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Testing of antibiotics

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10157

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Pharmaceuticals/ prescribing/ cannabis/ marijuana/ drugs; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC11-69; The Canadian Medical Association supports the routine testing of antibiotics manufactured in or imported into Canada to ensure that they all comply with the labelling on the containers.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Pharmaceuticals/ prescribing/ cannabis/ marijuana/ drugs; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC11-69; The Canadian Medical Association supports the routine testing of antibiotics manufactured in or imported into Canada to ensure that they all comply with the labelling on the containers.

Mentoring of early career physicians

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10161

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Health human resources; Physician practice/ compensation/ forms

Resolution: GC11-22; The Canadian Medical Association supports the development of programs that will facilitate the mentoring of early career physicians in their transition to clinical practice by experienced physicians.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Health human resources; Physician practice/ compensation/ forms

Resolution: GC11-22; The Canadian Medical Association supports the development of programs that will facilitate the mentoring of early career physicians in their transition to clinical practice by experienced physicians.

Scopes of practice

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10162

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Physician practice/ compensation/ forms; Health human resources

Resolution: GC11-23; The Canadian Medical Association supports physicians engaging in their full scope of practice.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Physician practice/ compensation/ forms; Health human resources

Resolution: GC11-23; The Canadian Medical Association supports physicians engaging in their full scope of practice.

Physician recruitment and retention programs

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10163

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Health human resources; Health systems, system funding and performance

Resolution: GC11-24; The Canadian Medical Association calls for adequate resources and coordination for the development, implementation and ongoing evaluation of physician recruitment and retention programs.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Health human resources; Health systems, system funding and performance

Resolution: GC11-24; The Canadian Medical Association calls for adequate resources and coordination for the development, implementation and ongoing evaluation of physician recruitment and retention programs.

Courses on health system operations and financing

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10164

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Health human resources; Health systems, system funding and performance

Resolution: GC11-26; The Canadian Medical Association requests the faculties of medicine to include courses on health system operations and financing in the curricula.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Health human resources; Health systems, system funding and performance

Resolution: GC11-26; The Canadian Medical Association requests the faculties of medicine to include courses on health system operations and financing in the curricula.

Informed career choices

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10165

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Physician practice/ compensation/ forms; Health human resources

Resolution: GC11-28; The Canadian Medical Association will assist physicians during all stages of their career, with special emphasis on helping medical students and residents make informed career choices by providing job-trend data and other career-planning resources.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Physician practice/ compensation/ forms; Health human resources

Resolution: GC11-28; The Canadian Medical Association will assist physicians during all stages of their career, with special emphasis on helping medical students and residents make informed career choices by providing job-trend data and other career-planning resources.

Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10173

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC11-64; The Canadian Medical Association calls for federal government adherence to the United Nations’ "Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict."

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC11-64; The Canadian Medical Association calls for federal government adherence to the United Nations’ "Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict."

Compulsory use of helmets

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10175

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC11-66; The Canadian Medical Association supports the compulsory use of helmets by people of all ages when riding all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC11-66; The Canadian Medical Association supports the compulsory use of helmets by people of all ages when riding all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles.

Sale of undergraduate training positions

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10181

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism; Health human resources

Resolution: GC11-85; The Canadian Medical Association opposes the sale of undergraduate training positions to foreign students if this practice reduces the opportunities for Canadian applicants or negatively affects their educational experience.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Ethics and medical professionalism; Health human resources

Resolution: GC11-85; The Canadian Medical Association opposes the sale of undergraduate training positions to foreign students if this practice reduces the opportunities for Canadian applicants or negatively affects their educational experience.

Techniques of advocacy and leadership

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10182

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Health human resources; Physician practice/ compensation/ forms

Resolution: GC11-86; The Canadian Medical Association actively encourages and will facilitate the incorporation of increased formal training in the techniques of advocacy and leadership in the undergraduate and postgraduate medical curricula.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Health human resources; Physician practice/ compensation/ forms

Resolution: GC11-86; The Canadian Medical Association actively encourages and will facilitate the incorporation of increased formal training in the techniques of advocacy and leadership in the undergraduate and postgraduate medical curricula.

Mercury emissions

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10184

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Population health/ health equity/ public health; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC11-87; The Canadian Medical Association actively advocates for: - reduction in mercury emissions from health care settings by progressively replacing its use, - promotion of health care sector leadership in the global reduction of mercury emissions, - promotion of the adoption of healthy public policies with regard to mercury.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Population health/ health equity/ public health; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC11-87; The Canadian Medical Association actively advocates for: - reduction in mercury emissions from health care settings by progressively replacing its use, - promotion of health care sector leadership in the global reduction of mercury emissions, - promotion of the adoption of healthy public policies with regard to mercury.

Standardized perioperative efficiency and quality performance indicators

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10186

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Health systems, system funding and performance; Physician practice/ compensation/ forms

Resolution: GC11-50; The Canadian Medical Association supports the development and adoption of standardized perioperative efficiency and quality performance indicators to: - establish performance targets, - track progress, - pursue continued improvements against those targets.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Health systems, system funding and performance; Physician practice/ compensation/ forms

Resolution: GC11-50; The Canadian Medical Association supports the development and adoption of standardized perioperative efficiency and quality performance indicators to: - establish performance targets, - track progress, - pursue continued improvements against those targets.

Standardized perioperative efficiency and quality performance indicators

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10187

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Health systems, system funding and performance

Resolution: GC11-51; The Canadian Medical Association supports the mandatory reporting of standardized perioperative efficiency and quality performance indicators.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Health systems, system funding and performance

Resolution: GC11-51; The Canadian Medical Association supports the mandatory reporting of standardized perioperative efficiency and quality performance indicators.

Postgraduate training positions

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10188

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Health human resources; Physician practice/ compensation/ forms

Resolution: GC11-27; The Canadian Medical Association supports the development of a national forum to foster the alignment of postgraduate training positions with current and future societal needs, evolving models of care delivery and available health system resources.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Health human resources; Physician practice/ compensation/ forms

Resolution: GC11-27; The Canadian Medical Association supports the development of a national forum to foster the alignment of postgraduate training positions with current and future societal needs, evolving models of care delivery and available health system resources.

Patient Charter

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10190

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Health care and patient safety; Health systems, system funding and performance

Resolution: GC11-42; The Canadian Medical Association calls on each province and territory to implement a Patient Charter within a national framework that includes: - the rights and expectations of patients with respect to the quality and timeliness of health care - the responsibilities of patients with respect to their health and health care - a mechanism for patients to register concerns and complaints about the quality and timeliness of their health care - a mechanism for the redress of patient complaints.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Health care and patient safety; Health systems, system funding and performance

Resolution: GC11-42; The Canadian Medical Association calls on each province and territory to implement a Patient Charter within a national framework that includes: - the rights and expectations of patients with respect to the quality and timeliness of health care - the responsibilities of patients with respect to their health and health care - a mechanism for patients to register concerns and complaints about the quality and timeliness of their health care - a mechanism for the redress of patient complaints.

Smoking cessation interventions

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10192

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Population health/ health equity/ public health; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC11-68; The Canadian Medical Association supports development of a national training initiative for health care providers that targets smoking cessation interventions for people with serious mental illness.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Population health/ health equity/ public health; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC11-68; The Canadian Medical Association supports development of a national training initiative for health care providers that targets smoking cessation interventions for people with serious mental illness.

Pets on airplanes

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10193

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Population health/ health equity/ public health; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC11-80; The Canadian Medical Association recommends a ban on all pets, except for certified service animals, travelling inside the aircraft cabin on all Canadian passenger planes.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Population health/ health equity/ public health; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC11-80; The Canadian Medical Association recommends a ban on all pets, except for certified service animals, travelling inside the aircraft cabin on all Canadian passenger planes.

Modern media for the delivery of medical care

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10198

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Health human resources; Physician practice/ compensation/ forms

Resolution: GC11-76; The Canadian Medical Association supports inclusion of training in the uses of modern media for the delivery of medical care in undergraduate and postgraduate medical training programs within Canada.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Health human resources; Physician practice/ compensation/ forms

Resolution: GC11-76; The Canadian Medical Association supports inclusion of training in the uses of modern media for the delivery of medical care in undergraduate and postgraduate medical training programs within Canada.

Water quality and human health

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10199

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC11-77; The Canadian Medical Association believes that norms for regulation and standard setting on water quality and human health should be based on data that are scientifically valid, accurate and publicly available.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC11-77; The Canadian Medical Association believes that norms for regulation and standard setting on water quality and human health should be based on data that are scientifically valid, accurate and publicly available.

Timely access to hospitalization in Canada

https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy10201

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Population health/ health equity/ public health; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC11-91; The Canadian Medical Association supports timely access to hospitalization in Canada for Canadians who have become ill or been injured while travelling outside Canada.

Policy Type: Policy resolution

Last Reviewed: 2018-03-03

Date: 2011-08-24

Topics: Population health/ health equity/ public health; Health care and patient safety

Resolution: GC11-91; The Canadian Medical Association supports timely access to hospitalization in Canada for Canadians who have become ill or been injured while travelling outside Canada.

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