Health committee  I have to say that I have been involved, but those discussions, to use Dr. Bowmer's term, are somewhat patchy. They are programmatic in the regions in which I work; it's not part of a comprehensive system re-engineering. I have active discussions with my colleagues and partners--

Health committee  I'm getting a nod for Dr. Bowmer. I'm speaking now in the context of being an associate dean, undergraduate medical education, and I look at Dr. Bowmer as a previous dean, as he's mentioned, so I'm careful how I answer. This is not specific to my presentation about the northern

Health committee  Thank you.

Health committee  It is a broad question. Perhaps, if you don't mind, I'll start with an opening statement. I very much appreciate your commendation of the university's northern medical unit's work, but I would also caution you by saying that in my decades of involvement in university-affiliated

Health committee  Thank you very much. I could describe the program at the University of California, in Los Angeles. When the State of California recognized the need to increase the number of medical students and therefore practising physicians, it made a determination that making more of the sa

Health committee  That is correct.

Health committee  Thank you very much for having me here. I apologize for not being able to attend on Tuesday, when you were discussing issues of health human resources in rural and remote communities and their populations. By way of personal introduction, I am a family physician. As a Canadian,

Health committee  Sure you can.

Health committee  I apologize for that.

Health committee  I'd like to therefore address what I would refer to as an inextricable triad. When we look in northern remote populations we should be discussing not just health human resources but the contribution of the health care system, of the health system itself. I'll provide you some bri