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A green piggy bank
Beyond Medicine / July/August 2020

Code green: Building financial independence

BY: Lorne David Porayko, MD, FRCPC, CIM, David Wingnean, MD, CCFP, MBA

“Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.” —Otto von Bismarck It’s late 1999. Technology investors are despondent as they parse their ravaged... Read More

A student watches a class on a laptop
Beyond Medicine, COVID-19 / June 2020

Medical education during COVID-19: Lessons from a pandemic

BY: Roger Y. Wong, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCAHS

The impact of COVID-19 on medical education is unprecedented, far reaching, and presents unique challenges to medical schools.[1-3] Mitigating strategies should be principle based, forward... Read More

Hands are seen joining two puzzle pieces
Beyond Medicine, COVID-19 / June 2020

UBC Reticulum: A novel website connecting general surgeons in BC during the COVID-19 crisis

BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS, Shiana Manoharan, MD, Taryn Zabolotniuk, BSc, S. Morad Hameed, MD, MPH, FRCSC, FACS

The UBC Reticulum website was launched in May 2019 to help connect general surgeons across British Columbia. The site’s primary function was to connect surgeons based on their name, location,... Read More

A doctor holds an endoscope for a gastroscopy
Clinical Articles / June 2020

An unusual finding from fecal immunochemical testing: A case report

BY: David Sanders, MD, Hui-Min Yang, MD, FRCPC, S. Ian Gan, MD, FRCPC

Case data A 73-year-old female with average risk of colon cancer presented for routine fecal immunochemical testing. She had been screened in the past with the fecal immunochemical test (FIT). Her... Read More

A baby zebra
Clinical Articles / May 2020

Sometimes we need to think of zebras: An observational study on delays in the identification of bone tumors in children

BY: T. Justin Dhinsa, BSc, Paula Mahon, RN, DHealth, CNCCP(C), Caron Strahlendorf, MB, FRCPC, FCP

Background Bone sarcomas make up 6% of all pediatric cancers, with the most common being osteosarcoma and the second most common being Ewing sarcoma.[1,2] Osteosarcoma is a malignant mesenchymal... 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