blueskyguy Posted July 6, 2019 Report Share Posted July 6, 2019 Hi all, Just a quick question. Does anyone know how FM docs are able to do pain clinics in Canada? Do they have to go through extra training? Do you they have to do a "+1" year in something? This link (https://www.cfpc.ca/CAC/) shows the possible certificates of added competence that family medicine physicians can get. I don't see anything regarding "pain" so I was wondering what it would fall under. (Would it fall under "Family Practice Anesthesia"?) Any clarification would be much appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freewheeler Posted July 6, 2019 Report Share Posted July 6, 2019 AFAIK family doctors don't have to do a +1 in anything in order to actually tailor their practice that way. Exception being the +1 in surgery, and anesthesia. Honourary mention to the +1 in ER in order to get hired in more urban areas if available, though it is possible to do more semi-rural to rural ER work without a +1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intrepid86 Posted July 6, 2019 Report Share Posted July 6, 2019 In Ontario, an FM doc practicing primarily in pain management would require a formal change of scope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daleader Posted July 6, 2019 Report Share Posted July 6, 2019 3 hours ago, Intrepid86 said: In Ontario, an FM doc practicing primarily in pain management would require a formal change of scope. can someone elaborate please? what does this entail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMislove Posted July 6, 2019 Report Share Posted July 6, 2019 45 minutes ago, daleader said: can someone elaborate please? what does this entail? Guessing this https://www.cpso.on.ca/CPSO/media/Documents/physician/polices-and-guidance/policies/changing-scope-of-practice-application.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ploughboy Posted July 8, 2019 Report Share Posted July 8, 2019 I don't know how they do it. I certainly couldn't. blah1234 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleDaisy Posted July 8, 2019 Report Share Posted July 8, 2019 1 hour ago, ploughboy said: I don't know how they do it. I certainly couldn't. I think that they mostly do nerve blocks, it's paid 170$ per procedure and could be done within 15 minutes. I would assume that they certainly did some electives or training during residency for nerve block; or add on training as a staff. I am not sure about formal change scope of practice? As a family physician, everything is under your scope since you are a generalist. I observed a few nerve blocks during clerkship, it didn't seem to be too difficult to do once you are familiar and comfortable with the procedure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blah1234 Posted July 8, 2019 Report Share Posted July 8, 2019 The procedure can be relatively straightforward. The patient population on the other hand can be draining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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