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- 11/15/2021
Refresher on recent CPSBC practice standard updates
Treating family members, ending patient-registrant relationship and more. - 11/15/2021
Breaking news: Ontario pharmacies to offer symptomatic COVID-19 testing
According to a senior government source not authorized to speak for the government, Ontario pharmacies will soon be able to offer COVID-19 testing for symptomatic people. - 11/15/2021
What does the current job market tell us about family medicine’s future in Ontario?
Dr. Ilan Shahin collected the job postings for family doctors in Toronto for a week recently and then he codified them. He found some interesting things about where job growth for doctors is happening. - 11/15/2021
Moderna makes submission to Health Canada for COVID-19 vax for kids from 6 to 11
Studies for Spikevax for kids even younger are ongoing. - 11/15/2021
POLL: Does Canada need a national licence for doctors?
Ensuring proper licensure can be a headache for physicians from from one province or territory to another. - 11/15/2021
Ontario will let regions take lead on tougher pandemic measures for now: Ford
Health units covering the Sudbury and Algoma regions in northern Ontario have reinstated measures including business capacity limits in light of spiking cases. Ford's Progressive Conservative government lifted those last month. - 11/14/2021
The fault in our stars: Aaron Rodgers reminds us why celebrity shouldn’t trump science
They say never meet your heroes. What makes them great astronauts, actors or athletes doesn’t always make them great elsewhere in life. Take Aaron Rodgers. The Green Bay Packers quarterback is undeniably great at playing football. But it’s what’s happening above the shoulder pads that’s receiving attention recently. - 11/14/2021
Montreal hospital docs offering $15K bonuses from their own pockets to find respiratory therapists to prevent overnight ER closures
Dr. Fahimy Saoud spent a recent shift in a west-Montreal emergency room idly sitting and waiting for patients she knew would never come.