Regulatory Models and Model Behaviours.

We appreciate the thoughtful and thought-provoking commentaries to our lead paper (Wilkie and Tzountzouris 2017) in this issue. Clearly, the question of how to best enable the behaviours of healthcare professionals to optimize their impact on our healthcare system is a complex one. We approach the question from the position of a health regulatory authority with a recognition that we cannot act alone.

Enabling Evolving Practice for Healthcare Professionals: A Regulator's Journey.

The inherent risk involved in the provision of healthcare services leads to the inevitable requirement of health human resource oversight to protect the public from harm (Bayne 2012). As healthcare systems evolve, so do theoretical models for, and practical applications of, health human resource oversight policy and processes. The College of Medical Laboratory Technologists of Ontario (CMLTO), as one of 26 health regulatory bodies in Ontario, implements programs or processes to enact and support changes in the knowledge, skill and judgment of their members.

The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene and ion channel function in patients with idiopathic pancreatitis.

Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene mutations are associated with cystic fibrosis (CF)-related monosymptomatic conditions, including idiopathic pancreatitis. We evaluated prospectively enrolled patients who had idiopathic recurrent acute pancreatitis or idiopathic chronic pancreatitis, healthy controls, CF heterozygotes, and CF patients (pancreatic insufficient or sufficient) for evidence of CFTR gene mutations and abnormalities of ion transport by sweat chloride and nasal potential difference testing. DNA samples from anonymous blood donors were controls for genotyping.