Reading time: 6 minutes Physician ordering behaviours originate in medical education. That is why a student-run grassroots organization decided to spread the word of Choosing Wisely.

Reading time: 2 minutes CPSO now provides an alternative path for physicians aged 70-74 to update and meet their quality requirements without undergoing a peer assessment.

Reading time: 3 minutes We share recommendation from the Coroner’s Office for system changes after several patients died by suicide while hospitalized, on a pass or shortly after discharge.

Reading time: 4 minutes We developed 10 standards for Out-of-Hospital Premises, including a standard to help physicians determine a patient’s suitability for those procedures performed in OHPs.

Reading time: 5 minutes Many of the complaints received by the College relate to physician communication. We put forward some suggestions for reducing the risk of receiving such a complaint.

Reading time: 9 minutes How can diagnostic uncertainty be managed to promote patient and clinician well-being? We address that question in this installment of Doc Talk.

Reading time: 5 minutes Following the accidental hanging of an elderly patient, health care teams are urged to adopt least restraint principles to avoid accidental asphyxia.

Reading time: 4 minutes More physicians are using the term “moral injury” to describe their distress as it acknowledges something larger is at play than just burnout, locating the source in system dysfunction.

Reading time: 5 minutes Before the pandemic, antipsychotic prescribing was on a steady decline. Recent data, however, show prescribing rates have increased in several provinces, including Ontario.

Reading time: 5 minutes When health care professionals work together, it can foster healthier patients, happier professionals and more efficient health care operations, says Dr. Brian Goldman.

Reading time: 3 minutes Hospitalizations for unintentional cannabis poisonings among Canadian children has surged, particularly in provinces where the sale of cannabis edibles is allowed.

Reading time: 2 minutes The Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada says it has become aware of the occurrence of harmful errors related to medical cannabis; adopt best practices, it urges.