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President's Comment / BY: Bill Mackie, MD January/February 2009
... to foreign-trained physicians, and expanding scope of practice to other health care workers such as nurse ... and midwives. In January, the mandated scope of practice of pharmacists has increased, and currently regulation has been proposed to expand scope of practice to naturopaths and optometrists. In the throne ...
President's Comment / BY: Bill Mackie, MD March 2009
... us along, encourage us to work together, and improve the practice situation for each of our member sections. As on any ... who are familiar with the government’s proposed scope of practice legislation. But we are moving forward in a positive ... who has spent countless hours ensuring that scope of practice expansion for other health providers is done in a ...
President's Comment / BY: Bill Mackie, MD April 2009
... enhanced in a number of ways and allows some medical practice income to coincide with partial disability payments. ...
President's Comment / BY: Bill Mackie, MD May 2009
... refuse to see the benefits of physical activity. In my practice I often prescribe physical activity to my ...
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 ...
President's Comment / BY: Brian Brodie, MD July/August 2009
Aside from having a busy GP practice in the Fraser Valley, I have developed an ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2009
... from the University of Calgary in 1986. He set up general practice first in Whitecourt, Alberta, moving 1 year later to ... after his move to Chilliwack in 1998—where he remains in practice—he became a Board delegate and has been active in ... variety, so I completed the year, then went into family practice. I felt I had the best of both worlds—I had a year ...
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 ...