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Physician Spotlight / BY: Hilary Spicer March 2022
... Quesnel as a resident in the newly minted UBC Rural Family Practice Residency Program and did rotations in obstetrics ... physician and doing ER work. In 1989, Terry purchased a practice in Brentwood Bay on Vancouver Island, where he worked the full gamut of a family medical practice for the next few years. In 1993, he bought an old ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Maggie Wong, PharmD, ACPR June 2022
... and thus overall antibiotic exposure, is a simple practice change that all physicians can make. We focus on the ... treatment duration was determined by physicians per usual practice. Primary outcome was defined as improvement in or ... source control is not achievable.[ 7 ] In clinical practice, however, many patients are typically treated for 10 ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Anthony W. Chow, MD, FACP, FRCPC May 2022
... also served as an educational tool in the principles and practice of infectious diseases. High standards were expected ... a pediatrician, he treated both adults and children in his practice. Dr Christopher Wong was the first infectious ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Raheesa Jina, BSc, MM October 2022
... of Canada’s 2021 Managing Menopause clinical practice guideline and focuses on vasomotor symptoms and ... and Gynaecologists of Canada’s 2021 clinical practice guideline on managing vasomotor symptoms associated ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: O. Maheshwari, MD November 2022
... and targeted information through Divisions of Family Practice. The program has received approximately 22 000 ... Comox Valley, and Rural and Remote Divisions of Family Practice to improve accessibility in anticipation of offering ... homework sheets so patients can print them for written practice. For those who prefer hard copies of the workbook, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: barbara findlay, MA, LLB, QC March 2022
... may be required to make some modifications to their practice. In particular, health care providers should review ... and ensure that washrooms are transgender-inclusive. Best practice is never to rely on the MSP-supplied gender marker ... professional and legal obligations to that patient.[ 30 ] Practice points Consider the following: What are your ...
Clinical Articles / BY: John van Bockxmeer, MBBS July/August 2022
... colleagues. Despite little empirical evidence in Canadian practice, it is hypothesized that the introduction of huddles ... of patient safety.[ 5 , 6 ] This has been translated into practice in some community health centres across the Lower ... themes across a defined period. This encourages reflective practice, reorients groups to unseen biases, and builds new ...
Editorials / BY: Gail Knudson, MD, MEd, FRCPC January/February 2022
... that is moving away from pathology toward gender-affirming practice. Over the last 2 decades, the field has also moved ... train and support community clinicians in advancing their practice with gender-diverse young people. Many ... in the form of live and online training on clinical practice. Since its inception, Trans Care BC has worked to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ava Azhir, BSc Pharm, ACPR May 2022
The practice of administering IV antibiotics in an outpatient ... of outpatient antimicrobial therapy has become a routine practice, with infectious diseases specialists expanding its ... be used to practise antimicrobial stewardship. The optimal practice consists of a timely transition from intravenous to ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC November 2022
... concurrently balancing the daily pressures of running a practice while practising medicine. Flow is a means to ...