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Editorials / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB March 2024
After a few years in practice, I witnessed some of my older colleagues give up ... a day off during the week, and I still do. Starting out in practice is nerve-racking. The worries are endless. The ... every new patient who walked through my door into my practice. That saved me a lot of headaches and is a pearl I ...
Letters / BY: Jill Norris, MD, CCFP May 2024
... physicians willing to start or remain in a longitudinal practice. Slow medicine originated in Italy (after the slow ... experimenting with implementing the approach in my own practice. I’ve scheduled more time with patients, as well ...
Letters / BY: Robert Shepherd, MD January/February 2024
... 7 ] Antibiotics are used in raising livestock. This practice accelerates the development of antibiotic-resistant ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC May 2024
... Act, had a duty to maintain the standard of medical practice throughout the province. What better way was ... of which are accreditation programs (16%), complaints and practice investigations (16%), and legal services (14%). In ... access to top-ranked point-of-care tools such as BMJ Best Practice and DynaMed and a variety of other online clinical ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Brooke McDonald, MD March 2024
... skills or obstetrical surgical skills training program, in practice, the certificate is not a requirement for hospital ... scan of surgical care in rural BC to identify the practice locations of enhanced surgical skills ... personnel were excluded from the scan. Data on the practice locations of enhanced surgical skills physicians, ...
President's Comment / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC March 2024
... with the highest ratios seen in doctors who have been in practice for more than 10 years. More time spent in medicine ...
Editorials / BY: Yvonne Sin, MD May 2024
... with an apology: “Sorry, but can I . . . ?” This practice seems ingrained in our culture. Reflecting on when I ... what they find to be the most rewarding part of family practice, many tell me it is the longitudinal nature of the ...
Letters / BY: Anthony Walter, MD January/February 2024
... late 1960s and early 1970s, I was asked to explain why my practice profile registered three standard deviations above ... become familiar with pelvic anatomy. It seems this helpful practice has been discontinued. I suspect the reluctance ...
Interviews / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC January/February 2024
... worked for 15 years in BC. As a colorectal surgeon, my practice is predominantly at St. Paul’s Hospital, where ... wait lists, which I’m sure you deal with in your practice. The feeling I got from a lot of people was that ... four kids, your wife has a career, and you have a busy practice and obligations to patients; how are you going to ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Eiko Waida, MD, FRCPC, FAAP* March 2024
... nine training sessions. The IHA PQI program brings the practice context to the foreground, creating an opportunity ...