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September 17, 2024
Monday, September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, which honours survivors of residential schools, the children who never returned home, and their families and communities. It is also a day to reflect on and support the commitment to Truth and Reconciliation.
September 16, 2024
The Longitudinal Family Physician (LFP) Payment Model is proving effective at recruiting and retaining family physicians. Vancouver family physician Dr Lucy Nee expects she will continue caring for patients for another eight to 10 years—partly because she can bring in UBC Family Practice residents training in her office who later become her locums to share the work.
September 16, 2024
The Longitudinal Family Physician (LFP) Payment Model has encouraged more new-to-practice family physicians to hang their own shingle. A research study at the University of British Columbia's Family Practice medical residency found more residents are considering their own family practice because they feel more valued for their time, can work within their own schedules and still be compensated appropriately.
September 16, 2024
A new Whistler 360 Health Collaborative is connecting more patients with doctors throughout the Sea-to-Sky corridor. More than 10,000 patients in Whistler now have a family doctor, while the number of family physicians has also doubled since the clinic opened last year, thanks in part to the Longitudinal Family Physician (LFP) Payment Model.
July 29, 2024
FPSC is accepting applications for medical office staff to take the Panel Management for Family Practice program through the University of Fraser Valley. We are offering a fall cohort in 2024. The program consists of five modules with a final quality improvement project implemented in-practice.