General practitioner

Sir William Osler famously said, “It is much more important to know what sort of patient has a disease than what sort of disease a patient has’’. This quote readily brings to my mind the importance of individualized patient care rather than the episodic care of a presenting complaint. As a child, I found myself frequently in the hospital due to fever but I clearly recall the compassionate care I received from our family doctor each time I visited the hospital. He had such a strong bond with my…

A care value base is “A set of values which care practitioners (GPs, nurses, doctors) must follow to provide a good service of health care. It’s therefor in place to try to avoid discrimination, mistreatment and misunderstandings (Classroom notes 2013). There are five care values which I will explain below. Confidentiality Confidentiality is maintaining information regarding patient’s health and wellbeing. Medical practitioners should be aware that when they share information about the patient…

Physician assistants not only increase patient satisfaction, but also can be cost-efficient for facilities. Healthcare costs and price were both increasing extremely, resulting in less jobs available in the medical field as well as patients unable to afford to visit the doctor in order to be treated. This affected many in the nation, the more rural areas being hit the hardest. So the country needed a solution before everything went to chaos. The government took notice of the PA program quickly…

1 / 4 Professional identity and public responsibilities of a midwife A midwives role centers on a relationship with the woman that is distinguished by “each woman’s social, emotional, physical, spiritual and cultural needs, expectations and context as defined by the woman herself” (Australian College of Midwives [ACM], 2016a). ACM (2015, p.1) position the midwife as the primary profession for quality maternity care founded during training, through the direction of the Code of professional…

realize that the issue of using the title doctor. The main concern would be ensuring that the patients understand your role as often our patients do not understand the difference. This could be accomplished by introducing yourself as the Nurse Practitioner and explaining your role if needed. However, this still may not clarify their role for all patients. Do you feel it is essential for APRNs, specifically you, to be involved in politics? Why or why not? What could YOU do to be involved? I…

Due to my father’s affiliation with the Department of Defense, my childhood was mainly spent living overseas in the Kaiserslautern Military Community in Germany. I spent the majority of my time volunteering at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, a hospital where families of military service members frequented. This hospital was the only main facility that provided critical health care to thousands of service members stationed in various locations in the Middle East before they returned back…

At the age of 27 I know that I will be older than most applicants and I am proud of this as it reflects my journey. My transition from high school to university was challenging as I did not have a set "plan" for the rest of my life; the decision to enroll in biological sciences was simply made due to my interest in biology. At this stage in my education, I lacked direction; it is this, I fear, that led me to assume the dispassionate attitude with which I completed my first few years. Regrettably…

Walt Disney World seems like an odd place to find an aspiring doctor. All of my fellow College Program interns were performers or business majors. When I told people what I was studying, they always had the same question: "What are you doing here?" My shadowing and prior experience with medicine during college convinced me that the most important skill physicians could have was the ability to relate to their patients with compassion and empathy. In pursuit of the ability to connect with people,…

Memory clinics provide holistic care to dementia patients, at a cost—or lack thereof “It’s like a flood-gate in a sense,” Paul Yost says. Paul Yost is a social worker at the Alzheimer’s Society of London-Middlesex. With an increase in clients lately, he is busy trying to accommodate and provide services to some of the 564,000 Canadians living with dementia—and their friends and family members who suffer with them. Now, he is travelling to other family health practices to provide services…

is actually a very noble profession. It takes just as much time and preparation, and makes just as great of a personal impact if not greater. Ob/Gyns are doctors who specialize in the care of female patients. These doctors can serve as a woman’s general physician, as well as the doctor that cares for pregnancies and the reproductive system. They diagnose, treat, and oversee anything related to the female body. This includes cervical cancer, breast…