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Premise January/February 2007
... of the day and night. Most importantly, as I returned to practice, I learned to recognize the subtle edge of fear that ...
Letters / BY: Hugh H. Macartney, MB, FRCP, June 2007
... sell prescribed medicines directly to their patients. The practice is however the norm in many types of unorthodox ...
Letters / BY: Jeff Lynskey, MD, June 2007
... the specialist sections and those of general/family practice. I am a GP. I did a 2-year family practice residency in 1986–88 in Alberta. I currently practise in rural BC. I have been in the same practice for 19 years. I have active hospital privileges. At ...
Letters / BY: Stephen Faulkner, MBChB July/August 2007
... way (viz Dr Rachel Remen, professor of family practice, University of San Francisco). I have seen ...
Letters / BY: Stephen Malthouse, MD, September 2007
... that threatening? Those of us who work in general medical practice are acutely aware that we have few tools to treat ... created the revolving door of today’s typical medical practice. We cannot afford to be rigid, expounding the fixed ... created them.” — Stephen Malthouse, MD    General Practice, Denman Island Letters Our foe: the fixed idea ...
Letters / BY: A. Krisman, MD September 2007
... me once more to the breach (no pun intended). When I began practice at the old Grace Hospital almost 50 years ago ... question or criticism from peers. In the later years of my practice at Richmond Hospital, when making weekend rounds for ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Granger Avery, MD October 2007
... oversee the Subsidiary Agreement for Physicians in Rural Practice (RSA). It is a joint committee of five members ... the BCMA on matters pertaining to rural medical services practice. The BCMA is guided by the deliberations of the BCMA ... and collate further ideas and opinions to enhance rural practice. Consultants will consider all relevant stakeholders ...
Premise / BY: Michael A. Ross, MD, FRCSC October 2007
... and how we can use this knowledge to improve our own practice. Here is an edited version of his talk. Do you ... in a busy walk-in clinic. With the present pace of practice, physicians have less time to talk about other ... started up; they are fine as an ancillary to family practice, but cannot replace it. As walk-in care increases, ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Liza Kallstrom, November 2007
Last May’s kick-off workshops for the new Practice Support Program (PSP)—launching an 18-month ... aimed at helping family physicians better manage their practice while improving patient care. Phase two of the ... according to local implementation managers. “The Practice Support Program offers a huge opportunity to engage ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Geraldine Vance, APR, December 2007
... approach to an old and seemingly straightforward practice: appointment scheduling. Advanced access—one of ... under the umbrella of the GP Services Committee’s Practice Support Program (PSP)—offers a structured method ... that a scheduling system can make such a difference to a practice—but there’s no doubt it does,” says Dr Joanne ...