Licensing

'Out of necessity': New patients will need to pay $1,320 a year at this B.C. clinic
Beta Therapeutics isn't the first in the province to go this route. A family physician at another clinic, Perpetual Health Centre, is charging new patients $125 a month starting Nov. 1.
Mandatory continuing education: 62 pharmacists suspended by the OPQ
No fewer than 62 pharmacists will see their right to practice suspended because they did not complete the hours of continuing education activities required during the reference period which ended last spring.

Is the rise of NPs a threat?

Nurse practitioner-led clinics are a concern in the U.S. and some Canadian FPs wonder if they will undercut MD-led care here.
Doctor retaliated against patient who complained about him, regulator concludes

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia rejected Dr. Franklyn Vincent's assertion that a letter he wrote a patient's lawyer revealing "shocking information" about the patient's condition was merely intended to correct inaccuracies.
Troubled transition: Pharmacist failed to do proper handoff, gets 2-year ban, more than $17K in costs

The pharmacist in charge's failures resulted in, among other things, a relief pharmacist scrambling to future out how to obtain an opioid antagonist maintenance treatment permit while patients waited at the pharmacy for the treatment.
The focused FP

Why are many FPs eschewing comprehensive, cradle-to-grave practices, and what does it mean for longitudinal care?
Rare victory: How a retiring rural doctor found his own replacement

'It was an easy fix,' said Dr. Marcel Aucoin, who retired in August after 26 years of family medicine in the Nova Scotia community of Chetticamp.
Licensed in as little as six months: new shorter supervision period and faster licensing decisions for IMGs in Nova Scotia

New licensing pathway includes an orientation program for IMGs new to practicing in the province.
Generalism is at the heart of family medicine

The CFPC questions the assertions in a recent opinion item.
Three common prescription documentation mistakes

Common prescription documentation mistakes found by the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia were highlighted in its PRP Insights publication on the topic.

'Out of necessity': New patients will need to pay $1,320 a year at this B.C. clinic

Mandatory continuing education: 62 pharmacists suspended by the OPQ

Is the rise of NPs a threat?

Doctor retaliated against patient who complained about him, regulator concludes

Troubled transition: Pharmacist failed to do proper handoff, gets 2-year ban, more than $17K in costs

The focused FP

Rare victory: How a retiring rural doctor found his own replacement

Licensed in as little as six months: new shorter supervision period and faster licensing decisions for IMGs in Nova Scotia

Generalism is at the heart of family medicine

Three common prescription documentation mistakes