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President's Comment / BY: Bill Mackie, MD January/February 2009
... to foreign-trained physicians, and expanding scope of practice to other health care workers such as nurse ... and midwives. In January, the mandated scope of practice of pharmacists has increased, and currently regulation has been proposed to expand scope of practice to naturopaths and optometrists. In the throne ...
Obituaries / BY: Anthony Chan, MBBS, January/February 2009
... clinical acumen and surgical skills and had a very busy practice. He was equally sought after by his friends for ...
Obituaries / BY: Terry Rutherford, MD, January/February 2009
... named Prince of Good Fellows. In his last 10 years of practice he entered administration, being appointed vice ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD January/February 2009
... is best for the patient. When I first started my general practice, I decided I would not see pharmaceutical detailers ... up the tab for lunches and food at rounds and talks. This practice continues into our working lives. Who hasn’t ...
Editorials / BY: Timothy C. Rowe, MBBS, FRCSC, FRCOG March 2009
... answers, and a feeling that little will change in your practice as a result of attending. In fact, after decades of ...
Obituaries / BY: Henry Pauls, MD, March 2009
... the University Hospital in Edmonton, then entered general practice in Mayerthorpe, Alberta, with Dr Verne Krause for a ... Marjorie Kruk, during that year and then went into general practice in Vancouver with the late Dr Pat Doyle. In 1953 Dave moved to Chilliwack where he had his own general practice for 9 years. He then decided to specialize in ...
Obituaries / BY: Robert Hill, BMBCh March 2009
... as chief resident in pediatrics. After a brief period in practice he undertook further training in neurology at the ...
Obituaries / BY: Harold G. Hunt, MD, March 2009
... moved to Williams Lake where John spent 3 years in general practice. John was an enthusiastic hunter and angler in his ...
President's Comment / BY: Bill Mackie, MD March 2009
... us along, encourage us to work together, and improve the practice situation for each of our member sections. As on any ... who are familiar with the government’s proposed scope of practice legislation. But we are moving forward in a positive ... who has spent countless hours ensuring that scope of practice expansion for other health providers is done in a ...
Editorials / BY: Willem R. Vroom, MD April 2009
... reasonably be allowed some expansion of their scope of practice. I argued that fighting this legislation would not ... review by the Health Professions Council of the scopes of practice of each regulated health profession concluded that ... and therapeutic advances, so do standards for clinical practice.” It is unclear whether a rational analysis ever ...