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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 ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper January/February 2012
... What made you interested in switching from private practice into public service? A combination of factors. I’d ... lots of challenges, of course. I think any professional practice has ongoing challenges to it. But I’d done that ...
Letters / BY: Richard A. Bebb, MD, ABIM, FRCPC January/February 2012
... rigorous association we have, and any Endocrine Society practice recommendations are highly scrutinized. Dr ...
Letters / BY: Marcus Greatheart, BA (Hon), MSW, RSW, January/February 2012
... on one’s feet that it takes to be successful in medical practice. And while being the child of a physician might ...
Letters / BY: Gerald J.M. Tevaarwerk, MD, FRCPC January/February 2012
... evidence from the article that we might usefully apply in practice. If we, nevertheless, do press on and ask in what ...
President's Comment / BY: Nasir Jetha, MD, January/February 2012
... last year. Developed in partnership with the General Practice Services Committee, this program provides doctors ...
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 ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC March 2012
... The police have said that they will not change their practice for processing charges in this range. However, 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 ...