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Bruce Fleming, MD
Medical education at the University of British Columbia has been transformed in the past decade and continues to evolve. Currently, the MD undergraduate program is delivered in communities throughout BC, at UBC’s... Read More
As a follow-up to our theme issue from September 2008, we would like to provide BCMJ readers with our UBC class of 2008 CaRMS results. The success of the expanded medical program would not occur without the... Read More
Background The past few years have seen shortages of family physicians in urban and remote areas throughout Canada. Problems caused by the projected shortfall in the number of family physicians practising over the... Read More
I am writing to congratulate guest editor, Dr Angus Rae and the contributing authors of the September issue of the BCMJ (2005;47(7):341-408) on their excellent review of mentoring and educating our medical students and... Read More
I am writing in response to the interview with BCMA President, Dr Margaret MacDiarmid, in September’s edition of the BCMJ (2006;48[7]:318-322). I would like to commend Dr MacDiarmid for her open and thoughtful... Read More
Introduction The indiscriminate use of radiographs has been primarily driven by the ever-present concern of cervical spine stability.[1-3] An estimated 200 000 radiographs of the cervical spine are carried out... Read More