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Letters / BY: John Sehmer, MD March 2017
... Dr Keith White, chair of the Doctors of BC Patterns of Practice Committee, quotes the College guideline on access to ... public through excellence and professionalism in medical practice.” The College appears unconcerned about the ...
Letters / BY: Gerrard A. Vaughan, MD March 2017
... upfront investment required when a new patient joins a practice, but must look to Doctors of BC and the Medical ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marisa Wan, MD, FRCPC April 2017
... with 3.0 to 6.0 mg being used commonly in clinical practice.[ 27 ]  Given the cholinergic deficit theory in the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Leo Lai, MD, FRCPC April 2017
... to polypharmacy by adhering strictly to clinical practice guidelines (CPGs), which are frequently based on ...
Letters / BY: J.E. Albrecht, MD April 2017
After 43 years in the trenches of general practice, I applaud the fortitude and wisdom of the Pemberton ... requests for chart copies and reports (the bane of practice!), stringent opiate-prescribing guidelines, and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Geoff C. Jarvie, MD, MHSc May 2017
... account for up to 28% of all problems seen in the family practice office.[ 2 ] Musculoskeletal disorders are also the ... The study included all patients referred to the shoulder practice of this article’s senior author (DPG) between ... of a retrospective design eliminated any alterations in practice patterns that can occur during a prospective study. ...
Letters / BY: Brady Bouchard, CCFP May 2017
... also states that the process “is not [meant] to restrict practice.” If not, then what is the goal? A quick look ... various privileging documents will show that restricting practice is exactly what is intended—if you don’t have ...
Letters / BY: Brenda Hefford, MD May 2017
... quote. —Brenda Hefford, MD Executive Director, Community Practice, Quality, and Integration Letters Re: The patient ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jacqueline Reid, BSc, BN June 2017
... colonoscopy, or both. In a departure from pre-RACE practice, the patient does not necessarily undergo endoscopy ...
Letters / BY: John Walton, MD June 2017
... , 147 ] bring to the fore the perilous state of general practice in BC. Congratulations to Dr Brown for having the ... for the demise of these clinics. The section of general practice could never negotiate a fee schedule that would ...