While specialization is now an established part of the medical landscape, this was not always the case. In the 1920s medical specialties emerged and medical practice began to shift from home to... Read More

As outlined in a 2009 College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) discussion paper, “Patient-Centred Primary Care: Bring It On Home,” the concept of the Patient’s Medical Home[1] is built around... Read More

Background  Acquiring funding to support academic research has become increasingly difficult. Grant proposals that contain preliminary research findings can provide proof of the principle that... Read More

The overall frequency of major inherited dyslipidemias of all kinds in BC and Canada is conservatively estimated to be about 1 in 40 individuals, with a higher incidence found in the French-Canadian... Read More

RRRIIINNNGGG! The alarm bells sounded. Lunch was over and it was time to return to class. As it turned out, our grade 8 biology teacher had a unique activity planned for that afternoon. Our class... Read More