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    Dr. Judith Plante
    Features

    Pembroke FP becomes College President

    Reading time: 7 minutes Dr. Judith Plante, a family physician from Pembroke, explains why she decided to become involved with the College and her plans for the year ahead.

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    Features

    Implicit Bias in Health Care

    Reading time: 9 minutes By its nature, implicit bias is unconscious. This makes it hard to capture and confront. But when implicit bias plays out in the provision of health-care, it can have life-altering consequences.

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    Features

    Advertising Policy Approved

    Reading time: 4 minutes Our new advertising policy aims to act as a one-stop resource for physicians, capturing all legal and professional obligations in one place.

    Maureen Smith
    Features

    Making Patients Partners in their Care

    Reading time: 2 minutes A new guidebook — co-created with patients and caregivers — recognizes and supports the important and growing role that patients can play in facilitating their care.

    Dr. Sarah Funnell
    Features

    Treating Root Causes, Not Symptoms

    Reading time: 13 minutes How does anti-Indigenous racism come into play in health care? What biases might emerge? And how can doctors make a meaningful impact on health care equity?

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    Complementary and Alternative Medicine

    Reading time: 3 minutes We are consulting on a policy that aims to strike the right balance between protecting patients from harm, while respecting patient autonomy to choose non-conventional medical treatment.

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    Features

    Courtesy Calls

    Reading time: 2 minutes The College has made close to 500 courtesy calls to physicians about low risk, non-clinical matters since we began the practice in early 2019.

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    When Patients Leave Hospital Against Medical Advice

    Reading time: 4 minutes What are a physician’s obligations when a patient leaves the hospital against medical advice? We present guidance from several resources.

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    Proposed Changes to Alternative Registration Pathways

    Reading time: 3 minutes Council is proposing substantive revisions to an existing registration policy in order to bring increased clarity to applicants and the public.

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    Information

    2021 Election Dates

    Reading time: < 1 minute We are moving our Council election from the Fall to the Spring. We provide some key dates for those physicians in Districts 6, 7, 8 and 9.

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    Information

    New Eligibility Criteria for Council Election

    Reading time: 2 minutes Council has approved new election eligibility criteria. If you are considering running for Council election, please learn more about the new criteria.

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    Introducing CPSO’s New President, Vice-President

    Reading time: 2 minutes Introducing Drs. Judith Plante and Janet van Vlymen, our new President and Vice-President, respectively, appointed at the December meeting of Council.

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    Two New Council Members

    Reading time: 2 minutes Dr. Roy Kirkpatrick is the new academic representative from the Northern Ontario School of Medicine and Mr. Rob Payne is a new public member from King City.

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    Election Results

    Reading time: 5 minutes A record number of physicians ran in this year’s Council election. Meet the new Council members elected in Districts 5 and 10.

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    Features

    White Coat to Blue Gown

    Reading time: 10 minutes Dr. Barbara Tatham used her terminal illness to teach medical learners how to connect with their patients. We also look at the work done by the global health organization that she helped found.

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