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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 ...
President's Comment / BY: Kathleen Ross, MD July/August 2019
... our health care system, whether with divisions of family practice, or facility engagement, or Doctors of BC ...
President's Comment / BY: Kathleen Ross, MD September 2019
... on the many nonclinical tasks required to keep my family practice office running. I will have handed over all my ...
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: 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 ...
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 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 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: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP December 2018
... clinics over the first few months before settling into the practice that has been my home for the past 13 years. Home . ... all lost relationships due to the rigors of training and practice. I can recall rotations as a learner and then remote ... in case of catastrophe. Our work with Divisions of Family Practice, medical staff associations, facility engagement, ...
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 ...