As a CCFP(EM) practising full-time urban emergency medicine and part-time occupational medicine, I have had difficulty relating to most of the content in Canadian Family Physician over the past 10 years.
I was happily surprised to open the October 2011 issue to find articles on treatment of moderate pediatric asthma exacerbation, hypertensive emergencies in the emergency department, spirometry interpretation, and herpes zoster during pregnancy.
Most Canadian emergency departments are staffed by physicians first trained as family physicians, whether they hold the CCFP(EM) designation or not. I imagine that a large proportion of your membership has at least some interest in acute care in addition to office medicine. I welcome more articles in the Motherisk and Emergency Files sections, and more content which is relevant to both office and emergency department practice.
Thank you for making the October 2011 issue relevant to my Canadian family physician practice.
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