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Letters / BY: Shelley Ross, MD January/February 2020
In his letter, Dr Brown makes some valid points. Family practice is facing many challenges. But is it in its death ... payment model. In response to this, the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC), a partnership of Doctors ... appropriate access to comprehensive care as part of their practice. The divisions of family practice, developed and ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD January/February 2020
... parents. But on the professional front, is my 2020 general practice so different than it was in 2010? One major change ...
Premise / BY: Robin Routledge, MD, FRCPC January/February 2020
... of behavioral health consultant, so the SCF adopted the practice of “growing their own” through constant ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Matthew D. Burkey, MD, PhD, MPH January/February 2020
... Mental Health and Substance Use (CYMHSU) Community of Practice, an initiative of the Shared Care Committee (a ... evidence is emerging from scientific studies and clinical practice that ACEs can be prevented and their harm mitigated, ... in BC Two ACEs summits hosted by the CYMHSU Community of Practice in November 2017 and May 2019 brought together ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Konia Trouton, MD, CCFP, MPH, FCFP January/February 2020
... an appreciation of the legal safeguards supporting the practice, and a belief that their experience was quite ... MAID offer bereavement support, and if so, what does this practice look like? What beliefs and attitudes underpin the ... or general practitioners with a special interest and practice in family medicine, geriatric medicine, or ...
Letters / BY: Jonathan M. Winner, MD March 2020
... physician. I am a UK graduate. I was in full-time family practice in Alberta for 6 years and BC for 28 years before ... urgent care physician part-time until I fully retired from practice in 2016, aged 69, after 46 years of medical practice. As far back as the late 1980s and early 1990s, it ...
President's Comment / BY: Kathleen Ross, MD March 2020
Dr Kathleen Ross The practice of medicine is evolving at a pace unimaginable in ... to collaborate and build treatment plans across areas of practice to improve the patient’s journey and outcomes. ... away from these situations feeling well served. As the practice of medicine evolves, funding for supports and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hilary Drake, BSc March 2020
... team learned that after 16 players attended a hockey practice on 8 February, 12 reported becoming ill (attack ... with a respiratory illness following recreational hockey practice at an indoor ice arena. During his hospitalization, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Matthew Boroditsky, BHSc March 2020
... other phenotypically similar syndromes seen in clinical practice (e.g., velocardiofacial syndrome, conotruncal ... directly interfere with the implementation of best practice guidelines for the care of patients and their ... transition planning challenges we need to address (see Key practice points ). On average, pediatric-aged 22q11DS ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David J. Esler, MD, CCFP(EM) April 2020
24 March 2020 Medical practice is challenging, never more than during a pandemic. ...