Healthcare

Family medicine is in a state of crisis, exacerbated by the pandemic which, eight months in, has totally disrupted primary care physicians’ ability to provide face-to-face, quality care. Things are so bad that while governments are urging everyone to get a flu shot to avoid a “twindemic” many have expressed their confusion about finding out where to get that shot, just days away from the time when people typically start getting them.

Quebec's health ministry recently stated it intends to issue 98 family doctor permits for 2021, comparable to this year.

The goal here is not to admonish Canada’s most revered medical organizations, but rather to illustrate the historic and longstanding dearth of Black representation in Canadian medical leadership. Over the past few years, calls to address barriers to achieving diversity in the Canadian health workforce have been gaining momentum. Diversity exists along a broad spectrum that includes gender, socioeconomic, linguistic, and racial subsets, to mention a few. Acknowledging that there exist many populations that are also underrepresented in the highest echelons of Canadian medical leadership, this article speaks specifically to the paucity of Black Canadians in formal physician leadership roles while proposing four key recommendations for addressing this diversity gap.

The college said information within health banks in clinical fields should not be allowed to be communicated to third parties for research or statistical purposes without the patient's consent.

Monte Steeves, owner of a Moncton, N.B., said pharmacists across the country are talking about best practices for everything from testing to vaccines at pharmacies right now, recognizing that different regions have different needs.

During SARS, I was frustrated with a patient who didn't tell the truth to the triage nurse at the door and endangered herself, myself and all those in the clinic at that time. I tried to understand her fears and even kept in touch with her for the next few weeks to make sure she got better.