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MDs To Be / May 2009

Lecturer conflicts of interest in medical school education: Raising the bar in BC

BY: Christian Wiens, BSc(Pharm),, Adam Cota, BSc,

Declaring competing interest is common in medicine, so why is it so rare in medical schools? Evidence-based medicine is a significant component of early medical school curricula. At the University... Read More

MDs To Be / April 2009

Language skills of UBC medical students: Working toward cultural competency in health care

BY: Tung Siu, MD, CCFP, ACBOM, Mandeep Mann, MSc,, Birinder Mangat, BSc,, Brock Rawstron, BSc,, Shafik Dharamsi, PhD,

Though medical students have non-English language skills that accurately reflect the diversity of languages spoken in British Columbia, they would not feel comfortable using those languages in a... Read More

Symbol for fresh water for Africa, sets of hands under fresh pouring water
Clinical Articles / May 2009

A commentary on cholera: The scourge that never dies

BY: Gerry Greenstone, MD,

In the field of infectious disease, cholera is one of the most instructive diseases to study because it touches on several disciplines, in­cluding microbiology, epidemiology, marine biology,... Read More

Cholesterol plague in an artery
Clinical Articles / May 2009

Validity of carotid intimal-medial thickness as a surrogate endpoint for atherosclerosis: Lessons from the ENHANCE trial

BY: Aneez Mohamed, MD, FRCPC,, Jason Andrade, MD, FRCPC,, Andrew Ignaszewski, MD, FRCPC, G.B. John Mancini, MD, FRCPC

In contemporary medicine, the clinician must be able to readily incorporate information from clinical trials into his or her busy clinical practice. This process is made easier when the information... Read More

Red stethoscope on top of a pile of books
MDs To Be / April 2009

Dean’s commentary

BY: Gavin Stuart, MD, Dean, UBC Faculty of Medicine,

We asked the dean to comment on “Language skills of UBC medical students: Working toward cultural competency in health care.” Here is his commentary. —ED Aspects of multiculturalism as... Read More

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BCMJ

The BCMJ is a general medical journal that shares knowledge while building connections among BC physicians.

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ISSN 0007‍-‍0556 (Print)
ISSN 2293‍-‍6106 (Online)
Established 1959