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A declining number of students are choosing family medicine

Dr. Andrew Park hosted a panel discussion with medical school leaders to address the issue of declining interest in family medicine among medical students, and to explore potential solutions.

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Toronto Star

You can be fired by your doctor for visiting a walk-in clinic

Dr. Dominik Nowak speaks out against negation.

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Maclean's

Can Pharmacists Solve the Family Doctor Shortage?

OMA argues that pharmacists lack the medical training needed to safely diagnose and treat complex conditions.

Global News

Ontario considers further expanding pharmacists’ scope to include more minor ailments

Doctors are pushing back on the scope expansions. Dr. Dominik Nowak warns that pharmacists are not doctors and do not have the same training.

Today's Northumberland

Ontario Government and Ontario Medical Association Reach Agreement to Increase Access to Primary Care

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Toronto Star

Opposition slams Doug Ford for joke about animal hospital

The OMA responds to Doug Ford's comment

CBC News

Rural communities boost incentives to attract medical staff

OMA President Dr. Dominik Nowak calls for more provincial support to raise doctor numbers and warns against bonus-driven recruitment where communities have to compete for doctors

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CP24

Doug Ford defends health-care treatment at Ontario pharmacies

OMA says it is concerned the move will “fragment an already fractured health-care system”

QP Briefing

OMA warns about the risks of pharmacists's scope expansion

OMA President says a big concern is the impacts a misdiagnosis can have on the patients’ health and in increasing the backlog in hospitals and ERs

CityNews

Doctors speak out as Ford government expands pharmacist powers

As the Ford government moves to expand pharmacist powers, family doctors say the focus should be on funding primary care to address the massive shortage.

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The Toronto Star

Ontario looking to give more power to pharmacists as billing concerns haunt one program they oversee

Ontario is looking to give pharmacists more powers to prescribe drugs for common ailments like strep throat even as it re-examines the “MedsCheck” program amid reports some drug stores used it to pad profits.