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HAPPY TO HELP
A brief letter and Victorinox
'Swiss Army Knife' arrived by special delivery on December
30, 2004. This was in response to my participation in
your NRM Annual Checkup Survey Contest. I hope that
my comments and feedback were helpful. I was glad to
participate. Thank you again for the practical prize
and for the privilege of participating.
Dr William P Taylor
Medicine Hat, AB
Your comments have helped us
immensely. Thank you for participating. To help us tailor
our focuses on non-clinical content, you may be interested
in filling in our survey on Practice Management and
Personal Finance. — Ed
TO PASS AN EXAM
I have just read your article
"Trying...
and trying... to get my CCFP" (Vol 2, No 1) in your
January 15 issue. Are there any courses to help me prepare
for the above examination? I have been practising family
medicine in the northeast corner of BC for the last
13 years. Is it true that the only place where one can
access this course is at University of Toronto?
Dr Allan Kassa
Fort Nelson, BC
Indeed, the only place that
offers this kind of workshop is the University of Toronto.
You can also contact your provincial chapter of the
College of Family Physicians to see if any seminars
are available in your area. — Ed
IDEAS VS IDEALS
In reference to your article,
"Trying...
and trying... to get my CCFP" (Vol 2, No 1) in your
January 15 issue, the College of Family Physicians of
Canada's 'new' approach to patients is a wonderfully
attractive idea — as an ideal that is. I would
be interested in hearing the data that shows a widespread
use in actual clinical practice. Anecdotal evidence
from patients in non-university clinic settings doesn't
seem to indicate application in general. How do we know
that doctors actually take the time in real life? Given
the pressure and volume that most practitioners operate
at, there seems to be an immediate jettisoning of those
wonderful ideas when reality strikes. I would be delighted
to be Dr Watts' patient any time, as she seems to know
her stuff. A CCFP wouldn't be of any advantage.
Dr Jaroslav Polak
Toronto, ON
For more on the CCFP debate,
see our article "It's
not the testing, it's the test". — Ed
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