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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 ...
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 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: S. Darabian, BA May 2024
... and treatment programs. Imaging Contemporary clinical practice guidelines suggest that knee osteoarthritis can be ... comprehensive physical examination conducted in the family practice setting are sufficient to make a preliminary ... most patients, diagnosis can be established in the family practice setting based on a comprehensive pain history 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 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: A. Sidhu, MD May 2024
... data to support routine use of the treatment in clinical practice. Most studies have small sample sizes, there are ...
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 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Adrian Marcuzzi, BHSc May 2024
... to total knee arthroplasty; highlight concerns about the practice; and advise against opioid use in this patient ...
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 ...
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 ...
Premise / BY: Lauren Whitehead, MD, FRCSC Early online
... for oncology. [15] The current Quebec model came into practice in November 2021, and coverage for IVF was once ...