Woman born without a cerebellum baffles doctors
Woman born without a cerebellum baffles doctors A series of CT scans of the woman’s brains. The black spot indicates where the cerebellum is normally found. (Brain, Feng Yu, et al.) CTVNews.ca Staff Published Friday, September 12, 2014 7:57AM EDT A woman in China has stunned doctors after a trip to […]
Dr. Yang’s surgical navigation device balances revolution with evolution
RCPSC Dialogue Volumn 14, # 9, 2014 Pairing innovation with practicality is perhaps the defining characteristic of Dr. Yang’s surgical navigation device. Conceived and developed by a Ryerson University research team led by Victor Yang, MD, PhD, P.Eng, FRCSC, a staff neurosurgeon at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Ont., and senior scientist at the […]
Canadian physician health expert tells colleagues: “Be civil”
Pat Rich – CMA – 9/16/2014 News Body A senior Canadian physician health expert has urged his colleagues to follow five fundamental principles of civility. Dr. Michael Kaufmann, medical director of the Ontario Medical Association’s physician health program and Physician Workplace Support Program, took a somewhat lighthearted approach to the serious issue of disruptive physicians […]
A Lesson in Effective Physician Recruitment and Retention Strategies
By Phil Jost, MBA, CanAm Blog Post, August 28, 2014 After many years of trial and error as a senior health manager and CEO, I have come to the conclusion that there are only two ‘reasonable’ physician retention plan options: Option A: Physician Retention starts from the moment of the screening of potential […]
Statement from the CFPC, CMA and the RCPSC on Government Drug Campaign
AUGUST 16, 2014 – The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC), Canadian Medical Association (CMA) and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada will not be participating in Health Canada’s upcoming anti-drug educational campaign targeted at young Canadians. As the largest national organizations representing Canada’s doctors, the CFPC, CMA and Royal College […]
CMA partners with CARP on Seniors Care
by Pat Rich 8/27/2014 The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) has joined with the Canadian Association of Retired Persons (CARP) to urge provincial and territorial premiers to take the lead in establishing a seniors care strategy. The CMA and CARP recently wrote to the Council of the Federation to recommend that the future mandate of the Council’s […]
Doctor-assisted death appropriate only after all other choices exhausted, CMA president says
By Sharon Kirkey, Postmedia NewsAugust 27, 2014 Doctor-hastened death would only be appropriate after all other reasonable choices have been exhausted, says the head of the country’s largest doctors’ group. Dr. Chris Simpson, newly installed president of the Canadian Medical Association, made the comments in advance of a landmark Supreme Court of Canada hearing expected […]
Foreign doctors boost Ontario’s physician corps
Written by JERED STUFFCO on August 26, 2014 for The Medical Post Doctors trained abroad are bolstering Ontario’s ranks of physicians, the provincial college reports in it’s annual review. “1,793 certificates were for IMGs—a record” In 2013, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario registered 4,441 physicians. Of those, 1,793 were IMGs while 1,646 were from Ontario. […]
Is the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) Irrelevant?
Is the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) irrelevant? Written by Dr. Sarah Giles on August 27, 2014 for CanadianHealthcareNetwork.ca Point of Care: Where Life Meets Medicine by Dr. Sarah Giles Last week I went to the CMA annual meeting in Ottawa. As admission was “free” to members observing the event, I thought I’d take a peek and see what […]
10 reasons why USA #physicians are now choosing to move to Canada
As promised yesterday…. Top 10 Reasons why US Physicians Are choosing to move their family’s and #medical practices to Canada… 1. On average, physicians working in Canada earn at least $100K per annum more…. 2. Dissatisfaction with the current direction of American healthcare reform. 3. Canada has one of the lowest tax rates of the […]
