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    Features

    Invisible Three Percent

    Reading time: 8 minutes One family physician explains her patient-centred approach to making a difference in the lives of patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

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    Features

    The Importance of Feeling Safe

    Reading time: 8 minutes People with intellectual and developmental disabilities may feel unsafe in a clinical setting, but a little bit of patience and compassion can go a long way in creating trust.

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    Proposals Reduce Barriers for U.S. Trained Physicians

    Reading time: 3 minutes Changes to registration policies seek to expand access and reduce existing barriers for U.S. physicians to practise independently in Ontario.

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    Proposed Changes to Registration Policy

    Reading time: 2 minutes Changes remove barriers for physicians who received certification without examination and have not obtained the LMCC or completed the MCCQE Part 1.

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    The Spread of Misinformation

    Reading time: 16 minutes We discuss the extraordinary human and financial toll that health and science misinformation has taken across our communities and health-care systems.

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    New Emergency Circumstances Practice Registration Class Developed

    Reading time: 2 minutes A new government regulation requires a regulatory mechanism for issuing licenses in instances where typical registration requirements can’t be met due to emergency circumstances.

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    Nerve Blocks and Image Guidance

    Reading time: < 1 minute After an extended consultation, Council approved a Standard for the use of image guidance that will support the safe and effective use of nerve blocks to treat adult chronic pain in OHPs.

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    Decision-Making for End-of Life-Care

    Reading time: 3 minutes CPSO policy update aligns with recent case law, requiring physicians consider patients’ wishes, values & beliefs, while using professional judgment when withholding resuscitative measures.

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    By-law Modernization

    Reading time: 2 minutes CPSO is conducting a comprehensive review of its by-laws with the goal of improving clarity, simplifying language and achieving a more modernized set of by-laws.

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    Blood Borne Virus Policy Rescinded

    Reading time: 3 minutes Council’s decision to rescind its Blood Borne Virus policy reflects new insights and advances in medical treatment that help seropositive physicians manage their health.

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    Time to Renew

    Reading time: 2 minutes Beginning Monday, April 10, 2023, you can complete your Annual Renewal on the Member Portal. Please review and update your contact information and other details.

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    Features

    Islamophobia: A Public Health Crisis

    Reading time: 12 minutes Islamophobia has been called “a systemic disease in the Canadian body politic.” Like any disease, it is insidious — even infiltrating the health care space.

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    Introducing CPSO’s New President

    Reading time: 6 minutes Dr. Rob Gratton, the College’s new President, participates in a wide-ranging Q & A, and discusses what led him to become involved in medical regulation.

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    Navigating Interactions with Industry

    Reading time: 3 minutes Council released a draft policy for consultation, developed to help physicians navigate their interactions with industry and manage conflicts of interest.

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    Small Town Practices

    Reading time: 8 minutes Physicians working in remote or rural practices know the many joys of the work can often feel indivisible from its challenges and its stresses.

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    Dispensing Drugs Policy Approved

    Reading time: < 1 minute Following consultation, Council approved a policy that provides guidance to those physicians who dispense drugs in their practice.

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    Registration Policy Lifts Certain Restrictions

    Reading time: < 1 minute Council changes a policy that allows individuals a path to an independent certificate without completing the Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada qualification.

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    Fee By-law Changed to Support New Class of License

    Reading time: 2 minutes A by-law change supporting the implementation of a new temporary class of license was approved. Reflecting its three-month term, the fee is 25 percent of the annual fee.

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    Progress Made in Reducing Low-Value Care

    Reading time: 3 minutes A new progress report looking at trends over time finds clinicians, patients, researchers and policymakers are making progress in reducing the provision of low-value care.

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    New President, Vice-President

    Reading time: 2 minutes At the December meeting of Council, Dr. Rob Gratton of London and Dr. Ian Preyra of Burlington became the new President and Vice-President of Council, respectively.

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