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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: 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 ...
Obituaries / BY: Al Kallas, MD March 2024
... Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta. He opened his medical practice on West Hastings in Burnaby in 1974. He shared a practice with Dr Juergen Rauh during his first years at that ... and caring physician, generous of time and spirit. The practice gradually grew into a five-doctor clinic. He enjoyed ...
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 ...
Obituaries / BY: Janet Green, MD January/February 2024
... in the office is now considered full-time! He did family practice maternity, emergency room shifts (until we got ... walk-in clinics and locums after he gave up his full-time practice in 2011. He also did joint injections. At Courtenay ...
President's Comment / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC March 2024
... with the highest ratios seen in doctors who have been in practice for more than 10 years. More time spent in medicine ...
Letters / BY: Robert Shepherd, MD January/February 2024
... 7 ] Antibiotics are used in raising livestock. This practice accelerates the development of antibiotic-resistant ...
Obituaries / BY: Sandra Backman May 2024
... as training in scuba diving. He then started his family practice in Nanaimo, which also included marine medical ...
Letters / BY: Lisa Veres, MD April 2024
... since the formation of the Victoria Division of Family Practice 13 years ago. We started with great excitement and ...