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Editorials / BY: Jeevyn K. Chahal, MD January/February 2024
... who were on the verge of retiring have stayed in practice thanks to the new payment model, and this shift has ... and administrative obligations attached to having a family practice. They also fear not being able to find coverage when ...
Letters / BY: Lisa Veres, MD April 2024
... since the formation of the Victoria Division of Family Practice 13 years ago. We started with great excitement and ...
Premise / BY: Lauren Whitehead, MD, FRCSC June 2024
... for oncology. [15] The current Quebec model came into practice in November 2021, and coverage for IVF was once ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS March 2024
... in 2012 showed that 158 general surgeons were in full-time practice at hospitals in BC, which was 74 less than the ... with informal arrangements did not. This is a new model of practice in busier hospitals where surgeons do not have a traditional elective practice with associated elective operating room and ...
Premise / BY: Warren Bell, MD, CM, CCFP, FCFP(LM) January/February 2024
... and graduating MDs want to be specialists, while family practice residency positions go begging, or family physicians ... has always been part of primary care, is required. Medical practice is seen as divided into the science and art of ... health care we family physicians used to excel at, and a practice where we think humans will be irreplaceable. What ...
President's Comment / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC April 2024
... valued. Increasingly, the administrative burdens of practice have led to concerns about physician wellness and ...
Letters / BY: Thomas J. DeMarco, MD, June 2024
... primary care [ BCMJ 2024;66:14-15] . I have been in family practice for 40 years. I have been on call for most of that ...
Letters / BY: Judy Dercksen, MD March 2024
... pain tools make this approach possible in a busy medical practice. Pain questionnaires can be used prior to an ...
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 ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD January/February 2024
... Medical Services, WorkSafeBC —Belden Wong, MBA Director, Practice and Quality Support Services, WorkSafeBC For more ...