General Practice/Family Medicine

Inside the decision to extend FP training
Many family doctors remain concerned about the CFPC’s decision to extend family medicine training from two years to three.
FGC Health launches succession-planning program for pharmacists
The new service aims to help pharmacists price, sell and transition out of their businesses.

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.
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.
Gender pay gap in Canadian medicine—yes, it’s real!

Adjusting for demographics and hours/weeks of work, we found that on average female physicians earn about 9% less than their male counterparts, finds health economist Boris Kralj.
With family docs heading for the exits, addressing the crisis in primary care is key to easing pressure on emergency rooms

Is a plan to ease the strain on ERs that doesn't include helping primary care doctors really a plan at all?
Ontario opens bivalent vaccine appointments for most vulnerable

The province said bivalent vaccine appointments could be booked as of Monday morning through its online booking system, with the first appointments also available the same day.
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.
POLL: Are 'time modifiers' a useful tool to help docs get properly paid for the work they put in?
The focused FP

Why are many FPs eschewing comprehensive, cradle-to-grave practices, and what does it mean for longitudinal care?

Inside the decision to extend FP training

FGC Health launches succession-planning program for pharmacists

Is the rise of NPs a threat?

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

Gender pay gap in Canadian medicine—yes, it’s real!

With family docs heading for the exits, addressing the crisis in primary care is key to easing pressure on emergency rooms

Ontario opens bivalent vaccine appointments for most vulnerable

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

POLL: Are 'time modifiers' a useful tool to help docs get properly paid for the work they put in?

The focused FP