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Naturopathic doctors aren’t solution to primary care crisis: doctors, health experts.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 26, 2024 Source:Naturopathic doctors aren’t solution to primary care crisis: doctors, health experts
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Can your doctor dump you as a patient for going to a walk-in clinic? No, but in Ontario, if you are signed-up to your family doctor’s practice, your family doctor will have to foot the bill for your walk-in clinic visit.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 27, 2024 Source:Can your doctor dump you as a patient for going to a walk-in clinic?
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Sunday House Call, #894, September 24, 2023: If it’s broken, let’s break it some more. How the College of Family Physician’s edict extending family medicine residency training to three years will only make the family doctor shortage worse.
The College of Family Physician’s misguided academic exercise of changing the qualifications for a family medicine specialization to three years from two will beautifully exemplify the law of unintended consequences and drive many to seek other higher-income specialties that require four to five years of training. Amazing to me that those family doctors who have…
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Sunday House Call, #871, March 26, 2023: Nobody loves you when you down and out
The dearth of medical students who opted to apply for a Canadian Family Medicine residency position increased to 268 unfilled slots. Interest continues to decline for a career in family medicine. I discuss why, what will reverse it, and if we continue to talk platitudes and ultimately do nothing, good frickin’ luck to you all…