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President's Comment / BY: Jack Burak, MD January/February 2005
... limits government in determining where physicians can practice. • The requirement that government reimburse ... Rural, Salary, Sessional, Service Contract, and General Practice). • The right to be represented by the BCMA during ... in, or control over, audit and inspection and patterns of practice. The BCMA has previously negotiated the sole right ...
President's Comment / BY: Jack Burak, MD March 2005
... physicians augmented by an increasing number of those in practice that are not accepting new patients. I could ...
President's Comment / BY: Jack Burak, MD June 2005
... to begin this October. The crisis in full-service family practice has been front and centre for the past 8 months. I ...
President's Comment / BY: Michael Golbey, MD September 2005
... of physicians, fewer medical students choosing family practice, and doctors opting out of the field altogether to ... colleague at some time during their training and practice—I know I did. One of my earliest clinical ... me into his office that convinced me to go into family practice. While the primary intent of being a mentor is to ...
President's Comment / BY: Michael Golbey, MD October 2005
... Directors and I were faced with the failed GPSC (General Practice Services Committee) referendum. I, along with the ... certainly focussed even more clearly the plight of family practice here in BC (which is mirrored across Canada). Next ... will benefit from your input, you will help to shape the practice of medicine in British Columbia, and you will ...
President's Comment / BY: Michael Golbey, MD November 2005
... can’t be compelled to change the nature of their practice or payment modality. Because of the second Master ... the payment method they believe best fits their individual practice. Currently, physicians can’t be forced to accept ... how to organize the business aspects of an individual practice is imperative for all physicians. 5. The right for ...
President's Comment / BY: Michael Golbey, MD December 2005
... internship, or spent varying lengths of time in family practice before returning to a residency program, plus ...