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President's Comment / BY: Jack Burak, MD June 2005
... to begin this October. The crisis in full-service family practice has been front and centre for the past 8 months. I ...
Premise / BY: David Snadden, MBChB, MCISc, MD, FRCGP, FRCP (Edin) June 2005
... begins with accurate observation, scientific medical practice must begin with an accurate and thorough history. ... hospital specialist physicians with a broad or general practice—not the sort of person whom major teaching ...
Letters / BY: Rick Potter-Cogan, MB BCh BAO June 2005
... At least we came away with some good ideas about improving practice. Electronic medical records, communicating well with ...
Editorials / BY: Lindsay M. Lawson, MD June 2005
... mostly I enjoy the switch to a different pace and style of practice. Individuals who live in small, remote communities ... and Powell River, I have gained much insight into the practice of rural medicine and respect for those who have ... frequently taking care of the same patients. One form of practice is not more necessary or more relevant, but rather ...
Back Page / BY: Jonathan Down, MBBS, MHSc, DCH, FRCPC June 2005
... nor had I considered that it might change my own practice. People with FASD often have damage to the part of ...
Letters / BY: Jack Burak, MD July/August 2005
... raises the question—what are the pathologists in private practice making? The answer is, who knows? Why are ...
Editorials / BY: Adeera Levin, MD, FRCPC July/August 2005
... accurately. British Columbia has recently adopted this practice so that the interpretability of serum creatinine is ...
President's Comment / BY: Michael Golbey, MD September 2005
... of physicians, fewer medical students choosing family practice, and doctors opting out of the field altogether to ... colleague at some time during their training and practice—I know I did. One of my earliest clinical ... me into his office that convinced me to go into family practice. While the primary intent of being a mentor is to ...
Letters / BY: Lloyd Westby, MD September 2005
... fall of 2002 after 10 years of locum work, I set up my own practice in Penticton, going fully electronic. Suffice to say ... (now duplicate) pad weekly at times. Since opening my practice 32 months ago, I have filled a large legal-size file ... believe it considerably lessens the stresses of day-to-day practice for me, and is helping my earning power at the same ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD September 2005
... not the only one concerned that the applications to family practice residencies are declining, the numbers of mature ... the numbers of medical students who see family practice as a fulfilling career choice has dramatically ... and most importantly, the numbers of graduating family practice residents entering real family practices vs. walk-in ...