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Aboriginal physicians
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy53
- Last Reviewed
- 2016-05-20
- Date
- 2002-08-21
- Topics
- Health human resources
- Resolution
- GC02-66
- That Canadian Medical Association work with others to develop a health human resource strategy aimed at improving: Recruitment, training, retention of Aboriginal physicians and other health care workers; Integrated, holistic primary care service delivery relevant to the needs of the Aboriginal community and under community control.
1 document
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2016-05-20
- Date
- 2002-08-21
- Topics
- Health human resources
- Resolution
- GC02-66
- That Canadian Medical Association work with others to develop a health human resource strategy aimed at improving: Recruitment, training, retention of Aboriginal physicians and other health care workers; Integrated, holistic primary care service delivery relevant to the needs of the Aboriginal community and under community control.
- Text
- That Canadian Medical Association work with others to develop a health human resource strategy aimed at improving: Recruitment, training, retention of Aboriginal physicians and other health care workers; Integrated, holistic primary care service delivery relevant to the needs of the Aboriginal community and under community control.
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Access to a family physician
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9534
- Last Reviewed
- 2016-05-20
- Date
- 2009-08-19
- Topics
- Health human resources
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Physician practice/ compensation/ forms
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Resolution
- GC09-29
- The Canadian Medical Association will work with provincial/territorial medical associations (PTMAs) to urge governments to collaborate with PTMAs in the implementation of a program that will identify and manage "orphan" patients who do not have access to a family physician.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2016-05-20
- Date
- 2009-08-19
- Topics
- Health human resources
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Physician practice/ compensation/ forms
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Resolution
- GC09-29
- The Canadian Medical Association will work with provincial/territorial medical associations (PTMAs) to urge governments to collaborate with PTMAs in the implementation of a program that will identify and manage "orphan" patients who do not have access to a family physician.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association will work with provincial/territorial medical associations (PTMAs) to urge governments to collaborate with PTMAs in the implementation of a program that will identify and manage "orphan" patients who do not have access to a family physician.
Access to family physicians
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9231
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Topics
- Health human resources
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Resolution
- GC08-51
- The Canadian Medical Association, while recognizing the need for better management of chronic illnesses and vulnerable populations, considers that such an emphasis should not be detrimental to the efforts aimed at guaranteeing access to family physicians.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Resolution
- GC08-51
- The Canadian Medical Association, while recognizing the need for better management of chronic illnesses and vulnerable populations, considers that such an emphasis should not be detrimental to the efforts aimed at guaranteeing access to family physicians.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association, while recognizing the need for better management of chronic illnesses and vulnerable populations, considers that such an emphasis should not be detrimental to the efforts aimed at guaranteeing access to family physicians.
Access to medical education for Aboriginal students
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy529
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1996-08-21
- Topics
- Health human resources
- Resolution
- GC96-10
- That the Canadian Medical Association and its Divisions work with Canadian medical schools to facilitate access to medical education for Canadian aboriginal students.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1996-08-21
- Topics
- Health human resources
- Resolution
- GC96-10
- That the Canadian Medical Association and its Divisions work with Canadian medical schools to facilitate access to medical education for Canadian aboriginal students.
- Text
- That the Canadian Medical Association and its Divisions work with Canadian medical schools to facilitate access to medical education for Canadian aboriginal students.
Access to the comprehensive spectrum of medically necessary care
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy8508
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2006-08-23
- Topics
- Health human resources
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Resolution
- GC06-34
- The Canadian Medical Association and its divisions and affiliates call on the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Conference of Health Ministers to ensure that all Canadians have timely access to the comprehensive spectrum of medically necessary care by developing, through an open and consultative process, a policy framework that includes: a) a national human resources plan; b) national wait time benchmarks; c) a patient wait time guarantee supported by a publicly funded safety valve; and d) a regulatory regime to best support the public-private interface.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2006-08-23
- Resolution
- GC06-34
- The Canadian Medical Association and its divisions and affiliates call on the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Conference of Health Ministers to ensure that all Canadians have timely access to the comprehensive spectrum of medically necessary care by developing, through an open and consultative process, a policy framework that includes: a) a national human resources plan; b) national wait time benchmarks; c) a patient wait time guarantee supported by a publicly funded safety valve; and d) a regulatory regime to best support the public-private interface.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association and its divisions and affiliates call on the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Conference of Health Ministers to ensure that all Canadians have timely access to the comprehensive spectrum of medically necessary care by developing, through an open and consultative process, a policy framework that includes: a) a national human resources plan; b) national wait time benchmarks; c) a patient wait time guarantee supported by a publicly funded safety valve; and d) a regulatory regime to best support the public-private interface.
Accreditation
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy551
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1974-06-26
- Topics
- Health human resources
- Resolution
- GC74-53
- Whereas the profession has in the past demonstrated an interest in accreditation of certain institutions involved in the delivery of medical services, and whereas the profession is currently demonstrating an interest in the matter of encouraging the establishment of minimum standards of professional practice in the office setting, and whereas the acknowledged purposes of such standards of accreditation are to facilitate peer review and continuing professional education, and whereas the profession has demonstrated its willingness to participate in such voluntary self assessment procedures, Be it resolved that the Canadian Medical Association accept the principle of practice accreditation and continue to search for acceptable methods of practice assessment and accreditation and encourage each of its divisions to establish or enjoin committees to examine the matter of office practice accreditation, with a view to establishing procedural guidelines and standards for their various regions.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1974-06-26
- Topics
- Health human resources
- Resolution
- GC74-53
- Whereas the profession has in the past demonstrated an interest in accreditation of certain institutions involved in the delivery of medical services, and whereas the profession is currently demonstrating an interest in the matter of encouraging the establishment of minimum standards of professional practice in the office setting, and whereas the acknowledged purposes of such standards of accreditation are to facilitate peer review and continuing professional education, and whereas the profession has demonstrated its willingness to participate in such voluntary self assessment procedures, Be it resolved that the Canadian Medical Association accept the principle of practice accreditation and continue to search for acceptable methods of practice assessment and accreditation and encourage each of its divisions to establish or enjoin committees to examine the matter of office practice accreditation, with a view to establishing procedural guidelines and standards for their various regions.
- Text
- Whereas the profession has in the past demonstrated an interest in accreditation of certain institutions involved in the delivery of medical services, and whereas the profession is currently demonstrating an interest in the matter of encouraging the establishment of minimum standards of professional practice in the office setting, and whereas the acknowledged purposes of such standards of accreditation are to facilitate peer review and continuing professional education, and whereas the profession has demonstrated its willingness to participate in such voluntary self assessment procedures, Be it resolved that the Canadian Medical Association accept the principle of practice accreditation and continue to search for acceptable methods of practice assessment and accreditation and encourage each of its divisions to establish or enjoin committees to examine the matter of office practice accreditation, with a view to establishing procedural guidelines and standards for their various regions.
Admissions criteria
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9279
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Topics
- Health human resources
- Ethics and medical professionalism
- Resolution
- GC08-105
- The Canadian Medical Association urges Canadian medical schools to revise admissions criteria to require a minimum of two years of post-secondary education.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2020-02-29
- Date
- 2008-08-20
- Resolution
- GC08-105
- The Canadian Medical Association urges Canadian medical schools to revise admissions criteria to require a minimum of two years of post-secondary education.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association urges Canadian medical schools to revise admissions criteria to require a minimum of two years of post-secondary education.
Ambulance services
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy786
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1975-06-25
- Topics
- Health human resources
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Resolution
- GC75-21
- The Canadian Medical Association, recognizing the vital role of ambulance services in providing mobile life support for the acutely ill and injured, recommends that i) ambulance services be considered, where practicable, a direct extension of a hospital emergency department and integrated with the emergency services, ii) ambulance services incorporate standards of personnel education, vehicular design and life support equipment commensurate with those of the overall emergency care system.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1975-06-25
- Resolution
- GC75-21
- The Canadian Medical Association, recognizing the vital role of ambulance services in providing mobile life support for the acutely ill and injured, recommends that i) ambulance services be considered, where practicable, a direct extension of a hospital emergency department and integrated with the emergency services, ii) ambulance services incorporate standards of personnel education, vehicular design and life support equipment commensurate with those of the overall emergency care system.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association, recognizing the vital role of ambulance services in providing mobile life support for the acutely ill and injured, recommends that i) ambulance services be considered, where practicable, a direct extension of a hospital emergency department and integrated with the emergency services, ii) ambulance services incorporate standards of personnel education, vehicular design and life support equipment commensurate with those of the overall emergency care system.
Application of evidence-based medicine
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy9893
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 2010-08-25
- Topics
- Health human resources
- Ethics and medical professionalism
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Resolution
- GC10-70
- The Canadian Medical Association calls on the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada, faculties of medicine, College of Family Physicians of Canada and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada to greatly expand efforts to familiarize medical students and residents with the application of evidence-based medicine, including systematic reviews, clinical practice guidelines, care pathways and related techniques to improve quality, safety and efficiency in medicine.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 2010-08-25
- Topics
- Health human resources
- Ethics and medical professionalism
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Resolution
- GC10-70
- The Canadian Medical Association calls on the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada, faculties of medicine, College of Family Physicians of Canada and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada to greatly expand efforts to familiarize medical students and residents with the application of evidence-based medicine, including systematic reviews, clinical practice guidelines, care pathways and related techniques to improve quality, safety and efficiency in medicine.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association calls on the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada, faculties of medicine, College of Family Physicians of Canada and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada to greatly expand efforts to familiarize medical students and residents with the application of evidence-based medicine, including systematic reviews, clinical practice guidelines, care pathways and related techniques to improve quality, safety and efficiency in medicine.
Appropriateness in health care
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy11897
- Date
- 2016-08-24
- Topics
- Health human resources
- Resolution
- GC16-26
- The Canadian Medical Association calls for emphasis on considerations of appropriateness in health care as part of the medical school curriculum.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Date
- 2016-08-24
- Topics
- Health human resources
- Resolution
- GC16-26
- The Canadian Medical Association calls for emphasis on considerations of appropriateness in health care as part of the medical school curriculum.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association calls for emphasis on considerations of appropriateness in health care as part of the medical school curriculum.