Week 3 Part 2

Question 1

Regulated Health Professionals Act

Answer 1

governs regulated health professionals

Question 2

Provincial colleges

Answer 2

governing bodied of specific professions

• define scope of practice
• terminate unsafe/unethical practices

Question 3

Key functions of colleges (and P/T governments)

Answer 3

training
licensing
financing

Question 4

Canadian Resident Matching Service

Answer 4

medical school graduates are requires to participate in if they want to be licensed in Canada

Question 5

Stats on physicians

Answer 5

• 40% are female
• half work in family medicine
• 30-40 obtain medical degrees outside of Canada
• 275K for family, 350K for specialist, 460K for surgeons
• almost all receive fee-for-service

Question 6

Nurses

Answer 6

Are self-regulated professionals who work independently in collaboration with other health professionals

Question 7

Types of nurses

Answer 7

• registered nurse (regulated in all)
• licensed practical nurse (all)
• psychiatric nurse
• nurse practitioners
• (all)
• clinical nurse specialists

Question 8

Nursing stats

Answer 8

• most are members of a union (greater pay)

- 70K average after 5 years

Question 9

Categories of health care providers

Answer 9

1. core health professionals
2. allied health professionals (therapeutic or supportive care; conventional)
3. complementary and alternative

Question 10

Controlled act

Answer 10

An act which only certain health care providers are allowed to perform (within scope of practice)

Question 11

Ambulatory care clinics

Answer 11

Any clinic that offers services and discharges that patient immediately thereafter