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Editorials / BY: David J. Esler, MD, CCFP(EM) May 2022
... you are never going to see a new privately built family practice in Victoria again.” Nonetheless, recruiting ... Dr Velikovsky and her husband is expected to “build a practice panel from the more elderly and complex patients of ... While such patients have always been part of general practice, they require considerable expertise, patience, and ...
Editorials / BY: David J. Esler, MD, CCFP(EM) December 2022
... could hardly be more disparate, in both philosophy and practice, from the traditional techniques employed by ... In fact, Western thinking is so ingrained that, in practice, it constitutes our only philosophical and political ...
Editorials / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB June 2022
... there is no incentive for family physicians to work in a practice that provides full-service longitudinal care. First, ... family physicians for the work they did outside of their practice—for example, committee work for the association. ... compensating us for the added costs of running an office practice, over and above what family physicians who don’t ...
Editorials / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB July/August 2022
... in certain disciplines are also leaving private practice for settings that do not involve them running an ... In my community, there are no psychiatrists in private practice. They all work in the hospital or mental health ...
Editorials / BY: Gail Knudson, MD, MEd, FRCPC January/February 2022
... that is moving away from pathology toward gender-affirming practice. Over the last 2 decades, the field has also moved ... train and support community clinicians in advancing their practice with gender-diverse young people. Many ... in the form of live and online training on clinical practice. Since its inception, Trans Care BC has worked to ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David R. Richardson, MD July/August 2021
... just a few minutes earlier. Why are we so tired? In family practice we spend a fair bit of time and effort with minimal ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brenda Hefford, MD July/August 2021
... a partnership between the GPSC, divisions of family practice, health authorities, long-term care facilities, and ... health outcomes.[ 2 ] Through the divisions of family practice, the LTCI supports local family doctors to design ... The LCTI demonstrates the value of the divisions of family practice, and the partnerships between divisions and health ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB January/February 2021
... by our current reality. The number of positive cases in my practice and those of my colleagues has risen steadily in ...
Premise, COVID-19 / BY: Brandon Tang, MD, MSc September 2021
... temporarily granted provisional licences for independent practice without MCCQE certification. This contributed to a ... given their constantly evolving scope and settings of practice. For example, their employment is temporary, lasting ...
Premise / BY: John Liu, MD January/February 2021
... mediums that exist today. Ophthalmoscope usage in family practice Family physicians should be alerted to a few key ... that can be diagnosed with direct ophthalmoscopy in their practice. Firstly, cataracts are detectable with a handheld ...