Discussions

Changing medication reviews for the better
I work in a pharmacy where medication reviews are scheduled in advance between a patient and a pharmacist. The pharmacist spends time, one-on-one, with the patient to go through everything.
The retirement glidepath
Having had the privilege to re-write so many patients epilogues through his care, Dr. Hector Baillie reflects on the complicated task of creating his own.

I disagreed with the Ministry of Health’s stance on fax machines—and I did it in song

Toronto FP Dr. Mel Borins doesn’t want to ‘axe the fax’ and took the grand tradition of protest songs to express his love of all things analogue.
Why are doctors responsible for DTC forms?

College of Family Physicians of Canada president Dr. Mike Green says his organization is asking the federal government to take this burden off doctors' hands.
A typical day in a GP practice in Denmark

Doctors see both booked and walk-in patients, with the help of nurses who handle chronic condition follow-up and well adult care. Part 4 of 4.
Why the Canadian Immunization Guide should be our first stop for vaccination decision-making

Vaccinations are an important—but not the only—component of any travel consultation.
How to become a leader: Part 2

In the second article in this series on leadership we look at the importance of increasing your visibility by getting involved in advocacy.
The case of the kidney killers

When we swear to do no harm, it’s not only in our day-to-day interactions, writes, Dr. Yuan-Innes. We have to recognize systemic biases, not only in how we act but also those baked into our tools.
How Denmark handles after-hours care

One evening during her recent fact-finding trip to Denmark Dr. Tara Kiran shadowed clinicians delivering after-hours primary care. Part 2 of 4.
Where to start?

We do not want to stop medications that are safely helping to treat symptoms, but we could think about ‘legacy prescriptions’ which people may have been taking for many years without re-evaluation.