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Additional resident resources

Documentation

  • "Physician-patient: Documentation and record keeping", CMPA Good practices
  • Article – Writing with care

Informed consent

  • "Physician-patient: Informed consent", CMPA Good practices
  • Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto – Aid to Capacity Evaluation (ACE) [PDF]
  • Article – Helping patients make informed decisions
  • Checklist – Informed Consent [PDF]

Disclosure

  • "Physician-patient: Disclosure of patient safety incidents", CMPA Good practices
  • Article – Checklist – Disclosing harm from healthcare delivery
  • Article – Disclosing harm from healthcare delivery – Open and honest communication with patients
  • Checklist – Disclosure of harm [PDF]

Teamwork

  • "Physician-team: Delegation and supervision of trainees", CMPA Good practices
  • "Physician-team: Team communication", CMPA Good practices
  • The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada – Optimizing Crisis Resource Management to Improve Patient Safety and Team Performance [PDF]
  • Video – Just A Routine Operation

Medico-legal Q&A

  • Medico-legal handbook for physicians in Canada [PDF]
  • "Professionalism and ethics: Privacy and confidentiality", CMPA Good practices
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PO Box 8225 Station T
Ottawa, Ontario
K1G 3H7

Within Canada: 1-800-267-6522
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