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President's Comment / BY: Trina Larsen Soles, MD December 2017
... the important contributions each of you makes to the practice of medicine in this province. I continue to be ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brenda Hefford, MD January/February 2017
... medical home? A patient medical home is a longitudinal GP practice in which doctors are supported to practise with the ... to additional health care services provided outside of the practice. By working within their practice and networking with other physicians and health care ...
President's Comment / BY: Alan Ruddiman, MBBCh, Dip PEMP, FRRMS January/February 2017
... but is still important to the everyday running of your practice and how you provide the best quality care to your ...
President's Comment / BY: Alan Ruddiman, MBBCh, Dip PEMP, FRRMS March 2017
... broad representation from all sections and spectrums of practice: all geographical areas of the province; GPs/FPs and ... students; residents; and members in their early years of practice. This is the legitimate representation that so many ... is divided along the lines of our training, scope of practice, or where in the province we practise. It will help ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Shelley Ross, MD April 2017
... doctors in caring for patients with chronic pain.   The Practice Support Program (PSP) Pain Management module One of ... and resources to patients.  Divisions of Family Practice resources Divisions around the province have created ... Surgeons of BC’s Methadone and Buprenorphine: Clinical Practice Guideline for Opioid Use Disorder[ 5 ] as the ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Susan Papadionissiou May 2017
... and initiatives currently being led by divisions of family practice. One example is North Peace Division’s team-based ... created when 16 of the community’s physicians left practice in 2013 and 2014, leaving 23 344 patients without ... the North Peace Primary Care Clinic, Fort St. John Family Practice Associates, and ABC Medical Clinic. Community and ...
President's Comment / BY: Alan Ruddiman, MBBCh, Dip PEMP, FRRMS May 2017
... a positive difference. We have pockets of communities of practice where physicians have made it their business to ... and expansion.  We need the MSAs, the divisions of family practice, and engaged physicians at the local and community ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Susan Papadionissiou June 2017
... the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC’s clinical practice guidelines for opioid prescribing[ 1 ] have inspired ... local and provincial levels.[ 2 ]  Divisions of family practice have been at the forefront of developing many of ... is a help line developed by the Nanaimo Division of Family Practice to support physicians who have questions about ...
President's Comment / BY: Trina Larsen Soles, MD June 2017
... a major transition in my life as I move from clinical practice into 12 months acting as the spokesperson for our ... unintentional involvement in local medical politics. Rural practice is a great crucible for developing leadership ... levels. It turns out the working environment in my rural practice is directly affected by the function of the ...
President's Comment / BY: Trina Larsen Soles, MD July/August 2017
... as a physician, is the speed at which knowledge and practice change. Much of what I learned in medical school is now considered outdated, and clinical practice is continually evolving. As we learn more, keeping ... should be a part of the patient histories I take in my practice—that sharing these experiences is the first step ...