The minister also directed the nursing college to develop supports for the internationally trained nurses—for example to bring their skills to Ontario standards—to allow them to practice "in a timely way.''
But while she’s happy to have found a doctor for her husband, Janet Mort said she knows how difficult it is for doctors to take on “even one more patient.”
I begin the clinical encounter with an open-ended question to initiate the discussion, like, “What brings you in today?” Then give the patient a full 90 seconds to respond.
Dr. Jabir Jassam says it seems like FPs are quitting now more than any time. Why? Well, family doctors are quitting because they ‘can’t take it anymore.'