College Radar

May 2023

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Resources: Internet prescribing

Resources: Internet prescribing

The College recently revised its prescribing standard to address prescribing in the absence of direct patient contact. The standard was reviewed in response to physician living the U.S. and holding a Nova Scotian licence allegedly was prescribing thousands of Ozempic…

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Council & Annual General Meeting

Council & Annual General Meeting

The College’s Council is the governing board of the College. The Council includes physician members elected by physicians and public members appointed by the College through a nominations process...

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April orientation welcomes 20 physicians

April orientation welcomes 20 physicians

The Welcome Collaborative is a new orientation program to help arriving physicians who have trained outside of North America integrate successfully into the Nova Scotian healthcare system and to life in Nova Scotia...

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The College acknowledges that we are in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq people. This territory is covered by the Treaties of Peace and Friendship. We also acknowledge that people of African descent have been in Nova Scotia for over 400 years, and we honour and offer gratitude to those ancestors.