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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 ...
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 ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) June 2009
... its intention to substantially increase the scopes of practice of a number of health professions. This followed on ... take a serious look at these issues. Changes in scope of practice are not new, and in some cases are entirely ... Provinces are clearly looking to changes in scope of practice as one means of addressing health human resource ...
Editorials / BY: Lindsay M. Lawson, MD July/August 2009
... to us worked in both systems (the private part of his practice centred on tourists with altitude sickness and other ... is available only to those with the ability to pay, and practice in the private system requires some training ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Samir K. Sinha, MD, DPhil, FRCPC, September 2009
... setting and promotes interprofessional collaborative practice.  While this may sound logical and obvious, we are ...
Editorials / BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD October 2009
... partner that I value. Any doctor who runs a busy clinical practice will understand the importance of having a competent ... faces canceling entire clinic days. She is the face of my practice, and our patients consistently and spontaneously ... Respect their time. Become day-to-day partners in the practice. It really improves your ability to do your own part ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD November 2009
... pharmacy, laboratory, and admissions desk. A general practice colleague once told me that he had adopted a ...
Editorials / BY: Willem R. Vroom, MD December 2009
... maintain a continuing competency program to promote high practice standards amongst registrants.” The College Bylaws ... process that assures currency and competence of medical practice is very much in dispute. For example, ... the left of the bell curve of competency and currency in practice are often in denial. Recertification examinations, ...