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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 ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Benjamin Millar, MD, March 2016
... social media is rapidly growing for medical education and practice sharing, and emergency medicine has been on the ... decade as a platform for sharing medical education and practice approaches among health professionals. A recent ... in favor of using social media as part of medical practice point to its ability to help people stay connected, ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Jay Draper July/August 2015
... Service—Dr Carole Williams Silver Medal in General Practice—Dr Matthew Petzold Dr Cam Coady Award Dr David ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Gabrielle Lynch-Staunton, BFA, BEd November 2015
... trying to mediate a settlement himself, noting that this practice works very well. In the last 3 years he has resolved ... that medicolegal work is a fulfilling aspect of medical practice, noting that he would like to make young doctors ... his daughter is just finishing her residency in family practice. Mr Webster Jr. also volunteers his time with the ...
MDs To Be / BY: Cynthia Kong, December 2015
... However, there are also challenges faced in rural family practice that are no laughing matter. The admiration I hold ... to access the resources they needed. Divisions of Family Practice has identified the need to move critically ill ... think about my future as a physician, my love for rural practice is rivalled by these logistical, systemic issues ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: J. Pawlovich, MD July/August 2015
... the small farming community of northern Alberta. Medical practice was a tapestry of clinic and hospital time, house ... time. Some might say it was the golden time of general practice. Whatever it was, goosebumps grow on my skin as I ... expressly requested his surgical skills. And his surgical practice was only one element in the package of general ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Cathy Clelland, MD January/February 2015
... There is enhanced access for appointments. 5.    The practice includes well-supported information technology, ... health care provider satisfaction, knowledge, skills, and practice behaviors; broader range of services; better access, ... are four main issues: 1.    Clarification of scope of practice and roles 2.    Information sharing 3.    ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Gabrielle Lynch-Staunton, BFA, BEd January/February 2015
... case. In the 1920s medical specialties emerged and medical practice began to shift from home to office and hospital. ... and Surgeons of Canada in 1931. Since the 1950s general practice has become a specialty in its own right. As medicine ...
MDs To Be / BY: Greg Costello, June 2015
... effective anesthesia. I’ll see him next in the family practice clinic and hopefully have better answers for him ...
MDs To Be / BY: Sean McGee, BSc (Hons), July/August 2014
... attention to the economic aspects of medical training and practice. One Canadian study found that median expected debt ... encompass the complexities of medical education and practice nor do justice to the values of medicine that centre ... and by the many medical organizations in which physicians practice, such as hospitals, health authorities, medical ...