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Project ECHO Ontario Bariatric Network (OBN) at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton and London Health Sciences Centre

Oct 13, 2023,11:30 am to Mar 22, 2024, 1:00 pm
Join other primary care clinicians and a multi-disciplinary team of specialist from the St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton and London Health Sciences Bariatric Centres of Excellence for a virtual 12-week learning series on the Etiology, Assessment and Management of patients living with obesity.
Tags: Obesity
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FMS 2024 Family Medicine Summit

Jan 26, 2024, 8:00 am to Jan 28, 2024, 5:00 pm

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Humber River Hospital 2024 ECHO Bariatric Series

Jan 12, 2024, 7:30 am to Apr 08, 2024, 9:00 am
The Humber River Hospital 2024 ECHO Bariatric Series is co-managed by ECHO Ontario and the Ontario Bariatric Network.
Regions: Ontario
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FMF 2023

Nov 08, 2023, 7:30 am to Nov 11, 2023, 5:00 pm
Join the College of Family Physicians Canada (CFPC) for an unforgettable experience at FMF 2023.
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PCN Pearls of Practice - Update on flu and COVID vaccines - Dr. Rachita Gurtu

Sep 28, 2023, 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
This month Dr. Rachita Gurtu will be providing an update on flu and COVID vaccines.
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A day in the life of a family doctor (post)

A 20-minute CBC presentation as seen on National News "... It's just after six o'clock on a frigid Ottawa morning. The sun won't rise for another hour, but Dr. Alykhan Abdulla is already racing against the clock. He's been studying his patient's charts throughout the weekend, preparing for som... Regions: Ontario
Tags: Burnout, Paperwork, Value of Family Medicine
Posted: March 25, 2023 (public)
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OCFP Events

Jan 01, 2023, 8:00 am to Dec 31, 2023, 9:00 am
This is a relisting of events on the OCFP website's events page
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List of Focused Practice Designation Physicians (post)

We are posting a link to a members only page that can be reached oma.org. It is the current landing page for a growing list of GP Focused Practice Physicians. https://www.oma.org/member/practice-professional-support/billing/gp-focused-practice-designation/gp-and-gpp-contact-list/ Regions: Ontario
Tags: Psychotherapy counselling CBT, Focused Practice GPs
Posted: February 17, 2023 (public)
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Do we have universal health care in Canada? (post)

I challenge the notion that our system is equitable, accessible and fair to every Canadian. This is not what I see. Regions: Canada
Tags: Health Equity, Universal Health Care
Posted: March 01, 2023 (public)
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What stops us from fixing healthcare? Policymakers themselves (post)

My New Year’s Wish: Get policymakers to work a shift with either a family doctor, an ICU nurse or an ER doctor. Get policymakers to swallow their hubris. And get policymakers to work with doctors and nurses to fix health care. Wishing you all a better 2023. Happy New Year! https://ottawacitizen.... Tags: Health Care Policy
Posted: December 21, 2022 (public)
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Dear consultant doctor: An open letter from a couple of family physicians (post)

Dear Colleague, we wish to outline some common sources of frustration for FPs. We wish to work together better, to identify pain points and address them respectfully. Some concerns of FPs, like suboptimal availability of consultants, can potentially be addressed with system changes such as increa... Posted: January 13, 2023 (public)
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Dr. Pharmacist? (post)

Pharmacists’ knowledge of medications is invaluable. But are they diagnosticians? Tags: Pharmacists, Prescribing
Posted: December 17, 2022 (public)
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Dr Cathy Mastrogiacomo contributes her thoughts about the future of health care in Ontario (post)

As the Ontario Medical Review marks its centenary, this is an appropriate time to explore the future of health care and how Ontario’s doctors are embracing change to address the needs of their patients. We asked representatives from the Ontario Medical Association’s medical sections to describe t... Tags: Future of Healthcare
Posted: October 15, 2022 (public)
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