Training through medical school, continuous professional development, and experience provides most physicians with the skills to make a correct and timely diagnosis and resolve patient concerns. Our healthcare systems are also equipped with powerful diagnostics resources with proven high accuracy to reduce the incidence of missed diagnoses. Despite all these factors, physicians do miss diagnoses with a negative implication for quality care and patient safety.

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Equity, diversity, and inclusivity do not exist for all.  The College is working to improve its understanding of these issues by learning about equity, diversity, and inclusivity (EDI) and by critical self reflection of our processes. Find out what are we doing to make a difference.

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The College is currently in the process of transitioning to the new monitoring processes established in the BBV policy.  Physicians who perform or assist in performing, or who may perform or may assist in performing, exposure-prone procedures (EPPs) and who are seropositive for a blood-borne virus (BBV), must report such seropositivity hereon in.   READ MORE    

The College wants to take this opportunity to appeal to physicians to work collaboratively in creating a patient-centred, safe, and responsive system for the preparation and management of imaging reports. READ MORE

The Calls to Action by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (2015) present intriguing possibilities for positive change in the healthcare landscape for Aboriginal people: the possibility that Indigenous and Western knowledge systems can co-exist and harmonize treatment resources, an opportunity for the exchange of critical knowledge that can lead to opportunities of innovation, informed policy, and to advocate for greater recognition of the role of traditional medicines. READ MORE

Changes to Supervision for physicians graduating from the SIPPA Program

Quick note about Renewal Season 

Thinking about taking some time away from practice?

Residents planning to moonlight during the academic year

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DocTalk Volume 9, Issue 3
© 2022- College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan

EDITORIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Dr. Olawale Franklin Igbekoyi
Dr. Jurgen Maslany
Joanna Alexander (Public)
Dr. Karen Shaw (Ad hoc)
Dr. Werner Oberholzer
Caro Gareau
Alyssa Van Der Woude

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