Besides being a former head of the MSNS and past chair of the CMA, she recently chaired an MSNS task force that examined medical-services delivery under provincial reform, and she still sits on her health region's Board of Directors. She knows those are but a taste of the challenges and changes confronting the CMA and its members across the country. We are finding that the tools we're used to working with literally are being taken away from us, and our ability to deal with medical problems is increasingly being hampered. Many people are at a point in their lives or their career where they need more security than the Canadian system can offer at this time. Others are challenged by the opportunity for change and renewal and are moving ahead, digging in and taking leadership roles.
Reform also has implications for medical education.
Nor, she adds, have governments incorporated ways to evaluate change. We have some sense of how much money we're saving, but we have no idea where this is taking us. Dr. Kazimirski predicts that may soon change, thanks to mounting pressure not only from the medical community but also the public. Our health care system is very much a part of what defines us as Canadian. Dr. Kazimirski, a strong supporter of the CMA leadership conferences that help physicians deal with change, knows that adapting to any new order won't be easy.