The Canadian Medical Association endorses the Canadian Patient Safety Institute’s document Canadian Disclosure Guidelines: Being Open with Patients and Families as outlined in Appendix A to BD 12-61.
The Canadian Medical Association endorses the Canadian Patient Safety Institute’s document Canadian Disclosure Guidelines: Being Open with Patients and Families as outlined in Appendix A to BD 12-61.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Canadian Medical Association calls for adequate resources and coordination for the development, implementation and ongoing evaluation of physician recruitment and retention programs.
The Canadian Medical Association calls for adequate resources and coordination for the development, implementation and ongoing evaluation of physician recruitment and retention programs.
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.
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.
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."
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.