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Mooting the 3 year Family Medicine Residency

2011/10/10 3:27 pmLeave a Comment

This month’s debate is…

Should family medicine residency be 3 years? -Can Fam Physician, April 2009.

  • Yes according to Dr. François Lehmann, the Director of the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Montreal (medfam).
  • No according to Dr. Pierre Raîche, Director of Professional Training of the Fédération des médecins omnipraticiens du Québec (FMOQ).

But I’d rather be a specialist, according to the medical students in The Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS) for postgraduate medical training in the province of Quebec.
According to La Presse (April 22, 2009), about 20 % (72 of 381) positions for a residency in Family Medicine have not been filled after round two of the matching process.

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The Rejection of Family Medicine

2011/09/25 10:06 pmLeave a Comment

An editorial in L’Omni of the Montreal Association of General Practitioners (AMOM) by Dr. Asselin.

Family medicine is going through hard times. Rejected by students in the last two years, 21 and 23% of residency positions were not filled in Quebec in 2006 and 2007 respectively.

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The Worth of Doing

2011/09/20 8:33 pmLeave a Comment

Worth doing – Canadian Family Physician, 2009 May. A letter with a quote from G.K. Chesterton.

See The American Chesterton Society for an interpretation of:

“If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.”

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Lazy Family Physicians

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Do nurse practitioners pose a threat to family physicians?

2011/09/05 4:05 pmLeave a Comment

Rebuttal: Do nurse practitioners pose a threat to family physicians?: NO
Rebuttal: Do nurse practitioners pose a threat to family physicians?: YES
Can Fam Physician 2009 55: 22 .

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Lazy Family Physicians

2011/07/20 1:00 am1 Comment

In defence of a “good-enough” family physician -Can Fam Physician, March 2009.

“In truth, most family physicians benefit from developing another skill, not a key competency, but a very fundamental skill: the capacity to recognize their limitations, whether professional, personal, or existential.”

Is being good-enough a form of laziness? It is time to read the Lazy Person’s Guide To Success by Ernie Zelinski, for the lazy achiever.

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