Licensing

In what the Ontario college's discipline tribunal called a 'grooming tactic,' Dr. Jamal Aboujamra tried to find out what the patient's mother knew 'to gauge from her reaction whether it was safe' to sexually abuse the patient.

FIP releases statement encouraging pharmacy organizations to work to reduce regulatory barriers to point-of-care testing.

Former Ontario doctor Dr. Ali Mohammad Abdul-Razak Al-Khafaji is now working in the small Saskatchewan town of Radville, under practice restrictions that call for a female practice monitor during appointments with female patients.

A provincial pharmacy robbery working group encourages pharmacist to prescribe alternate treatments whenever possible after an investigation found that the main reason for an increase in robberies was to acquire Cotridin.

'Your misconduct is abhorrent and cannot be excused,' the Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Tribunal told Dr. Awad Abdul Hadi Mortada, a neurologist who had admitted to beating his wife and threatening to kill his family by driving into a transport truck.

As I sit down to write this article, I reflect on my daily experiences as a community pharmacist here in Victoria, BC. On a regular basis, I hear the struggles and frustrations from patients navigating the current healthcare system.

In order to qualify as a committee members, doctors must hold an active, valid permit to practise in the province.

What do the numbers tell us about the family physicians of Canada?