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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 ...
Editorials / BY: Anne I. Clarke, MD April 2017
... bond with other doctors regardless of their area of practice, age, or location. We were all trainees once, and we ... recollections of hilarious events during our training and practice that strike a chord with everyone. There was an ...
Letters / BY: J.E. Albrecht, MD April 2017
After 43 years in the trenches of general practice, I applaud the fortitude and wisdom of the Pemberton ... requests for chart copies and reports (the bane of practice!), stringent opiate-prescribing guidelines, and ...
Letters / BY: Brady Bouchard, CCFP May 2017
... also states that the process “is not [meant] to restrict practice.” If not, then what is the goal? A quick look ... various privileging documents will show that restricting practice is exactly what is intended—if you don’t have ...
Letters / BY: Brenda Hefford, MD May 2017
... quote. —Brenda Hefford, MD Executive Director, Community Practice, Quality, and Integration Letters Re: The patient ...
Premise / BY: E.M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP May 2017
... topic, he uses stories from his patients’ lives and his practice to illustrate the different approaches to ...
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 ...
Letters / BY: John Walton, MD June 2017
... , 147 ] bring to the fore the perilous state of general practice in BC. Congratulations to Dr Brown for having the ... for the demise of these clinics. The section of general practice could never negotiate a fee schedule that would ...
Letters / BY: Gerrard A. Vaughan, MD June 2017
... document should be strengthened to a legally enforceable practice standard, similar to the directive recently issued[ ... consultation, which aims to strengthen the collaborative practice approach that is so essential in patient care. ...
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 ...