Dr Martin Fortin remembers feeling the chances of success were pretty slim on his frst major
research grant application.“I was writing that grant on September 11, 2001,” recalls Dr …

Presenters offering their sage advice included Valerie Gilchrist, MD; Larry Green, MD;
Michael Klein, MD, CCFP; Ann Macaulay, CM, MD, FCFP; Moira Stewart, PhD; and Kurt …

Dear Colleagues, Previous physician surveys show that a relatively small percentage of
members are actively involved in research. Yet, so many questions that arise from our …

Card, a family physician in Mackenzie, BC, says the welcome the town gave him and wife
Jessica was a vital factor in their decision to move to the community, which is about 200 …

The article by Douglas et. al. is an important contribution to what must be an ongoing search
in family medicine to identify factors which are likely to contribute to satisfaction and a …

Many of us have had difficulty watching our neighbours to the south construct new legal
barriers in an effort to limit women's access to abortion in that country, but few of us have the …

During the course of my medical training, it has become abundantly clear that family
physicians are best suited to this type of primary care. Well-crafted buzzwords like physician …

When my husband and I married and went to medical school, we both dreamed of doing
exactly what we've ended up doing. Now three years out of residency, we're both family …

Helen Keller The word pioneer conjures many images, especially that of the first to discover
something. It implies aloneness, if not loneliness. In research—especially family medicine …

Physicians who work in challenging contexts such as remote rural locations or with special
populations may need support in persevering in their positions and also may suffer vicarious …