While there is no single perfect solution, there are a number of approaches that all have potential to relieve Canada’s medical workforce crisis. It’s time to explore and pursue them.
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With limited resources and budget constraints, how can policymakers to improve primary care access: Paying doctors more, or increasing their numbers?
A newly created Primary Care Action Team has a lofty goal: to ensure all Ontarians have access to primary health care within five years. Here are five principals to consider to help achieve it.
The shortage of family doctors affects not only patients, but the entire health-care system. A strong primary care foundation increases average lifespan, improves overall health and reduces costs.
Canada is sidelining qualified doctors while many Canadians struggle to find health care. Here’s what we can and must do better for internationally trained physicians.
At the dawn of Medicare, Saskatchewan’s community co-op clinics pioneered team-based, holistic care. Now, with the health system in crisis 60 years later, it may be time to return to that care model.
Family physicians are on the frontline of health care, and their observations and support can help us get through the upcoming winter season.
A strong primary care system keeps patients away from emergency departments and helps patients self-manage illnesses. But Ontario’s plan to ease pressure on emergency rooms ignores family medicine.
Less than half of Canadians can see their doctor same-day, and millions don’t even have a family doctor. Improving access to care means providing doctors with the support they need to focus on patients.
From preventing emergency visits to understanding the context of a patient’s health issues, house calls have value in a modern medical practice.
Lack of systemic support for women physicians may help explain why it is hard to find a family doctor in Canada.
The election results could mean a national pharmacare program will happen, albeit slowly. Canadians can also expect more safe injection sites and money invested in the opioid crisis.
The Ontario government and the Ontario Medical Association are currently engaged in arbitration to determine how family doctors will be paid.
This week’s annual Family Medicine Forum is an opportunity for your family doctor – to cave or resist in the face of Big Pharma sponsorship and marketing.
Family physicians have started to play a key role in the district health system in South Africa.
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Lecturer in Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Assistant Professor, Labour Studies, Simon Fraser University
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Director of Translational Institute of Medicine (TIME), Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor and Chair, Family Medicine, McMaster, McMaster University
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Family Physician, Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct), Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University
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Distinguished Professor, Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Stellenbosch University
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Professor, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan
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Clinical Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
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Family physician and Global Journalism Fellow at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, University of Toronto
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Research Associate, Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
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Professional Research Associate, Canadian Centre for the Study of Co-operatives, University of Saskatchewan
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Associate professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto; York University, Canada; University of Sydney
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Family Physician, Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct), Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University
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Associate Professor, Family Medicine, Queen's University, Ontario
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Vice Chair, Quality and Innovation, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto