Practice Tips

Launched last year by Toronto pharmacist Nneke Ezurike, EMPOWER is an all-day women-focused learning and networking event. This year's event is scheduled for Sept. 30 at the Château le Jardin in Toronto.

The Welcome Collaborative—a $1.3-million investment by the province, plans to host up to six sessions per year with as many as 20 doctors per session.

Other provinces are coming up with loads of ad-ons and extras to make the deal for their doctors sweeter—and Ontario needs to step it up.

Dr. Jabir Jassam realizes a colleague has a different attitude toward work-life balance during a fishing trip.

Dr. Paul Dhillon argues that the CFPC’s decision to extend family medicine training from two to three years should be paused and reassessed.

Vulnerability to drug-induced nutritional deficiencies is greatest in older adults, patients taking multiple medications and those with chronic illness, multiple co-morbidities, or marginal or inadequate nutrition.

Feeling your empathy wane? It’s not your fault. And you can get it back.

If you focus on the trees, you will miss the forest, but if you focus on the forest, you will get all of the trees thrown in. Financial reward comes by focusing on the "forest" – serving a specific target audience with a better product or service than what is currently being offered.