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- 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
Free made-in-Canada software poised to reform breast-cancer screening and diagnosis
MONTREAL – A team from Atlantic Canada has created a free software package that will help ensure women receive efficient and guideline-based screening and diagnostic procedures for breast cancer. - 9/3/2012
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Doctors, nurses falling short on hand hygiene, report says
Nearly one third of hospital workers in British Columbia are not washing their hands regularly, despite strong evidence that it is one of the primary ways to prevent the spread of infection in hospitals.