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Editorials / BY: Yvonne Sin, MD May 2024
... with an apology: “Sorry, but can I . . . ?” This practice seems ingrained in our culture. Reflecting on when I ... what they find to be the most rewarding part of family practice, many tell me it is the longitudinal nature of the ...
Interviews / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC January/February 2024
... worked for 15 years in BC. As a colorectal surgeon, my practice is predominantly at St. Paul’s Hospital, where ... wait lists, which I’m sure you deal with in your practice. The feeling I got from a lot of people was that ... four kids, your wife has a career, and you have a busy practice and obligations to patients; how are you going to ...
Editorials / BY: Jeevyn K. Chahal, MD January/February 2024
... who were on the verge of retiring have stayed in practice thanks to the new payment model, and this shift has ... and administrative obligations attached to having a family practice. They also fear not being able to find coverage when ...
Editorials / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB March 2024
After a few years in practice, I witnessed some of my older colleagues give up ... a day off during the week, and I still do. Starting out in practice is nerve-racking. The worries are endless. The ... every new patient who walked through my door into my practice. That saved me a lot of headaches and is a pearl I ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC May 2024
... Act, had a duty to maintain the standard of medical practice throughout the province. What better way was ... of which are accreditation programs (16%), complaints and practice investigations (16%), and legal services (14%). In ... access to top-ranked point-of-care tools such as BMJ Best Practice and DynaMed and a variety of other online clinical ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Eileen M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP October 2023
... data, anxiety codes account for only 0.6% of family practice and 1.5% of psychiatry billings for individuals 60 ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Priya Manjoo, MD March 2023
The Canadian Adult Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines published in 2020 define obesity as a ...
Editorials / BY: Yvonne Sin, MD November 2023
... to use evidence-based medicine and support from various practice guidelines to guide these discussions. For example, ...
Editorials / BY: Jeevyn K. Chahal, MD June 2023
... it is a “bizarre love triangle”—the physician, the practice, the partner. A triangle perched precariously, ... emotions when off duty. Western society reinforces this practice by warning us all against connecting too much with ...
Interviews / BY: Tara Lyon December 2023
... etc.—these activities are all essential to public health practice. They all came to a peak at once, and we all found ...