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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Letters / BY: Glenn A. Scheske, MD, FRCPC March 2012
... At the tender age of 25 I found myself in a solo medical practice, in an isolated rural setting, in the midst of one ... weeks after his birth. This early experience in solo rural practice is one of my most cherished, albeit scariest, ... studies. As a specialist, I feel that my time in family practice made me more cognizant of some of the challenges ...
President's Comment / BY: Nasir Jetha, MD, March 2012
... colleagues who may be juggling the responsibilities of a practice along with raising their families, but it is ... “double burden” syndrome: the combination of physician practice and domestic responsibilities, which can be ...