Conference organizers, please take note!
CMAJ 1998;159:320
I applaud Dr. Kendall Ho and his coworkers for their initiative in providing day-care facilities during the March International Conference on Emergency Medicine, as described in Heather Kent's article "Emergency medicine's reach expands" (CMAJ 1998;158[9]:1123-4 [full text]). But emergency medicine is not the only specialty that attracts young physicians who might need child-care assistance during conferences. My husband and I are family physicians working in James Bay and the parents of 2 (soon to be 3) young children. Our greatest challenge in attending conferences is trying to organize day-care services for our family so that we can both attend all of the sessions.
It is ironic that in an effort to attract business, many hotels and holiday packages offer children's programs, day camps and babysitting services, yet our own meetings and educational programs lag desperately behind. I imagine that many other physicians would be as delighted as we to pay for the convenience of on-site day care at conferences.
Ingrid Kovitch, MD
Waskaganish Clinic
James Bay, Que.
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