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Editorials / BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD January/February 2019
... My emails live in an institutional account in an academic practice. I really, truly understand and respect limitations ... plans, mistakes, and promises made.  I also run a practice where photographs are important. Patients living in ... safely communicate important questions or concerns. This practice is imperfect and reprimandable, but the proper ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Afsaneh Moradi January/February 2019
... in the work of the Joint Collaborative Committees (General Practice Services Committee, Specialist Services Committee, ... Maternity Network, now involving 21 divisions of family practice, supports maternity providers in BC communities to ... level? JCC support has enabled many divisions of family practice to create innovative solutions—including clinics, ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Judy Dercksen, MD January/February 2019
... attend mental health and addiction counseling. The General Practice Services Committee’s Practice Support Program and website have also improved ... workshops, and telephone coaching. The Divisions of Family Practice website includes a number of resources and ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Afsaneh Moradi March 2019
... They enable doctors to rely on each other for practice coverage, and to support each other with clinical ... end-of-life care. In many communities, divisions of family practice are actively involved in (or planning for) the ... these diverse communities, the Richmond Division of Family Practice created Neighbourhood Networks[ 2 ]—geographically ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Paul Dhillon, MBBChBAO, LRCP&SI, EMDM, CCFP, DRCOG, DTM&H(Lon), FRGS March 2019
... Medicine. There is a disparity between the pass rates of practice-eligible candidates and residency-trained ... to preparation for the CCFP exam. Current residents and practice-eligible candidates were surveyed nationally to ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD April 2019
... met my wife here, twice.* I managed to build a busy family practice while working at Langley Hospital, where I have ... physicians whom I am proud to call my friends. Joining a practice is like a marriage in many ways, so to those physicians considering joining a practice, I encourage you to choose wisely. I know I did. ...
Editorials / BY: Yvonne Sin, MD April 2019
... I have gained along the way, despite only having been in practice for a short time. This period of transition is an ... my fellow colleagues who have also recently ventured into practice, let’s continue to learn and grow together. I look ... Editorials Reflections on my first year of independent practice, so far ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Afsaneh Moradi May 2019
... care for these patients, the Victoria Division of Family Practice and the Shared Care Committee funded the development ... with Shared Care and the South Island Division of Family Practice also supporting the project as a mental health ... health conditions, and enabling them to diversify their practice and care for patients in their own clinics. ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD June 2019
... in my community don’t look forward to this part of their practice. Listening to patients’ complaints and recording ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Alana Godin June 2019
... in teams—whether those teams are located in their family practice or in the community and linked to the practice—this care model can broaden the availability of ... for patients alone. Attract locums and new GPs to their practice and community. When doctors share responsibility for ...