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Premise / BY: Margo S. Clarke, MD November 2016
... fashion. These oddities happen consistently, but in a busy practice these observations simply help to confirm the ... article is written with hope that physicians in clinical practice—especially those new to practice—will become curious, if they are not already, and ...
Premise / BY: A.W. Battison, MD June 2016
... often work in rural and remote areas. Their scope of practice is broad and includes emergency medicine. In cases ... Council of South Africa (HPCSA) regulates medical practice. The organization requires university sponsorship ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2016
... as a family doctor or specialist might encounter in their practice, but thinking beyond that and being curious about ... your patients’ expectations changed as well? The family practice I inherited almost 20 years ago was from a doctor ... early- to mid-60s. Jumping forward 20 years, my latest practice profile tells me that my average patient is now 76 ...
Premise / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP January/February 2016
... Medical Association passed a motion recognizing that the practice of assisted death as defined by the Supreme Court of Canada is distinct from the practice of palliative care.[ 5 ] Why people request assisted ... 10 out of 10). Integrating palliative approaches into practice Informing patients about palliative approaches to ...
Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2015
... family physician with a focus on geriatric general practice. A last-minute decision to pursue medicine led Dr ... where after 2 decades of satisfying work running his practice he’s also in a role that fulfills everything else ... these people are cool!   Having spent 27 years in general practice, 23 of them in Vancouver, how have you seen primary ...
Premise / BY: T. Chan, MHsc, MD, October 2015
... of outcome including evidence-based reviews of best practice and cancer surgery benchmarks. Theoretically, this ...
Premise / BY: Jon Slater, MD, FRCPC, MBA, September 2014
... to maintain and exercise the skills employed in clinical practice. In undertaking this work (56 expert panels ... in the province should feel supported in clinical practice. While a certain skill set is required for each ... reflect with a respected colleague on one's professional practice and to deliberately plan an approach to skills ...
Premise / BY: Martin Dawes, MBBS, MD, FRCGP, December 2014
... measurement system accompanied by an extensive practice improvement process, a counting approach is unlikely ... The assessment of performance quality within family practice is not new. In 1985 the UK set up a voluntary ... physicians identify improvements they could make to their practice as a whole. Introduced before computers were ...
Premise / BY: B. Nosyk, PhD, December 2014
... the training of physicians with a background in family practice, internal medicine, and psychiatry.  Enhancing ...
Premise / BY: Siavash Jafari, MD, MHSc, FRCPC March 2014
... on prescribers who clearly deviate from accepted medical practice in terms of prescription painkiller dosage, numbers ... C. Opioids for chronic noncancer pain: A new Canadian practice guideline. CMAJ 2010;182:923-930. Premise ...