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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.
Oct. 1, 2024
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.
Oct. 1, 2024
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.
Sept. 16, 2024
Today's Northumberland
Ontario Government and Ontario Medical Association Reach Agreement to Increase Access to Primary Care
Sept. 13, 2024
Toronto Star
Opposition slams Doug Ford for joke about animal hospital
The OMA responds to Doug Ford's comment
Aug. 13, 2024
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
Aug. 5, 2024
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”
July 29, 2024
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
July 26, 2024
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.
July 25, 2024
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.
July 24, 2024