Medical
Journals
Several of the links below are excerpted from the Ontario Medical
Association Web site.
Assessing Medical
Literature
The University of Alberta hosts this directory, which includes links to
articles on assessing and interpreting medical journal contents.
Free Medical Journals
An extensive list of journals that offer free access or limited trials.
HighWire Press
Directory of medical and scientific journals, including 45 of the 100 most frequently
cited journals in the world.
Link Out
A complete list of the more than 3,000 journals that can be accessed through the PubMed
search engine, including links to publishers' Web sites.
Yahoo
Medical Journals
Yahoo's directory of medical journals includes the option of displaying only Canadian
sites.
Pubmed Central (PMC)
The U.S. National Library of Medicine's free digital archive of
biomedical and life sciences journal literature.
Key Canadian Journals:
Canadian Medical Association Journal
Canadian
Family Physician
Canadian
Journal of Rural Medicine (CJRM)
Québec Medical Association Newsletter
Le Médecin, Fédération des médecins omnipracticiens du Québec
Resources
by Topic
General
Information of Interest to IMGs
CMAJ: Characteristics of
IMGs who applied to the CaRMS 2002 match
Report of the Canadian Task Force on
Licensure of International Medical Graduates
CAPER Articles (Canadian
Post-M.D. Education Registry)
Statistical
Information on Canadian Physicians (CMA)
Canadian Health Network
Physician’s Guide to the
Internet
Society of
Rural Physicians: Licensing IMGs
Medical Ethics Issues
Doing Right: A Practical Guide to Ethics for Medical Trainees and Physicians, Hébert,
P.C., Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2004.
Working in a Multicultural Environment
Health Canada: Language Barriers in Access to Health Care
Cultural Competence in Health Care: A Practical Guide, Anne Rundle (Editor), Maria
Carvalho (Editor), Mary Robinson (Editor) ISBN: 0-7879-6221-X
Cultural Competence/Health Disparities: Selected Resources
McGill: Annotated List of Cross-Cultural Links
Employment/Health Care Labour Market
Main
Estimates: Report on Plans and Priorities 2001-2002
Health Personnel Trends in Health Care, 1993 – 2002
(published April 30, 2004)
Health Canada
National
Occupational Classification
Family Physician Resources
For information on the Family Medicine
curriculum, see the CFPC Red Book: Standards for Accreditation of Family Medicine Programs.
For information on what is expected of family physicians in Canada, see the exam section of the CFPC Web site.
For discussion of current topics of interest to family medicine practitioners see the
CFPC publication: Canadian Family Physician.
A Profile of Family Physicians in Canada>>
(self-reported study from the College of Family Physicians of Canada).
Practice Options
Proponents of solo practice discuss the
benefits of efficiency, autonomy and service. “Family Practice
Management”.
Society of Rural Physicians of Canada (SRPC)
SRPC: Regional Information
Perspectives
on Rural Care, Alberta
Postgraduate Education for Rural Family Practice: Vision Recommendations
for the New Millennium Mandate #3 - Recommendation for Postgraduate Education for Special.
Advanced Rural Family Medicine Skills (Parts I & II) College of Family Physicians of
Canada
Rural Practice: Family Medicine
Graduate Medical Education Training for Rural Practice (a position paper)
American Academy of Family Physicians
Canadian Rural Information Service
Family Medicine:
Rural-Urban and Gender Differences in Procedures Performed by Family Practice Residency
Graduates
CME: Society of Rural Physicians of Canada: The Continuing Medical
Education Page
CME:
Doctor’s review: “Medicine on the Move”
Locum Information: Society of Rural Physicians of Canada
For information on the Locum experience see CFPC
“Locum tenens: Having a Win-Win Experience.
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