Family Practice Services Committee /
BY: Greg Dines,
June 2009
Two new incentives launched 1 June 2009 by the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC) are the latest in a ... planning conferencing—two very demanding areas of practice for physicians, says Dr Cathy Clelland. “It takes ... Senior Program Advisor BCMA Professional Relations Family Practice Services Committee New GPSC incentives support ...
Letters /
BY: Ivor McMahen, MD,
June 2009
... EMR, this has been the showstopper. Recently, one system (Practice Solutions) has achieved an interface that I ...
Obituaries /
BY: Paddy Cardwell,
June 2009
... room physician in Huddersfield, he became a partner in a practice in Batley. In 1971 David moved with his family to Canada, taking up practice for 18 years in Salmo and Nelson, where he was chief ...
Obituaries /
BY: Larry Barzelai, MD,
June 2009
... an old-fashioned family doctor. He had a thriving office practice, looked after patients in hospital, did surgical ... frequent house calls. He also had a thriving nursing-home practice at Youville and Louis Brier long-term care ... year of residency at Shaughnessy Hospital, he settled into practice in Vancouver. He continued to practice at 809 W. ...
Obituaries
June 2009
... moved to Vancouver’s North Shore, and Jim entered practice at Lions Gate Hospital as a general surgeon with an ...
Premise /
BY: Alexandra Tcheremenska-Greenhill, MD,
June 2009
... great textbook of modern medicine, The Principles and Practice of Medicine, and also married the love of his life, ... span, Osler witnessed revolutionary changes within the practice of medicine as well as the profession itself. He ... more struggling to find a locum/MD willing to take over a practice either to get time off or to retire. A world where ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Sandra Jarvis-Selinger, PhD
July/August 2009
... it encompasses a broader range of relevant areas, such as practice management, interprofessional patient-centred care, ... other rural physicians who understand realities of rural practice. Physicians also appreciate the opportunities ... rural physicians who understand the realities of rural practice. Clinical Articles An assessment of British Columbia ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Tarek Khalil, MPH, MD, MCFP,
July/August 2009
... and Labrador, and the Clinical Assessment for Practice Program (CAPP) of Nova Scotia. I was fortunate to ... Second, training could prepare IMGs for the realities of practice. Medical practitioners conduct between 120 000 and ... As IMGs will also conduct thousands of interviews once in practice, it is imperative that they obtain formal training ...
Editorials /
BY: Lindsay M. Lawson, MD
July/August 2009
... to us worked in both systems (the private part of his practice centred on tourists with altitude sickness and other ... is available only to those with the ability to pay, and practice in the private system requires some training ...
Letters /
BY: Stephen Arif, MD,
July/August 2009
I have recently moved from Ontario to BC in rural family practice. I work in the clinic and hospital full-time in ...