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Premise / BY: Warren Bell, MD, CM, CCFP, FCFP(LM) January/February 2024
... and graduating MDs want to be specialists, while family practice residency positions go begging, or family physicians ... has always been part of primary care, is required. Medical practice is seen as divided into the science and art of ... health care we family physicians used to excel at, and a practice where we think humans will be irreplaceable. What ...
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 ...
Premise / BY: Clara MacDonald, MSc, MD April 2024
... program has instilled the importance of reflective practice through regular portfolio sessions, which take the ... journaling exercises on difficult experiences in clinical practice followed by group debriefs. However, these mostly ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Premise / BY: R. Eric Demers, BSc, CCPA, CD September 2023
... BC’s and Manitoba’s performance in using advanced practice providers in health care teams because of their ... are included in the tables to provide context. Advanced practice providers Advanced practice providers are health professionals who undertake ...
Premise / BY: Paula B. Gordon, OBC, MD, FRCPC, FSBI May 2023
... breast ultrasound was covered, an audit of a Vancouver practice showed that 7 cancers were detected per 1000 ... practising breast radiologist in Vancouver and works in a practice that offers screening and diagnostic breast imaging ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC October 2023
... made the decision to work part-time in my clinical practice. The change allows me more space for my nonclinical ...
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 ...