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Clinical Articles / BY: Nathan W. Brunner, MD, FRCPC March 2011
... surgeon Alton Ochsner, who recognized the eager medical student’s potential and fostered his interest in surgery. ... link between smoking and lung cancer.  Still as a medical student, DeBakey developed one of the first mechanical blood ... in Houston, where a CT scan confirmed the diagnosis of a type A aortic dissection.  Because his advanced age made ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Joanna Bates, MDCM, CCFP September 2008
... that allows lectures, lab demonstrations, and faculty and student meetings to take place across all three sites through ... campus, including anatomy labs for dissection. They have student support on site, and have equal access to UBC ... them.  The Faculty of Medicine is also piloting a new type of clerkship in which students spend a full year in a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Barry Thorneloe (VFMP), MD September 2008
... Aside from being mortifyingly embarrassing, this type of welcome set the tone for the years to come. In fact, ... learn.  In community hospitals, the role of the medical student is not as defined and there is greater opportunity to ... Clinical Articles Medical school distribution: The student perspective ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mark Fok, MD, FRCPC September 2007
... according to demographics ( table 1 ) and rotation type ( table 2 ).  Residents were found to have worked an ... rotation. Our results were reported based on rotation type (as opposed to residency specialty) because PGY-1 ... University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine Summer Student Research Program, the Doctor, Patient and Society ...
News July/August 2007
... province repeatedly stated that this program provided the type of support they needed and made them feel more committed ... $100 000 in a mix of options, such as up to $40 000 for student debt repayment, up to $40 000 to set up or join a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: John A. Dufton, DC, MD, October 2007
... predictor of diabetic complications in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.[ 7-10 ] Futhermore, a randomized controlled ... protocol. Acknowledgments This research was funded by the Student Summer Research Program, UBC Faculty of Medicine. ...
News / BY: David R. Richardson, MD November 2006
... in rural areas, have the highest occurrence of this type of risky behavior. Because of the decentralization and ... impact. CMA Award for Young Leaders Presented to one student, one resident, and one early-career physician (5 ...
News / BY: Fiona Youatt, October 2006
... • Raised fasting blood sugar or previously diagnosed type 2 diabetes. • Reduced HDL cholesterol in the blood or ... impact. CMA Award for Young Leaders Presented to one student, one resident, and one early-career physician (5 ...
News / BY: Adam Lund, MD, MEd May 2006
... heart transplant. CI insurance is an accident and sickness type of coverage that pays a one-time benefit in the event ... BCMA Benefits Medical writing prize: $1000 for best student article The J.H. MacDermot Prize for Excellence in ... topic submitted to the BC Medical Journal by a medical student in British Columbia. The British Columbia Medical ...
News January/February 2005
... offer the convenience, safety, and comfort of this type of hemorrhoid banding. Since January 2003, Dr Cleator ... and held the role of chief medical officer at the World Student University Games in Spain in 1999, and at the ...