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BY: Joanne Sinai, MD, MEd, FRCPC
April 2022
... approach. In addition, a systematic review of its clinical practice guidelines states that SOC7 “contains no list of ... could not be used by individuals or services to benchmark practice.”[ 2 ] Finland, Sweden, Norway, and the UK are ...
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BY: Anthony Walter, MD
October 2022
... recently (for a price higher than the $31 average family practice fee) I was thinking about Dr David Chapman’s ... overheads have become huge. To function properly, a family practice needs a secretary, nurse, and office manager. Their ... service item, with a charge of well over $100/hour. Family practice is an expensive business, but paying for those costs ...
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BY: Jefferson Terry, MD PhD, FRCPC
April 2022
... published in the journal [ BCMJ 2021;63:383-387 ]. The practice at BC Children’s and BC Women’s Hospitals is to ...
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BY: Vaclav Hyrman, MD, FRCPC
December 2022
... toxic organizational culture, a system-level problem. The practice of medicine is replete with unexpected and ... there must be a way around it. Having seen (in psychiatric practice) people suffering from symptoms of burnout ...
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BY: Rob Lehman, MD, CCFP, MClSc, FCFP(LM)
June 2022
... mental health services. Offer input to divisions of family practice and medical staff hospital associations. Contribute ... a fee-for-service system that encourages a high-volume practice, so spend as little time as possible with each ... the foot-voting will turn back in the direction of family practice, particularly longitudinal comprehensive family ...
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BY: Kevin Wade, CD, MD, CCFP
December 2022
... especially new graduates interested in trying out practice in a beautiful new province. It seems unconscionable ...
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BY: Robert Semeniuk, MD, FRCSC
July/August 2022
... so be it. I acquired my licence to perform family practice during my training and worked walk-in clinic shifts ... want. Instead, we need to support the areas of family practice that require help, including remuneration. —Robert ...
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BY: Ruth Habte, MD
September 2022
... care system, and to end the inequities we encounter in practice. Universal access to contraception is a vital ...
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BY: Roger Seldon, MBChB, MD
June 2021
... to chronic unremitting intoxication). It is not regular practice to force treatment due to addictions. This patient ...
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BY: Stephen D. Anderson, MD, FRCPC
July/August 2021
... P. Anderson, MD Clinical Instructor, Department of Family Practice, UBC Faculty of Medicine —Bethan Everett, MBA, PhD ...