CMPA: Practically Speaking
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Disclosing patient safety incidents
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Disclosure of patient safety incidents to patients or caregivers is a legal, ethical and professional obligation for physicians. Appropriate disclosur...
Leveraging Patient Decision Aids To Ensure Shared Decision Making
22 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Decision support tools are designed to ease shared decision-making and patient involvement on health care decisions. When patients actively participat...
Ensuring a safe return environment for patients
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When considering medical clearance for participation after injuries, there are numerous components to take into consideration to ensure physicians act...
Reducing diagnostic errors in the OR
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Related CMPA Perspective article:Can intraoperative decisions be diagnostic errors?https://www.cmpa-acpm.ca/en/advice-publications/browse-articles/202...
The ins and outs of team debriefs
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Related CMPA Perspective article:Team debriefs: Participate and minimize your medical-legal riskshttps://www.cmpa-acpm.ca/en/advice-publications/brows...
Contingency planning for the unplanned absence from practice
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Related CMPA Perspective article:Closing or leaving a practice: Tips for primary care physicianshttps://www.cmpa-acpm.ca/en/advice-publications/browse...
Covering other specialties? Know the risks
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Occasionally, physicians may be asked to provide medical care outside of their area of expertise. During the COVID-19 pandemic, for example, more phys...
Accessing EMRs: How to avoid breaching privacy rules
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
CMPA Perspective article:Why do you need to know? A balancing act for accessing personal health informationwww.cmpa-acpm.ca/en/advice-publications/bro...
COVID-19: Managing wait times
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Concerns surrounding wait times in the delivery of health care are not new, however, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in further concerns due to the...
COVID-19: Virtual care
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
CMPA Perspective article:Providing virtual care during the COVID-19 pandemicwww.cmpa-acpm.ca/en/advice-publications/browse-articles/2020/providing-vir...
COVID-19: Advance care directives
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
CMPA Perspective article:End-of-life: Planning for compassionate care during COVID‑19www.cmpa-acpm.ca/en/advice-publications/browse-articles/2020/en...
COVID-19: Physician Moral Distress
17 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
CMPA Perspective article:Moral distress: The cost of uncertainty during a pandemicwww.cmpa-acpm.ca/en/advice-publications/cmpa-perspective/2020/messag...
COVID-19: Reasonable Care
17 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
CMPA Perspective article:Scarce resources: Caring for patients during COVID-19www.cmpa-acpm.ca/en/advice-publications/browse-articles/2020/scarce-reso...