Roger Ladouceur MD MSc CCMF (SP) FCMF, ASSOCIATE SCIENTIFIC EDITOR Since the
beginning of the pandemic, we have heard stories of physicians who have been exclusively …

Christie Newton MD CCFP FCFP In October 2022 the British Columbia government, along
with Doctors of BC and BC Family Doctors, announced a new payment model for family …

Nathanael Turner MD CCFP It seems an unwritten rule in life that things that bring us the
most fulfillment and joy can also be those that cause us the most stress and pain (having …

For the most part, Australian general practitioners do not have a clear idea of how the health
care system works and how family medicine is practised in the United States of America. We …

Over the past 2½ years, our College has been deliberating a directive from our Board of
Directors to explore acknowledging family medicine as a specialty. We have welcomed the …

377 at shelters without food, and toilet paper, too, no doubt. As often happens, the poorest
were hardest hit. We are all in a similar place with the COVID-19 disaster, this pandemic …

Over the past 2½ years, our College has been deliberating a directive from our Board of
Directors to explore acknowledging family medicine as a specialty. We have welcomed the …

In 2001 less than 28% of medical students made family medicine their first choice for a
career, continuing a steady decline from 40% in the early 1990s. Having a family doctor has …

In March 2004, the Future of Family Medicine issued a famous prophecy:“Unless there are
changes in the broader health care system and within the specialty, the position of family …

This month, we read in Canadian Family Physician that family medicine residents are
receiving lessthan-optimal palliative care training. In their study of first-and second-year …