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MDs To Be / BY: Annika Klopp, BSc, April 2012
... cultures meet? How are our experiences relevant to future practice? Reflections It’s Friday morning. The supplies are ... the widely utilized CanMEDS framework.[ 15 ] For future practice Having a background understanding of other cultures ...
MDs To Be / BY: Katie Wiskar, BSc, October 2012
... a commitment to physician health and sustainable practice.”[ 1 ]  Medical associations are beginning to ... of physicians admitted to self-prescribing medications, a practice that is considered unethical by all medical ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Sterling Haynes, MD December 2012
... back to life. To that end, Drs Hawes and Cogan began the practice of a unique type of holistic medicine. At around ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Brian Day, MB December 2011
... was to be­come a very successful 22-year period in the practice of family medicine.  Those early days were, to many, the “golden era” of modern medical practice in BC. Vancouver General Hospital was a complex ... suffer.  Not only did Mark immerse himself in clinical practice in those early years, including leadership roles at ...
MDs To Be / BY: Disha Mehta, BSc, July/August 2011
... Minds team, recently met a patient, Mr X, during a family practice placement. He was new to the practice and was seeking a physician to help him manage ... assistant professor in the UBC Department of Family Practice, and our community mentors, the late Ms Jackie ...
MDs To Be / BY: Devina Wadhwa, November 2011
... mistake by a trainee may also haunt his or her future practice in medicine. Toward ethical volunteering How can one ...
MDs To Be / BY: Pamela Verma, BSc, November 2011
... to type quickly! You are a great champion for family practice. How did you choose this for your career?  At the ... and truly wooed me. That was it. I joined the UBC Family Practice Program where I had the opportunity to meet some ... medicine changed over the years? When I started in family practice, it was just presumed that you would do ...
MDs To Be / BY: Jenny Ko, March 2010
... On the one hand, competence is decision-specific in practice; a person may possess the mental capacity to make ... of euthanasia not only increases the likelihood that the practice of euthanasia will be abused for economic gain, but ... be the reason for requesting euthanasia.[ 10 ]  Moreover, practice of euthanasia assigns social worth and accordingly ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Diana June King, March 2010
... a mutual friend, Don met Dr Adam Waldie, who had a family practice on 10th Avenue at Discovery and who was looking for ... five of the happiest years of his life—in general practice. Don always spoke fondly of those ... thing to do.”  It was during those years in family practice that Don met Michael Smith, who played a pivotal ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Pamela Verma, BSc, May 2010
... Importantly, this allows us to totally integrate our practice on a continuum from the community to the acute care ... principles of providing community service around a medical practice model. I hope it will continue to provide a strong ...