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Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD January/February 2009
... is best for the patient. When I first started my general practice, I decided I would not see pharmaceutical detailers ... up the tab for lunches and food at rounds and talks. This practice continues into our working lives. Who hasn’t ...
Editorials / BY: Timothy C. Rowe, MBBS, FRCSC, FRCOG March 2009
... answers, and a feeling that little will change in your practice as a result of attending. In fact, after decades of ...
Editorials / BY: Willem R. Vroom, MD April 2009
... reasonably be allowed some expansion of their scope of practice. I argued that fighting this legislation would not ... review by the Health Professions Council of the scopes of practice of each regulated health profession concluded that ... and therapeutic advances, so do standards for clinical practice.” It is unclear whether a rational analysis ever ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC May 2009
... distributors identified a lack of standardized policy and practice.[ 5,6 ] To address these issues the HRSS committee has created a BC best practice document available at ...
Premise / BY: Alexandra Tcheremenska-Greenhill, MD, June 2009
... great textbook of modern medicine, The Principles and Practice of Medicine, and also married the love of his life, ... span, Osler witnessed revolutionary changes within the practice of medicine as well as the profession itself. He ... more struggling to find a locum/MD willing to take over a practice either to get time off or to retire. A world where ...
Editorials / BY: Lindsay M. Lawson, MD July/August 2009
... to us worked in both systems (the private part of his practice centred on tourists with altitude sickness and other ... is available only to those with the ability to pay, and practice in the private system requires some training ...
Editorials / BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD October 2009
... partner that I value. Any doctor who runs a busy clinical practice will understand the importance of having a competent ... faces canceling entire clinic days. She is the face of my practice, and our patients consistently and spontaneously ... Respect their time. Become day-to-day partners in the practice. It really improves your ability to do your own part ...
Premise / BY: Gerry Greenstone, MD, October 2009
... used only by midwives. Furthermore, while it was common practice for the doctors and students to go directly from ... examinations. With this finding in mind he instituted the practice of hand washing with chlorinated lime solution by ... cause of human disease and institute a change in hospital practice that brought about a significant reduction in ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD November 2009
... pharmacy, laboratory, and admissions desk. A general practice colleague once told me that he had adopted a ...
Editorials / BY: Willem R. Vroom, MD December 2009
... maintain a continuing competency program to promote high practice standards amongst registrants.” The College Bylaws ... process that assures currency and competence of medical practice is very much in dispute. For example, ... the left of the bell curve of competency and currency in practice are often in denial. Recertification examinations, ...