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Editorials / BY: Timothy C. Rowe, MBBS, FRCSC, FRCOG April 2018
... from medical school. That was 47 years ago, and medical practice was … different.  In 1971, the BCMJ was already ... majority of space was taken up with that era’s pressing practice issues: a physician’s take-home income, ... no immediate related correspondence. Many of the tools of practice that we now cannot do without were either ...
President's Comment / BY: Trina Larsen Soles, MD April 2018
... the impact of artificial intelligence on certain areas of practice. If computers can do a better job of interpreting ... same procedures? This made me consider my job in general practice, where the undifferentiated patient with a list of ... art, based on science” and stated, “The art of the practice of medicine is to be learned only by experience; ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kevin Wing, MD, FRCSC April 2018
... has set a wait-time target of 18 weeks from general practice referral to surgery for 92% of patients. In BC, ...
Letters / BY: Goldis Mitra, MD, CCFP July/August 2018
... Dunne in the May 2018 issue of the BCMJ . I am a new-to-practice community- and hospital-based family physician. ... with first-line infertility testing in the family practice office. Dr Dunne’s article was clear and concise, ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews July/August 2018
... and skills that I wanted to keep as part of my future practice. I loved Montreal and learned French while I was ... in the last year: through our participation in the General Practice Services Committee, Doctors of BC is influential in ... views of all members, no matter their location, type of practice, stage of practice, or demographics. We are diverse ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Robert C. Mack, MD July/August 2018
The residential care initiative (RCI) of the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC) aims to improve care for patients in facilities through five best practice recommendations,[ 1 ] one of which is the ... of the South Okanagan Similkameen (SOS) Division of Family Practice discovered significant medication wastage and set ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marilyn Thorpe, MD, FRCPC July/August 2018
... be used in diverse clinical settings, including general practice clinics. Research might also determine if pit ... and determine if pit appointments might be used in general practice and other clinical settings. Collaborative 30-minute ...
Letters / BY: Heidi M. Oetter, MD September 2018
... the Health Professions Act, and as clearly stated in a practice standard (Advertising and Communication with the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Carla Pajak, MD, FRCSC September 2018
... access to surgery, there continues to be variation in practice seen even within a single regional health care ... toward early laparoscopic cholecystectomy and current practice patterns, and to determine the impact of an ... an online survey about surgeon attitudes, preferences, and practice patterns regarding management of acute ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Fahra Rajabali, MSc September 2018
... at large. This public health issue directly affects the practice of physicians who must care for these people. In the ... of injuries in British Columbia: Applying evidence to practice ...