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Beyond Medicine, COVID-19 / BY: Roger Y. Wong, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCAHS June 2020
The impact of COVID-19 on medical education is unprecedented, far reaching, and presents unique challenges to medical schools.[ 1-3 ] Mitigating strategies should be ... be extrapolated to other crisis situations. This article outlines key lessons learned during COVID-19 at the ...
News July/August 2020
... Moor-Smith The 2019 J.H. MacDermot Prize for Excellence in Medical Journalism: Best article or essay was awarded to Dr Moor-Smith for his article, “The world’s most poisonous mushroom, Amanita ...
Back Page, COVID-19 / BY: Abe Zacharias, MD, FRCPC July/August 2020
... of conference day, or “judgment day.” The San medical staff presided. Upon entering the conference room, I ... in a chair in the centre of the room, surrounded by the medical staff. My history was reviewed and discussed, and my ... for their assistance with the preparation of this article. Back Page COVID-19 Quarantine, tuberculosis, and the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jan Klimas, MSc, PhD September 2020
... promotes safer opioid prescribing. A subsequent clinical article[ 5 ] provides some examples of how physicians in BC ... figure preparation and editing. A shorter version of this article appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association 2019;322:1912–1913. Competing interests ...
Letters / BY: Richard Dewar, MD, FRCSC September 2020
... of the patient before any investigations. Too often modern medical practice counsels one to follow established ... limb pain in children is not quite as difficult as their article suggests. Before ordering a plethora of imaging ...
Back Page, COVID-19 / BY: Kristina Jenei, BSN September 2020
... slate-wiper in humans,” he explains his 1992 New Yorker article, “Crisis in the Hot Zone,” on which the book was ... in remote communities without access to running water or medical treatment. The COVID-19 pandemic has been dubbed ... continue to be despite having a wealth of scientific and medical expertise at their disposal, failing to act ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Brett Baumann, MD October 2020
... such as home renovations or living with pets. His medical history included hypertension, diabetes, and ... pneumonia, as seen in the case discussed in this article. Currently, there is no standardized treatment for ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB October 2020
... reservations regarding editorial peer review. Early in my medical career I was anxious to publish in peer-reviewed ... in the two premier British journals, namely the British Medical Journal and the Lancet . I was pursuing specialty ... there may be less enthusiasm for publishing a subsequent article that fails to replicate the results. If lightning ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC November 2020
... that might harm female physicians’ fertility. An article published in JAMA Surgery earlier this year ... surgeons’ activity.”[ 4 ] In another recent article, “Physician fertility: A call to action,” a group ... not be a factor that limits women’s engagement in the medical workforce,” they wrote, pointing out the critical ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Lisa J. Zhang November 2020
... and pregnancy loss, and higher pregnancy rates with medical fertility treatments.[ 9 ] There is conflicting ... in the review or decision making regarding this article. No competing interests have been declared. ABSTRACT: ... lifestyle changes before consulting a specialist. This article is Part 1 of a two-part review of the current ...