Ontario government to family doctors: The beatings will continue until morale improvesThat we have a family medicine crisis in Ontario is indisputable, but somehow not evident to those in government. Immediate skepticism: Alberta announces $16-million grant program to recruit rural physicians, facing swift critique from the AMAThe province is offering bursaries of up to $200,000 for new family doctors to practice in rural and remote communities. Alberta removing cap on how many patients docs get paid to see in a day The current cap allows docs to be paid in-full for just 50 patients per day. How to love being on general surgical call (or hate it less) I recently had a phone chat with Dr. Duncan Rozario, Chief of Surgery in Oakville, Ont. He did 25 years of gruelling surgical call as a resident and then as a general surgeon. U.S. FPs' compensation increases outpace specialists in 2014: report U.S. specialists earn almost double primary care doctors but FPs saw faster compensation growth last year $5,000 for a weekend locum in Saskatchewan? Exactly how much can a physician make doing a locum in rural Saskatchewan? The numbers may surprise you. AMA-premier chats focus on patient care, master agreement Recently signed ‘agreement in principle’ has been formally endorsed, but master agreement yet to be hammered out Will fee deal head up AMA-premier chat this week? Recently signed ‘agreement in principle’ has been formally endorsed, but master agreement yet to be hammered out Salaries another attractive retention idea First Previous 8 9 10
