Family Medicine Section
The NLMA Family Medicine Section is organized for the purpose of providing a forum for practising family physicians in the province, regardless of payment modality, to discuss the delivery of primary care by family physicians with a goal of identifying solutions to systemic problems affecting practice and/or care delivery; to develop strategies for consideration by the Board of Directors to enhance the physician and patient experience; and, to serve as a vehicle to voice expressions of concern and/or opinion for the benefit of the NLMA on any matter that may concern the Section.
Contact
Family Physician members may submit a question or issue to the Section Chair by emailing [email protected].
NLMA Section of Family Medicine
The Section of Family Medicine is organized for the purpose of providing a forum for practicing family physicians in the province, regardless of payment modality, to discuss the delivery of primary care by family physicians with a goal to identifying solutions to systemic problems affecting practice and/or care delivery; to develop strategies for consideration by the Board of Directors to enhance the physician and patient experience; to serve as a vehicle to voice expressions of concern and/or opinion for the benefit of the NLMA on any matter that may concern the Section.
Membership:
Any practicing family physician may opt to participate as a member of the Section. The section may appoint an executive committee and chair for a term of 3-years.
Meetings:
The section shall meet quarterly (or at the call of the chair) and a record of proceedings of meetings shall in a timely fashion be submitted to the Executive Director following such meeting.
Authority:
Members of the Association may organize Sections or Special Interest Groups as outlined in Section 17 (Sections and Special Interest Groups) of the NLMA By-Laws. The Section of Family Medicine is shall not make by-laws or policy(s) that are inconsistent with the By-laws and policy(s) of the NLMA. The chair of the section, nor any member of the section shall have the right to speak for the Association, but any resolution passed at a meeting of a Section or Special Interest Group may be submitted to the Board for consideration and such action as the Board may deem appropriate
Executive Committee
Fact Check Program
Physicians who encounter reports in Newfoundland and Labrador media or on social media that include misleading or incorrect information about the practice of family medicine can alert the NLMA, which will determine the most appropriate response.
NLMA will not respond to trolls on social media but will respond to incorrect statements made by official representatives of organizations or professions within Newfoundland and Labrador.
Please alert the NLMA by one of the following ways:
Email: [email protected]
Text: (709) 691-0928
Call: 709 726-7424 ext. 303
Please indicate when and where the incorrect information appeared and include relevant website addresses or screenshots of social media. To take a screenshot on an iPhone, hold the menu button and power button together. For most Android phones, hold the power and volume down buttons together. For Mac, press Shift-Command-4 and drag to select the area of the screen to capture. For PC, press the Print Screen key (or Ctrl-Print Screen or Alt-Print Screen) and paste into the email message.