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Summer 2006 |
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Resolutions
shape NLMA’s agenda for coming year
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By NLMA Staff
Resolutions at this year’s
annual general meeting focused on a number of important issues including
wait times, primary care renewal, electronic medical records, emergency
preparedness and chronic pain management. |
P
e r s p e c t i v e s
Potpourri of
topics addressed at AGM CME
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By Dr. Susan King
This year, at the request
of our members, saw the return of the continuing education session. On
Friday afternoon we were treated to a potpourri of topics, expertly
delivered by our colleagues. |
E
d u c a t i o n
Dean makes case
to increase size of medical school
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By NLMA Staff
“Our data
supports both the importance of increasing the number of medical
students from the province and building a strong medical education
pipeline to practice that involves all parts of the province,” said Dr.
Rourke. |
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CMA plan
addresses physician shortages
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By NLMA Staff
The NLMA’s
objective of self-sufficiency is mirrored nationally by the CMA in its
plan to address the shortage of physicians in Canada. |
H e a l t h P r o
m o t i o n
Report confirms
effectiveness of Smokers’ Helpline
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By Mary Lynn Pender
The University
of Waterloo recently released a report detailing the effectiveness of
several Canadian smokers’ help lines. The report suggests that quit
lines can double or triple an individual’s success in quitting. |
F
i n a n c i a l
Dollar may be
strong, but still need to invest abroad
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By Keith Butler
The reasons are the same
as when the loonie was worth only 65 cents U.S. |
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r i v a c y
Who's your boss?
The Patient v. the Crown
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By Ed Brown
Many
jurisdictions have allowed access to a physician's total billings under
various freedom of information legislation. An interesting departure
from the pattern appears in a May decision of the Nova Scotia Court of
Appeal. |
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e a l t h P r o m o t i o n
New member
program helps doctors tackle “invisible epidemic”
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By CMA Staff
The CMA and the NLMA
recently launched Canada’s Doctors: your partners in healthy living, a
pilot project designed to promote a positive image of the profession and
provide members with resources on health promotion topics. |
E
d u c a t i o n
Letter of
thanks from NLMA bursary recipient
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Submitted Article
The bursary is a welcome
and wonderful gift. I am most impressed at the great value of the
bursary. It indicates to me the commitment towards the future physicians
of the province. |
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e a l t h P o l i c y
CMA’S e-panel
looking for Newfoundland and Labrador volunteers
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By CMA Staff
The electronic
members’ opinion panel is more than half-way toward its goal of
attracting 400 participants. However, Newfoundland and Labrador
continues to be under-represented. |
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e a l t h P o l i c y
CMA releases
seminal report on public-private interface
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By CMA Staff
It's About Access!
informs the debate on what the system is doing, and spurs discussion on
what our society can decide it should do,” said CMA President, Dr. Ruth
Collins-Nakai. |
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e a l t h P o l i c y
Medical ethics
and pandemics
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By CMA Staff
The CMA has created a
subcommittee to help it respond to ethical issues raised during a
communicable disease pandemic. |
E
d u c a t i o n
Memorial major
contributor to supply of province's doctors: Study
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Submitted Article
Physicians trained at MUN
make up more than half of all doctors in the province with about
one-fifth of those working in the province’s rural areas. |
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d u c a t i o n
Memorial
University's Family Medicine residency program tops in Canada
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Submitted Article
The Family Medicine
residency program offered at Memorial University’s Faculty of Medicine
is first in the country in the percentage of graduates choosing family
medicine. |
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e a l t h P r o m o t i o n
Poor adherence
to blood pressure medications may fuel growing epidemic
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Submitted Article
While lifestyle
changes are critically important, drugs are often also required and poor
adherence to medication schedules is an issue for many hypertensive
patients. |
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e a l t h P r o m o t i o n
Cervical
screening program expands
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Submitted Article
The Cervical Screening
Initiatives Program expanded recently to include the rural Eastern
health region, which includes the Burin and Bonavista peninsulas. |
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e a l t h T e c h n o l o g y
Report sheds
light on emergency department overcrowding
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Submitted Article
CADTH recently published a
four-part health technology assessment series, which is the most
comprehensive review of emergency department overcrowding ever
conducted in Canada. |
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