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- 9/3/2012
New Barrie emerge includes NP outreach program
Nurses at the Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) in Barrie recently said “Goodbye” to their last patient in the old ED and “Hello” to the first patient in their brand new department. - 9/3/2012
A letter to the class of 2012
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada president shares his no-nonsense advice on how to avoid 'useless dramas' and have a happy, productive life - 9/3/2012
In the emergency department, NPs thrive on making a difference!
Suturing wounds, ordering lab tests and x-rays, diagnosing ailments, prescribing medications and providing timely, primary health care is all in a day’s work for four NPs in Chatham-Kent. - 9/3/2012
The satellite solution: Is distributed medical education solving Canada's rural doctor crisis?
There's no question, getting young professionals to settle in small, out-of-the-way communities can be a challenge, especially when the bright lights of Canada's biggest cities beckon. Enter distributed medical education programs: Find doctors suited to rural life, train them in the community and, the thinking is, they'll stick around. Presented as a vital plank in a multi-faceted plan to ensure more doctors "go rural," more medical schools have opened distributed learning campuses across the country-13 are operating this year-including new campuses from Dalhousie and the University of Toronto. Health officials and educators have trumpeted the plan as the magic bullet solution for the rural doctor shortage. But how effective are these programs at getting doctors into under-serviced areas? - 9/3/2012
Ontario lags in tracking non-melanoma skin cancers
Lack of data hampers research, resource allocation, dermatologist says