172 NLMA Communique Volume 16, No. 5 (November December 1997)

• Main Author: Newfoundland Medical Association
• Other Authors: Collins, L.
• Format: Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Newfoundland Medical Association 1997
• Subjects: Newfoundland Medical Association; Medicine > Newfoundland and Labrador; Medical Education; Medicine > Study and Teaching (Continuing); Physicians > Training of; Medical Personnel > Training of; Physicians > Newfoundland and Labrador; Health > Newfoundland and Labrador; Medicine > Practice > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newsletters; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/NMA_Newslel/id/4023

NLMA Communiqu, Volume 16, No. 5 (November/December 1997) The president reports -- 1997-98 Board of Directors -- New email addresses for NLMA staff -- So you're having a crisis / Bruce Squires -- It's time to take credit for the good things we do / Sheilagh McGrath, M.D. -- CME for rural doctors -- Nurse practitioner educational program: Process and design / Madge Applin -- Nurse Practitioner Training Program Timeline -- Why the Rush? -- Highlights: September 6 -- Elimination of fee differential -- Nurse practitioner training program and legislation -- NLMA representation at 1998 CMA General Council -- Paediatric section -- CMA policy on "The Role of Physicians in Helping Patients Return to Work" -- NLMA appointments -- October 10 (teleconference) -- Resolution of dispute under JMC agreement -- October 16 (teleconference) -- Comprehensive proposal -- October 25 -- CMPA fee schedule -- Comprehensive proposal -- ER complex assessment -- Medical Services Review -- Nurse practitioner policy -- Sessional requests -- Neonatology block funding at Grace-General Hospital -- Voting status for student and resident board members -- Topic for 1998 Gerry Lynch Memorial Scholarship Essay -- NLMA appointments -- Avoid the January credit card surprise: Get your budget in shape before the holidays / Robert E. Kavanagh -- From Peer to peer: the medical record / Dr. Anthony Lordon -- Adverse drug reaction reporting in Atlantic Canada: 1996/97 -- Psychological problems and the injured worker -- Seeking books on brain injury -- Re-entry options in Newfoundland -- Taking community action on nutritional concerns -- In Memoriam: Dr. Edward Shapter -- Efforts in West Africa Recognized -- Don't forget the folic acid -- Topic announced for scholarship -- Baby's Coming - Baby's Home! -- Prostate cancer #2 -- International conference explores physician health -- Pan American doctors to meet -- Health promotion resources -- Bulletin Board Official organ of the Newfoundland Medical Association, published Sept. 1958-Nov. 1977. Changed name ...