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News July/August 2016
The Vancouver Division of Family Practice has developed a 52-page booklet providing guidance ... a plan, to finding a replacement doctor, to closing a practice. View or download the guide from the Vancouver ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Hortense Tabien Nsoh, MD July/August 2016
... by Accreditation Canada as a leading public health practice, with weekly reports made available to medical ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD June 2016
... days. If every family physician worked in a solo or group practice, took care of their own patients, and had an ...
Letters / BY: Shirin Rostamkalaee, MD June 2016
... competition among IMGs, nor be successful in one of the practice-ready assessment programs. As a result, I’ve ... put in front of me. The enrollment requirements for practice-ready programs in Canada, such as the requirement to be in a current practice as a fully licensed physician, mostly benefit ...
Letters / BY: Heidi M. Oetter, MD June 2016
... for IMGs to help them establish themselves and set up practice in BC. The College’s role in the recruitment ... two national colleges may be eligible to participate in a practice-ready assessment (PRA) program, which involves a ... for IMGs to help ensure they can safely enter the practice of medicine. This high level of scrutiny is yet ...
Premise / BY: A.W. Battison, MD June 2016
... often work in rural and remote areas. Their scope of practice is broad and includes emergency medicine. In cases ... Council of South Africa (HPCSA) regulates medical practice. The organization requires university sponsorship ...
Editorials / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP June 2016
... Gallagher, MD Clinical Professor, Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia Palliative Medicine ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP June 2016
... survivors. Incorporating palliative care into your practice Research is improving our understanding of symptom ... incorporating these new skills and knowledge into their practice. Doctors of BC through the General Practice Services Committee has developed a number of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jonathan Pearce, MD, CCFP(PC) June 2016
Communication, an essential part of all clinical practice, involves particular challenges and rewards when ... if this is not a common occurrence in your clinical practice. It can be difficult to diagnose dying because of ... and disease diversity encountered across clinical practice. Of greatest importance is that these conversations ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Alan T. Bates, MD, PhD June 2016
... might be difficult to convey appropriately in words. Best practice is always to observe appropriate boundaries in the ... domains that they may feel are outside their scope of practice, such as spirituality, and encouraged to adjust ...