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Nursing complaints, including those for NPs, are handled by the provincial nursing college. For malpractice, they are protected by the CNPS (nursing version of CMPA). I don't really know the details but I doubt MDs are involved at any step of the process. -
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I think the issue is not with this one specific change. It's death by a thousand cuts. From OHIP fee cuts and clawbacks in 2015 under Wynne/Hoskins, fee increases not even matching one third of inflation over the last 10-15 years, federal TOSI rules in 2017/18, and now capital gains hikes, doctors are being squeezed from all ends just in the last 8-10 years. The costs of the healthcare system (and broader deficits across the board) have ballooned in recent years and the government wants doctors to absorb these costs on our backs without complaining rather than fix gross mismanagement and overspending. While I agree with you that this one change won't make a "huge" difference to doctors retiring, if we do not push back on it then the government will not hesitate to slap on the next tax or fee reduction or corporate structure change to shortchange us again in a few years. What's concerning is the overall pattern. This is also all happening in an environment where NP pay packages are rising to almost match FM pay and no one wants to do primary care. It's a slap in the face that both the government and public will have to pay for in the coming years. It is also irritating to see other physicians/trainees be willing to accept these changes without foresight into the grave they are slowly digging for themselves and their colleagues over the coming years. We have to fight as a united front for our future salaries and working conditions, just as any other association of professionals would or we're setting up all future physicians in our shoes to get taken advantage of by bureaucrats with cozy inflation adjusted salaries and pensions. From the government's perspective, they love it when we are divided. Why fix the system when doctors can just work more for less. Surely that will solve all our problems. They don't respect us or all the sacrifices we've made for the privilege of taking care of others, we're just commodities to them. -
I realize this thread is starting to veer off topic but interesting discussion nonetheless. Out of curiosity, does anyone know what kind of possible repercussions there are for NP's with regard to incompetent decision making (e.g. inappropriate assessments/plans, missed diagnoses, etc.)? For physicians, these cases are adjudicated by other MDs through the provincial college, but how is it handled for NPs working effectively independently? By other nurses? Or are they held to the same standard required of MDs? Do they get some alternate form of CMPA coverage?
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There should be significant concern over the assertion that foreign medical graduates can take over the spots that Canadian medical graduates do not want. This places significant downward pressure on both quality and remuneration. A Liberal Minister is on record saying that foreign medical graduates will be used as replacements. This should be very concerning for everyone in medicine, not just family doctors or prospective ones. This is a significant problem in the field of pathology. Unpopular programs are pressured by administration to fill their ranks with whoever applies, in order to secure funding for the research labs associated with academic pathology departments. This results in low quality fmgs occupying too many spots, which places downward pressure on incomes and reduces the quality of medical care provided. Low quality applicants are anecdotally less likely to advocate for their own specialty once in practice, further reducing quality and remuneration. -
By sunflowerrr · Posted
J'ai fait neurosciences à mcgill et j'ai eu 3.87/4.00 (moyennes de groupe autour de 3.2/4.00) et 3e quartile au casper (probablement haut 3e, je sens que j'ai bien performée mais l'avant dernière qstn j juste pu répondre à la 1ere qstn sur 3 et la dernière j'ai rien répondu comme j'ai commencé à avoir une migraine intense au point ou le pensais ma tête allait exploser ). J'ai été convoquée en entrevue a udem/ulaval et udes, et j'ai eu un refus pré-entrevue à mcgill. Je ne peux pas parler de la difficulté/genre de qstn aux exams comme jsp comment ca marche à udem, mais en termes d'indice de force de groupe, je suis portée à croire que cst très bien coté -
By saddleup09 · Posted
I got waitlisted for UBC MPT we don’t get to know where on the list we are but approx 1/2 end up getting in. Has anyone been through this before? Is there a normal time frame that waitlisted people tend to get admission in? It’s been a week and I’ve heard nothing. I just want to be able to plan for September! -
Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Nova Scotia have also released new payment models that at least from a $ perspective are essentially equivalent to BC. I'm not sure there is much gap between other "niche" things in those provinces anymore. In BC, for example, they are having a harder time staffing things like hospitalist positions because longitudinal primary care actually pays more. -
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By thereluctantemu · Posted
I'm still in pre-screening. Seems like U of A does PT first. -
I got accepted to Dal Combined Program (MscPT and MscRR-PT) on April 30th. I'm an OOP applicant. Still waiting for schools from Ontario. GPA: 3.9/4.0 Casper: 4th quartile Experiences: lots of volunteer hours with aging people and chronic disease patients. -
By julia_1234 · Posted
Finalement, ton entrevue c'est bien passé? Est-ce que c'est votre première fois appliquer dans cette catégorie? (par exemple avez-vous appliquer dans cette catégorie l'anné passé?) -
Well judging by the # of FM grads who do +1, they know that niche areas are where the $ is, not longitudinal care. In my cities there are FM who bill 150K and who bill 700K. One thing I know for sure is the ones billing150K don't do more lucrative things like inpatient, ER, etc. -
Their website says that they'll start sending out acceptances mid-May so I think it'll be around the same time as Ontario schools
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