That the Canadian Medical Association endorse the principles on postgraduate medical training developed by the National Coordinating Committee on Post-Graduate Medical Training and encourage the Conference of Deputy Ministers to adopt these principles as guidelines for action.
[Framework Principles:
1. Physicians are a national resource.
2. The physician to population ratio will be maintained or reduced.
3. The national ratio of general practitioners to specialists should be maintained.
4. The mix and content of training programs must reflect identified population health needs.
5. Further proliferation of sub-specialties should be constrained.
6. Portability of licensure between provinces should exist.
7. Reliance on the recruitment of graduates of foreign medical schools (GOFMS) into Canada should be reduced.
8. The recruitment of GOFMS into Canada for postgraduate training should be reduced, and those trainees who do enter on visas should receive training only in already recognized specialties and agree to return to their countries of origin.
9. The total number of all postgraduate training positions should approximate the number of medical school graduates times the length of post-graduate prelicensure training.
10. Training venues should closely resemble eventual practice settings.
11. Substandard training programs should be eliminated.
12. Regional coordination of sub-speciality training should be promoted.
13. Relocation of training positions across provinces should be considered.
14. As other health care providers have overlapping scopes of capability with physicians, medical training activities should coordinate with roles and training of other health care providers.
15. Trainees should be better informed of the effectiveness, efficiency and alternative allocations of existing or proposed resource commitments designed to improve health through medical care.
16. Better information about shifting human resource needs and context of practice will be provided to students, interns, residents and fellows.]
That the Canadian Medical Association endorse the principles on postgraduate medical training developed by the National Coordinating Committee on Post-Graduate Medical Training and encourage the Conference of Deputy Ministers to adopt these principles as guidelines for action.
[Framework Principles:
1. Physicians are a national resource.
2. The physician to population ratio will be maintained or reduced.
3. The national ratio of general practitioners to specialists should be maintained.
4. The mix and content of training programs must reflect identified population health needs.
5. Further proliferation of sub-specialties should be constrained.
6. Portability of licensure between provinces should exist.
7. Reliance on the recruitment of graduates of foreign medical schools (GOFMS) into Canada should be reduced.
8. The recruitment of GOFMS into Canada for postgraduate training should be reduced, and those trainees who do enter on visas should receive training only in already recognized specialties and agree to return to their countries of origin.
9. The total number of all postgraduate training positions should approximate the number of medical school graduates times the length of post-graduate prelicensure training.
10. Training venues should closely resemble eventual practice settings.
11. Substandard training programs should be eliminated.
12. Regional coordination of sub-speciality training should be promoted.
13. Relocation of training positions across provinces should be considered.
14. As other health care providers have overlapping scopes of capability with physicians, medical training activities should coordinate with roles and training of other health care providers.
15. Trainees should be better informed of the effectiveness, efficiency and alternative allocations of existing or proposed resource commitments designed to improve health through medical care.
16. Better information about shifting human resource needs and context of practice will be provided to students, interns, residents and fellows.]
That the Canadian Medical Association oppose the principle of the restriction of freedom to practise medicine in Canada based on location of training in Canada.
That the Canadian Medical Association oppose the principle of the restriction of freedom to practise medicine in Canada based on location of training in Canada.
That the Canadian Medical Association consider female genital mutilation to be a form of violence against girls and women and a violation of their basic human rights to bodily integrity, and furthermore that it condemn the practice of female genital mutilation.
That the Canadian Medical Association consider female genital mutilation to be a form of violence against girls and women and a violation of their basic human rights to bodily integrity, and furthermore that it condemn the practice of female genital mutilation.
That the Canadian Medical Association recommend that the federal government administer the national principles of publicly funded health care insurance in a fair and nonpreferential manner.
That the Canadian Medical Association recommend that the federal government administer the national principles of publicly funded health care insurance in a fair and nonpreferential manner.
That the Canadian Medical Association recommend that the federal government, with the full involvement of the provincial/territorial governments, assume a leadership role with the physicians of Canada through their provincial and national medical associations and other stakeholders, in developing a social consensus on national health goals and strategies.
That the Canadian Medical Association recommend that the federal government, with the full involvement of the provincial/territorial governments, assume a leadership role with the physicians of Canada through their provincial and national medical associations and other stakeholders, in developing a social consensus on national health goals and strategies.
That the Canadian Medical Association recommend that the governments of Canada review and, where necessary, revise current health legislation or regulations that unnecessarily restrict the personal choices of consumers and providers regarding alternatives in private insurance and other health care financing arrangements.
That the Canadian Medical Association recommend that the governments of Canada review and, where necessary, revise current health legislation or regulations that unnecessarily restrict the personal choices of consumers and providers regarding alternatives in private insurance and other health care financing arrangements.
That the Canadian Medical Association recommend that governments, the Canadian Medical Association and its divisions and the private health industry explore, on a priority basis, methods for appropriately accessing private health insurance benefits.
That the Canadian Medical Association recommend that governments, the Canadian Medical Association and its divisions and the private health industry explore, on a priority basis, methods for appropriately accessing private health insurance benefits.
That Canadian Medical Association continue to press for fair and equitable treatment of physicians under any GST replacement tax and that the Canadian Medical Association not publicly endorse any specific form of the tax.
That Canadian Medical Association continue to press for fair and equitable treatment of physicians under any GST replacement tax and that the Canadian Medical Association not publicly endorse any specific form of the tax.
That as part of its commitment to work on behalf of the medical profession and Canadians, the Canadian Medical Association requests that Health Canada enforce the out of country and out of province portability provisions of the Canada Health Act.
That as part of its commitment to work on behalf of the medical profession and Canadians, the Canadian Medical Association requests that Health Canada enforce the out of country and out of province portability provisions of the Canada Health Act.
That the Canadian Medical Association working through its divisions, affiliated societies and members, be committed to assist members in becoming more knowledgeable in matters of physician resources planning, health administration, health care planning, regionalization strategies and health cost.
That the Canadian Medical Association working through its divisions, affiliated societies and members, be committed to assist members in becoming more knowledgeable in matters of physician resources planning, health administration, health care planning, regionalization strategies and health cost.
The Canadian Medical Association encourages the development and dissemination of simple and clear health and medical information for physicians to distribute to their patients.
The Canadian Medical Association encourages the development and dissemination of simple and clear health and medical information for physicians to distribute to their patients.
That all levels of government be encouraged to develop, in consultation with health care providers and the public, a comprehensive and coordinated public policy for disease prevention and health promotion.
That all levels of government be encouraged to develop, in consultation with health care providers and the public, a comprehensive and coordinated public policy for disease prevention and health promotion.
That the Canadian Medical Association alert the public to the serious health hazards associated with the uses of smokeless tobacco; AND
That the Canadian Medical Association approach the federal government to request that mandatory health warnings and the advertising restrictions proposed for other tobacco products apply equally to smokeless tobacco products.
That the Canadian Medical Association alert the public to the serious health hazards associated with the uses of smokeless tobacco; AND
That the Canadian Medical Association approach the federal government to request that mandatory health warnings and the advertising restrictions proposed for other tobacco products apply equally to smokeless tobacco products.
That the Canadian Medical Association encourage Canadian undergraduate and postgraduate medical education programs to train physicians who have the appropriate knowledge and skills to meet the health care needs of the Canadian public in both urban and non-urban settings.
That the Canadian Medical Association encourage Canadian undergraduate and postgraduate medical education programs to train physicians who have the appropriate knowledge and skills to meet the health care needs of the Canadian public in both urban and non-urban settings.
That, in conjunction with the provincial/territorial medical associations and societies, a set of guidelines be drafted for defining access to, and utilization of, health services, identifying the factors that affect use and the relative contribution of such factors. The guidelines should also address the ways to measure and monitor the identified factors.
That, in conjunction with the provincial/territorial medical associations and societies, a set of guidelines be drafted for defining access to, and utilization of, health services, identifying the factors that affect use and the relative contribution of such factors. The guidelines should also address the ways to measure and monitor the identified factors.
That provision should be made for enough flexibility within prelicensure clinical training programs to prepare physicians for a variety of practice situations in Canada (eg. rural, isolated, urban) without undue prolongation of the training period.
That provision should be made for enough flexibility within prelicensure clinical training programs to prepare physicians for a variety of practice situations in Canada (eg. rural, isolated, urban) without undue prolongation of the training period.
