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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 ...
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 ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Dan MacCarthy, MB, BCh, BAO, March 2009
... in BC communities to work together to enhance their practice and address gaps in patient care. The Divisions ... BC discussed their concerns with members of the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC). Low levels of ... prototype Divisions underway Prototype Divisions of Family Practice have been developed in Abbotsford, White Rock/South ...
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 ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Greg Dines, April 2009
The General Practice Services Committee (GPSC) this April will launch a ... care, care of the frail elderly, and end-of-life care. • Practice Support Program (PSP). • Family Physicians for BC (FPs4BC). • Divisions of Family Practice. • Chronic Disease Prevention and Management. For ...
Letters / BY: Gerald J.M. Tevaarwerk, MD, FRCPC April 2009
... President, Victoria Medical Society Letters Re: Scope of practice ...
Letters / BY: Mike Marshall, MD, April 2009
... loans to pay off the government, get out into private practice, and repay the bank loan in less than a year. Any ...
President's Comment / BY: Bill Mackie, MD April 2009
... enhanced in a number of ways and allows some medical practice income to coincide with partial disability payments. ...