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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie 10/2013

01-10-2013 | Editorials

Professional self-regulation: learning from the disciplinary process

Author: Robert J. Byrick, MD

Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie | Issue 10/2013

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Excerpt

Medical regulatory colleges have a mandate to protect and promote the health and safety of the public by regulating the practice of medicine by physicians. In Canada, provincial colleges of physicians and surgeons fulfill this mandate through activities related to a) the registration of physicians to practice, b) the regulation of how physicians practice (either proactive or reactive regulatory activities), and c) remediation of physicians where specific deficiencies are identified and where remediation is appropriate. …
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Metadata
Title
Professional self-regulation: learning from the disciplinary process
Author
Robert J. Byrick, MD
Publication date
01-10-2013
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie / Issue 10/2013
Print ISSN: 0832-610X
Electronic ISSN: 1496-8975
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-013-0012-x

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