Discussions

Just looking at the broad stroke numbers of what it was like for me starting out as a family doctor in the 1990s compared with today—it makes no financial sense for a new MD to pick family medicine.

As a medical student, I always admired my classmates’ ability to create clinical vignettes that succinctly captured the essence of a patient’s condition. 

Cael was a typical 15-year-old—until the discovery of an already advanced abnormal curvature of his spine.

Dr. Natalya E. O’Neill, a rural family medicine resident, reflects on the lessons learned from the loss of a patient.

A recent editorial in the National Post suggests the government should pony up the cash for admin support in exchange for doctors taking on more patients—but would that really work?

Dr. Howard Goldstein reflects on how strange it is to refer to yourself as a doctor in the past tense upon retirement.

There are steps we must take, and assumptions we must reset, to reclaim our most precious resource: Time

We often hear different specialists complain that provincial officials don't understand how much their patients could benefit if certain tests, drugs and equipment were covered.