News /
BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em)
March 2010
... prevention. Yet prevention is a large part of medical practice. Entire public health programs and departments are ... prevention services that are very much part of everyday practice, and physicians’ practices are ideally suited to ... of services can be delivered through a physician’s practice (either by doctors or physician extenders). This ...
Obituaries /
BY: Donald Robinson, MSc,
March 2010
... of Canada in 1950. Dr Robinson maintained a busy private practice in internal medicine and over the years served as ...
Obituaries /
BY: Richard (Dick) Muir, MD,
March 2010
... at St Paul’s Hospital, he entered into general practice and moved to the Sunshine Coast and practised with Dr A. Swan. Peter left general practice to pursue specialist training in the United States. ...
Physician Information Technology Office /
BY: Jeremy Smith,
March 2010
... Technology Office (PITO) has developed communities of practice (COPs), leading groups of their colleagues who have ... support achieve a higher utilization of the EMR in their practice and are better able to achieve their clinical goals ... close to retirement, and some were just starting their practice and couldn’t afford it. The more I spoke to ...
President's Comment /
BY: Brian Brodie, MD
March 2010
... for family doctors and their patients that the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC) has been successfully ... took a few years to get off the ground, but now general practice is quickly becoming a solid cornerstone of BC’s ...
Physician Spotlight /
BY: Diana June King,
March 2010
... a mutual friend, Don met Dr Adam Waldie, who had a family practice on 10th Avenue at Discovery and who was looking for ... five of the happiest years of his life—in general practice. Don always spoke fondly of those ... thing to do.” It was during those years in family practice that Don met Michael Smith, who played a pivotal ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Celina Dunn, MD, CCFP, CIME
March 2010
... a GP/FP background—with a minimum of 5 years of clinical practice experience. A number hold further certification and ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Ali Zentner, MD, FRCPC, Diplomate ABOM
April 2010
... 2 ] Clinical research has prompted a revolution in practice philosophy to include CV risk prevention. The ...
Letters /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
April 2010
... the course of a meeting, it has always been the Board’s practice that the member excuses himself or herself from the ...
News
April 2010
The Divisions of Family Practice launched their web site in February. It is a resource for physicians involved in a Division of Family Practice, providing program information and the ability to ... an information source for learning more about this General Practice Services Committee initiative. Divisions of Family ...