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Clinical Articles / BY: Wei-Shuen King, MD, FRCPC, January/February 2012
... category. This could be interpreted as evidence that practice is changing toward more evidence-based use of ... require frequent reinforcement to continue altering practice.[ 12 ] In summary, the introduction of ... However, along with this improvement in prescribing practice, the 2009 audit also shows that many clinicians are ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC March 2012
... limit antibiotic requests and hence use.[ 2 ] The medical practice audit is a powerful tool for altering clinical ... history.[ 3 , 4 ] It can be applied to both general practice and specialty care. Apart from determining the pattern of practice either retrospectively or prospectively, audit ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michelle Horn, BA, March 2012
... for primary care physicians to be aware of appropriate practice guidelines. Physicians considering the use of an SGA ... quality of medical care.[ 19 , 20 ]  The Harvard Medical Practice Study reported that diagnostic errors resulted in ... familiar with techniques to reduce it.[ 22 ]  The General Practice Services Committee (GPSC), a partnership between the ...
Editorials / BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD March 2012
... to treat hypothyroidism with T3 alone (which is not common practice, at least among endocrinologists), most individuals ...
Editorials / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB April 2012
... I must be semi-retired, “only” maintaining an office practice, with hospital privileges and obstetrics.  I look ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD April 2012
... my income, but I would happily eliminate this part of my practice. The more time I spend on personal injury claims the ...
MDs To Be / BY: Annika Klopp, BSc, April 2012
... cultures meet? How are our experiences relevant to future practice? Reflections It’s Friday morning. The supplies are ... the widely utilized CanMEDS framework.[ 15 ] For future practice Having a background understanding of other cultures ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Andrew J. Juren, MD, May 2012
... of the senior staff that he turned away from clinical practice and back to his passion for numbers to begin a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: David D. Sweet, MD, FRCPC May 2012
... Evidence 2 Excellence employs an electronic community of practice, popularized by Wenger and colleagues,[ 52 ] to ... and trainee arrangements, resources, and other aspects of practice. Thus, a critical strength of this study is that it ... of safely and effectively applying evidence to clinical practice. The reasons for this difficulty are multifactorial ...
Premise / BY: Alister F. Frayne, MB ChB, MBA, CCFP, FCFP June 2012
... by implementing numerous initiatives through the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC) to stem the decline of family practice and facilitate the provision of longitudinal care.  ... in a unique initiative, namely involvement in a type of practice that is funded largely based on the illness burden ...