November

The current success of an international medical graduate the Canadian Resident Matching Service is dependent on several important factors. These include clinical exposure in the Canadian or American system, research publications, letters of reference from physicians affiliated with a residency program, continuity of their medical education, and successful completion of Medical Council of Canada Evaluating Examination and Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Examination, Parts I and II. Often overlooked in this list, however, is the importance of a good mentor.

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With more family physicians renouncing their obstetrical privileges or opting to leave obstetrics out of their practices, BC is in growing need of family practice providers of primary maternity care. Billing fee data show a steady decline in the total number of family physicians billing maternity fee items. From 2008 to 2012, the total number of family physician obstetrical billers decreased by about 4%.[1]

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If we are fortunate enough to live a long time, all of us must eventually retire. Even though a yearly RRSP contribution should remind us of that, reality doesn’t usually strike until the first CPP cheque arrives. Few of us devote the same energy to an exit strategy from medicine as we did to getting started. Sure, there are many workdays when we wish for retirement, but in reality we mean an extended vacation rather than a terminal event.

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Practising physicians realize more than most that people’s lives can change in an instant. Accidents happen all the time to your patients—you just don’t expect them to happen to you.

According to recent popular press, coconut oil is the latest miracle food. The claims regarding coconut oil are that it boosts brain function in people with Alzheimer disease; improves thyroid and heart disease; and helps with weight loss, cancer, and HIV.

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