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Clinical Articles / BY: Jay Draper July/August 2005
... the BCMA’s approach of solving the problems of general practice in British Columbia, arguing that “rather than defending general practice, the BCMA is destroying it.” Response from the ... equally fiery. There was general agreement that general practice is in crisis, and perhaps even on its deathbed, but ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD September 2005
... not the only one concerned that the applications to family practice residencies are declining, the numbers of mature ... the numbers of medical students who see family practice as a fulfilling career choice has dramatically ... and most importantly, the numbers of graduating family practice residents entering real family practices vs. walk-in ...
Editorials / BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD September 2005
... am a believer in the treatments recommended, but in my own practice the more I listen to patients the more I feel that ...
Editorials / BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC September 2005
... patients.  As Dr Rowe points out in his article , “The practice of medicine is not an exact science; there are more ... schools appear to promote, fewer students now enter family practice, general internal medicine, and general ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Galt Wilson, MD, CCFP September 2005
... more newly graduated family physicians forsake traditional practice and become hospitalists, walk-in clinic doctors, or ... are the best predictors of young doctors choosing rural practice. [14-18]  Such applicants are two to three times more likely to enter rural practice and, once there, are more likely to stay. Third, all ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Timothy C. Rowe, MBBS, FRCSC, FRCOG September 2005
... they enter medical school. The unpredictability of medical practice In the 18th century, Alexander Pope (1688–1744) ... can support but never replace bedside learning. The practice of medicine is not an exact science; there are more ... which will stand them in good stead when they enter practice. At the same time, students attend lectures from ...
Clinical Articles / BY: David Fairholm, MD, FRCSC September 2005
... of health care, and the changing economics of medical practice have forced us to reconsider how we educate new ... an experienced physician who models the art of medical practice should be paramount in the education of medical ... must acquire scientific information and then put it into practice. They must learn clinical and healing skills and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Patricia M. Rebbeck, MB, ChB, FRCSC September 2005
... less fortunate than ours, either before settling in a practice or from time to time while in practice. General surgery skills are more portable than many ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hector Baillie, MD, FRCPC September 2005
... are not exposed to the type of general internal medicine practice needed in smaller cities and towns not directly ... just that teaching hospitals do not reflect the type of practice that a GIM specialist in the community will have. If ... doctors for both teaching hospitals and community-based practice. To do this, they need to expose students to general ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC September 2005
... mind-set has made them increasingly remote from clinical practice and hence slow to recognize and respond to the ... that most students are destined for a career in clinical practice, the scholars are still unwilling to share control ... of, or interest in, the daily routine of medical practice outside the university and so cannot prepare ...