The Canadian Medical Association will advocate for the development of a collaborative care model that protects and promotes excellence in medical education.
The Canadian Medical Association will advocate for the development of a collaborative care model that protects and promotes excellence in medical education.
The Canadian Medical Association will respond to the challenge for a clean environment (air, water, soil, climate change) by encouraging:
a. physicians to become spokespersons for environmental stewardship, including the discussion of these issues when appropriate with patients;
b. the medical community to work with health care facilities to adopt and implement policies aimed at reducing or recycling waste in a safe and properly prescribed manner;
c. physicians to adopt "green" measures in their practice environments and personal lifestyles;
d. medical schools, residency programs and continuing medical education sessions to enhance their provision of educational programs on health and the environment; and
e. the development of evidence-based information on health and environment issues.
The Canadian Medical Association will respond to the challenge for a clean environment (air, water, soil, climate change) by encouraging:
a. physicians to become spokespersons for environmental stewardship, including the discussion of these issues when appropriate with patients;
b. the medical community to work with health care facilities to adopt and implement policies aimed at reducing or recycling waste in a safe and properly prescribed manner;
c. physicians to adopt "green" measures in their practice environments and personal lifestyles;
d. medical schools, residency programs and continuing medical education sessions to enhance their provision of educational programs on health and the environment; and
e. the development of evidence-based information on health and environment issues.
The Canadian Medical Association encourages the ongoing evaluation and enhancement of formal mentoring programs designed to optimize residency training experiences.
The Canadian Medical Association encourages the ongoing evaluation and enhancement of formal mentoring programs designed to optimize residency training experiences.
The impact of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and the proposed Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) on Canadian physicians : Brief submitted to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance
The Canadian Medical Association supports the six recommendations pertaining to in-house duty call as put forward in a Canadian Association of Internes and Residents’ position paper, “Canadian Patient and Physician Safety and Wellbeing: Resident Duty Hours.”
The Canadian Medical Association supports the six recommendations pertaining to in-house duty call as put forward in a Canadian Association of Internes and Residents’ position paper, “Canadian Patient and Physician Safety and Wellbeing: Resident Duty Hours.”
The Canadian Medical Association will approach international medical associations to determine best practices for attracting medical students to family medicine and methods for securing a strong professional and adequately compensated future for general and family practitioners.
The Canadian Medical Association will approach international medical associations to determine best practices for attracting medical students to family medicine and methods for securing a strong professional and adequately compensated future for general and family practitioners.
The Canadian Medical Association supports development of a curriculum to educate physicians and trainees in managing patients with multiple chronic diseases.
The Canadian Medical Association supports development of a curriculum to educate physicians and trainees in managing patients with multiple chronic diseases.
The Canadian Medical Association recommends the creation of a National Physician Human Resource Strategy that takes into account the changing practice styles of all physicians as well as the increased demand for medical care including factors such as an aging population.
The Canadian Medical Association recommends the creation of a National Physician Human Resource Strategy that takes into account the changing practice styles of all physicians as well as the increased demand for medical care including factors such as an aging population.
The Canadian Medical Association will consider the concept of patient-focused funding, in which funding is allocated as closely as possible to the point of care between patients and physicians and covers the whole patient care pathway and follows the patient to point of service.
The Canadian Medical Association will consider the concept of patient-focused funding, in which funding is allocated as closely as possible to the point of care between patients and physicians and covers the whole patient care pathway and follows the patient to point of service.
The Canadian Medical Association will examine ways to increase flexibility in a physician's workplace to create a healthy work-life balance and to communicate the importance that such balance plays in physician retention.
The Canadian Medical Association will examine ways to increase flexibility in a physician's workplace to create a healthy work-life balance and to communicate the importance that such balance plays in physician retention.
