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Clinical Articles / BY: Farsheed Hedayati-Vala, MD, July/August 2008
... are often required to perform these procedures.  The issue of how we define a “well-trained” family physician ... of 12 000 people. From September 2002 to December 2004 (2.5 years), 677 scopes were undertaken at the facility. ... the scope from the cecum, and that using less time may result in a higher miss rate for small neoplasms. In ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Pat G. Camp, MSc, PT, March 2008
... for BC and Canada is challenging, as the symptoms of COPD may not be present until airflow obstruction, a key feature ... data were searched for COPD cases.[ 6 ]   The 2003–2004 prevalence estimate for COPD in BC was 4.4% for men and ... match findings from other studies that have explored the issue of underdiagnosis. In the United States, data from the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mark Fok, MD, FRCPC September 2007
... factors lower the quality of life of medical trainees and may result in medical errors that compromise patient care.[ ... countries have implemented limits on duty hours. In 2004, Great Britain and other European Union countries began ... for orthopaedics). This makes statistical validity an issue. However, our response rate of 78% for PGY-1 residents ...
ICBC / BY: Martin Ray, MD, May 2007
... Dr Bard raises an important yet often confusing issue for many physicians. Physicians must comply with the ... chief counsel Cathy Morton. “The form was changed in 2004 to authorize the release of records ‘relating to ... in the accident or affect the same parts of the body, may have an obvious relationship to the patient’s ICBC ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bruce C. Carleton, PharmD, September 2006
... Adverse Drug Reaction Monitoring Program (CADRMP). In 2004, CADRMP received 10 238 reports of suspected adverse ... cited serious and life-threatening ADRs to be a safety issue of concern. The effect of this apparent concern has ... difficulty of recognizing ADRs when they occur. Clinicians may believe another member of the health care team will ...
Clinical Articles / BY: G. Ross Baker, PhD, September 2006
... adverse events in Canadian hospitals. [1]  Published in May 2004, the study was based on methods developed by researchers ... establish an estimate of the scale of the patient safety issue within Canadian hospitals, but improvements in safety ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marlene E. Hunter, MD, FCFPC May 2006
... and disintegration, and incestuous complexity. Although we may wish to attribute these problems to the First Nations ... a hospital in northwestern British Columbia”  in this issue). I was not surprised at what I found; it was entirely ... Bulletin [4]  and indeed was the focus of an April 2004 theme issue. [5]  It is worth a few minutes of every ...
MDs To Be / BY: Paul Dhillon, MBBChBAO, LRCP&SI, EMDM, CCFP, DRCOG, DTM&H(Lon), FRGS March 2005
... and in the hospital.” Although some of these people may choose not to have a family physician, a visit to most ... openings.” [5]  Following these dismal results, “in 2004, there were 124 unmatched family medicine positions in ... the care they provide in hospitals.” [2]  This issue is addressed through greater awareness and the growing ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Gregory M.F. Ganz, MD, CM, FRCPC July/August 2005
... provision of patient-specific tools such as flow sheets may be more useful. [14]  The Kidney Care Initiative on ... kidney disease in the primary care setting”  in this issue). In addition to promoting awareness of the guidelines, ... physicians choose family practice as a career. In the 2004 CaRMS match, only 26.4% of applicants from Canadian ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Maria Corral, MD, FRCPC April 2005
... psychotropic medications (see articles elsewhere in this issue) that are usually needed. Bright light therapy The use ... and postpartum women with mood and anxiety disorders may benefit from bright light therapy as their symptoms are ... [3]  In a follow-up study (M. Corral, unpublished data, 2004), 18 women were randomly assigned to one of two groups, ...