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Clinical Articles /
BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS
March 2024
... in 2012 showed that 158 general surgeons were in full-time practice at hospitals in BC, which was 74 less than the ... with informal arrangements did not. This is a new model of practice in busier hospitals where surgeons do not have a traditional elective practice with associated elective operating room and ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: William Liu, BHSc
June 2024
... aids for triage, diagnostics, and quantifying aspects in practice.[ 6 ] For BC, this is a great step in the right ...
Letters /
BY: Judy Dercksen, MD
March 2024
... pain tools make this approach possible in a busy medical practice. Pain questionnaires can be used prior to an ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Adrian Marcuzzi, BHSc
May 2024
... to total knee arthroplasty; highlight concerns about the practice; and advise against opioid use in this patient ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Valerie C. Doyon, MD
January/February 2024
... the Breslow depth [ Figure 2 ]. According to clinical practice guidelines, incisional biopsies should be performed ...
Letters /
BY: Thomas J. DeMarco, MD,
June 2024
... primary care [ BCMJ 2024;66:14-15] . I have been in family practice for 40 years. I have been on call for most of that ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Eileen M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP
October 2023
... data, anxiety codes account for only 0.6% of family practice and 1.5% of psychiatry billings for individuals 60 ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Patricia M. Massel, MD
June 2023
... and reflections on the experiences of patients in their practice. Selecting participants from a variety of ... actively practising in northwestern BC. The mean years of practice in northwestern BC was 12, which suggests that the ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 /
BY: Ka Wai Cheung, MD, MPH, FRCPC
March 2023
... highest level of professional fulfillment (35.0%); family practice physicians had the lowest (22.3%) [ Figure 1 ]. The overall burnout rate was 51.4%. Family practice physicians had the highest rate (63.1%); pathology ... supportive community and organizational culture, improving practice efficiency, and optimizing administrative policies.[ ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Elisabeth Baerg Hall, MD, CCFP, FRCPC
November 2023
... guidelines have been made to take into account a family practice–targeted adult population. Severe mental health ... teach them to monitor progress over time. In the family practice setting, ADHD is managed as a chronic condition. In ... physicians diagnose many chronic conditions in their daily practice, and they are well positioned to diagnose and treat ...