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Beyond Medicine / BY: Benjamin Millar, MD, March 2016
... as part of medical practice point to its ability to help people stay connected, reach and network with a larger ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2016
... very active embassies in the UK at that time, recruiting people to bring their talent, come overseas, build a new ... in the 1980s, what prompted your move to Canada? Most people will probably anticipate that I chose to move because ... by how different medicine appeared to be. In South Africa people would arrive at hospitals or community clinics with ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Joanne Jablkowski July/August 2016
... by a layperson to medicine or to the welfare of the people of BC or Canada. Doctors of BC Silver Medal of ...
Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2015
... life. There were certainly difficult times as well; many people were hurt. But the most exhilarating moments involved ... adventure. I thought to myself, I like this place; these people are cool!   Having spent 27 years in general ... setting was the extension of my practice. I could ship people down to emerg and have them triaged and worked up, and ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Brad Fritz, MD September 2015
... establish such a program, without coverage for unemployed people and pensioners, which the government withdrew during ... regardless of the true cost of providing care to the people who were covered. Although the legislation was passed, ... to attack the proposed scheme for several reasons. First, people in the excluded groups were the most in need of access ...
Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2014
... house I found that knowing how to cook attracted other people. And I really enjoyed the outcome of it. I've got a ... best gig on Earth. I have the opportunity to get to know people and make a positive difference in their lives. Being ... Paperwork, and the hours involved in doing it. And, giving people bad news. Teaching runs in your family. As a doctor, ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2013
... it? I probably worked too much, and made too many other people’s problems my own, which may have been a contributor ... something that the BCMA has done right, but not many people know about? I think it would be great if we could ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper January/February 2012
... the CEO of an organization? That’s a good question. People might also ask, “How did a lawyer end up being the ... senior public servants are more important than sometimes people can appreciate—and are less politically laden than people sometimes imagine. So often, there is no political ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2012
... a 3-month probation through the IMG program, and of those people who go through the probation, half of them will be ... I was amazed, when I was closing the practice, how many people had been with me the full 36 years I’d been in ... is tremendous. You make a good living, you can influence people to make good decisions, and you have influence in the ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Sterling Haynes, MD December 2012
... 18th century, the society promoted the rescue of drowning people, and paid 4 guineas (about $160 today) to anyone who ... or smoldered as “bum cigars.” American First Nations people used tobacco as a medicine and pioneered the use of ...