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President's Comment / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP January/February 2019
... their patients; fewer doctors choosing community-based practice, especially those with longitudinal relationships; ... We have seen new graduates reject traditional styles of practice while longing for a system that supports them to ... where we practise, what we practise, or our stage of practice, we all work together to care for our patients, our ...
President's Comment / BY: Kathleen Ross, MD November 2019
... would have been missed; however, in the greater scope of practice this example is rare. The CMA Health Summit ...
President's Comment / BY: Kathleen Ross, MD June 2019
... Yesterday was a typical office day in my community family practice. Periodic health/preventive exams, and geriatric and ... night with the solution. Sir William Osler said, “The practice of medicine will be very much as you make it—to ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Afsaneh Moradi January/February 2019
... in the work of the Joint Collaborative Committees (General Practice Services Committee, Specialist Services Committee, ... Maternity Network, now involving 21 divisions of family practice, supports maternity providers in BC communities to ... level? JCC support has enabled many divisions of family practice to create innovative solutions—including clinics, ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brenda Hefford, MD November 2019
... reduction of burnout. Fraser Northwest Division of Family Practice Clinical counselor initiative Fraser Northwest’s ... feelings of burnout she was experiencing.[ 5 ]   Nurse in practice initiative Fraser Northwest’s primary care network ... them access the community support they need. His nurse in practice has helped significantly—in one case, a pregnant ...
President's Comment / BY: Trina Larsen Soles, MD May 2018
... was supported by the Rural and Remote Division of Family Practice and the Rural Coordinating Centre of BC, both of ...
President's Comment / BY: Trina Larsen Soles, MD March 2018
... 30% of my classmates were women. My first rural practice elective after my second year of medical school was ... new lady doctor” in town! And again, when I began practice I was the only woman in my clinic. I can still ... valued my contribution because I was the only woman in the practice.   Medicine has come a long way since then. It’s ...
President's Comment / BY: Trina Larsen Soles, MD April 2018
... the impact of artificial intelligence on certain areas of practice. If computers can do a better job of interpreting ... same procedures? This made me consider my job in general practice, where the undifferentiated patient with a list of ... art, based on science” and stated, “The art of the practice of medicine is to be learned only by experience; ...
President's Comment / BY: Trina Larsen Soles, MD January/February 2018
... to tackle this challenge, and networks and communities of practice are one of the innovative solutions. One such ... experiences (ACEs) and introducing trauma informed–practice and policy, more recently in collaboration with ... through a member’s forum that allows for discussion and practice support. A variety of online clinical practice tools ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Afsaneh Moradi September 2018
... conversations, the Kootenay Boundary Division of Family Practice created the Dementia Roadmap for Practitioners and ... Okanagan Similkameen, and Vancouver Divisions of Family Practice; and in the community of Camrose in Alberta. The ... Director, Community Partnership and Integration Family Practice Services Committee Helping patients and families ...