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Beyond Medicine, Interviews /
BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC
January/February 2023
... to know. I have the privilege to teach a course with the Practice Ready Assessment International Medical Graduate ... with you in your career? I’ve been practising family practice since 2005, which feels like both a long time and a ... and involved intimately in the longitudinal family practice model. I think that model and the opportunity to ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Lynsey J. Hamilton, MSc
November 2023
... guideline for antimicrobial therapy in frontline practice. The guide is available as a website ( ...
Premise /
BY: Paula B. Gordon, OBC, MD, FRCPC, FSBI
May 2023
... breast ultrasound was covered, an audit of a Vancouver practice showed that 7 cancers were detected per 1000 ... practising breast radiologist in Vancouver and works in a practice that offers screening and diagnostic breast imaging ...
Obituaries /
BY: Bob Newman, MD
March 2023
... the Dawson Creek Medical Clinic and built a busy medical practice, including emergency, deliveries, and surgery ... surgery into his late 70s after retiring from his medical practice (one of his sons, Darroch, took that over). One ...
Premise /
BY: Gerald J.M. Tevaarwerk, MD, FRCPC
September 2023
... 18 , 19 ] Family physician–led teams could provide practice-generated salaried positions for nurses, physician ... model of as little as $48. It is a return to the family practice equivalent incomes of the 1970s[ 2 ] [ Table 1 ], ... record keeping. The current platforms have made the practice of medicine less efficient, possibly contributing to ...
Obituaries /
BY: Adrienne Melck, MD
January/February 2023
... Most of her professional career was spent in outpatient practice in the Lower Mainland. She retired in 2009. She was ...
News /
BY: Laura McLean
December 2023
... that you review your coverage every 2 years, or if your practice changes. The Doctors of BC INCOMEprotect Disability ... since disability benefits end at age 65. If your practice has grown, if you’ve moved to a new payment model, ... equipment leases, and staff salaries. Many of your practice expenses will continue regardless of whether ...
Specialist Services Committee /
BY: Farhad Ghaseminejad, MSc
June 2023
... family physician offices through Divisions of Family Practice. With the introduction of this service through SSC, ... throughout BC can incorporate this service into their practice to provide more equitable care to all patients in a ... UBC —Mei-ling Wiedmeyer, MD, CCFP Department of Family Practice, UBC Specialist Services Committee Professional ...
Obituaries /
BY: Nis Schmidt, MD
October 2023
... a friend and fellow medical student as partners in family practice and geriatrics until his retirement at age 88 (57 ... clinical professor in the UBC Department of Family Practice. He mentored many students and family medicine ...