/letters/re-physician-engagement-our-health-facilities
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[11] https://bcmj.org/issues/specialists-are-due-their-own-renaissance
[12] https://bcmj.org/modal_forms/nojs/webform/176
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