Dr. Alika Lafontaine MD
@AlikaMD
Immediate past-President @cma_docs. Lets rebuild our public health systems better, together. 🐥s re: tech, equity, culture. Folks who fix things are the future.
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Welcome to Day 2 of the #CMAHealthSummit . Starting out the day with a candid discussion on public & #PrivateHealthCare in Canada with Erik Sande, Dr. Hasan Sheikh & Robin McGee, introduced by Dr. Kathleen Ross. 🧵👇
Handover day.
It’s been an honour to serve Canadians as President of Canadian Medical Association.
Let’s keep the momentum going, we’ve accomplished so much in the past year.
A curated list:
#CMAagm #CMAhealthsummit
1. The largest nominal investment into health transfers - since health…
Dr. Alika Lafontaine MD caddosheriff Agree! Measures like this are welcome, but let’s not lose sight of the (very achievable) goal. There is no reason that a physician in Canada should need to hold multiple licenses to practice in Canada - we are one country.
'Before, doctors had to file separate applications to each provincial college, which would take days'.
😀😀😀you mean *min 60-90 days* to process.
But kudos : getting myself on (fully signed and loaded) at inception, took a week flat.
Now :
#PanCandianLicensure
Dr. Alika Lafontaine MD
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'Every community needs great health care services and that’s through a public system,' says Linda Silas Linda Silas. “We need to make the health care jobs the best jobs in our community and that will solve our crisis.”
winnipeg.citynews.ca/2023/07/11/sto… #NurseTwitter #cdnhealth #canlab
A Little More Conversation
Corus Radio 7-10pmPT
Dr. Alika Lafontaine MD reflects on a year as Canadian Medical Association president
Kristie Ebi, Ph.D., MPH extreme heat and your health
Future of Sport Lab Cheri Bradish - is it curtains for the Commonwealth Games ?
Dave McEachren on a lifelong love of John Deere tractors
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Adriana Pucciano Dan B Dr. Alika Lafontaine MD Canadian Medical Association Atm, each province has its own rules, though a national framework is apparently in the works. Best bet is to pick which provinces you’d consider living in then visit their medical licensing body’s website. At least the ones I’ve seen have flow charts and contact details.
Dr. Alika Lafontaine MD Canadian Medical Association I'm just back from fellowship in Ottawa and loved it. An excellent, publicly funded health care service. Staff better valued and better paid. Very attractive workplace for NHS trained doctors.