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Premise / BY: Robin Routledge, MD, FRCPC January/February 2020
... from 2000 to 2017: 40% drop in ER visits, 36% drop in hospital admissions, 97% customer-owner satisfaction, 95% ... not seen. The SCF asserts that emergency room visits and hospital stays do not contribute to long-term health and are ... continuous primary care. Lessons learned The following are my main takeaways from learning about the SCF’s gradual ...
Editorials / BY: Kendall Ho, MD, FRCPC April 2020
... He thanked me and we parted company amicably. This began my journey to explore Indigenous traditional medicine and how ... Soon afterward I met Elder Gerry Oleman, who became my teacher and guide, opening my eyes to how traditional ... ELDER GERRY OLEMAN: In 1995 families with a loved one in hospital started to call me. When I reflect on these first ...
Premise / BY: Mark Elliott, MD, FRCPC April 2020
... next level up. So what is good for me may not be good for my family, what is good for my family may not be good for the community, what is good for ... by the larger collective system, whether that be a hospital administration, a regional health authority, or a ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB May 2020
... to print, it will be hopelessly out of date. I hope that my fears today do not become our reality when this is read in ... appear to be fewer if you change your testing criteria. In my opinion—shared by epidemiologists and infectious disease ... in BC, some staff were wearing masks at all times in the hospital (not only during patient contact), but they were ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: Yvonne Sin, MD July/August 2020
... affected by the illness, fighting for their life in the hospital. We’ve each had our own experiences, but one thing ... with our family and friends. I am also immensely proud of my colleagues and other health care workers who exemplify ...
Back Page, COVID-19 / BY: Abe Zacharias, MD, FRCPC July/August 2020
... on the promised land of a career in medicine. I began my summer vacation as an orderly at the King George Hospital in Winnipeg. The first week was spent getting ... candle at both ends,” was a prelude to the reason for my visit home. A pre-employment chest X-ray had shown a ...
Letters / BY: Richard Dewar, MD, FRCSC September 2020
... direct physical examination. Their report only confirms my suspicion. To me, it always seemed that if you knew the ... of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Calgary, Foothills Hospital and Alberta Children’s Hospital This letter was submitted in response to ...
Obituaries / BY: Douglas J. Courtemanche, MD, MS, FRCSC October 2020
... We met as junior surgical residents at Vancouver General Hospital and became friends for life. Duncan passed away ... Catherine, to New York as a fellow in orthopaedics at the Hospital for Special Surgery. This led to a position as ... always looking for ways to improve things. Some of you in my age group will remember when ambulances were modified ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB October 2020
My views on statistical relevance and peer review have ... reservations regarding editorial peer review. Early in my medical career I was anxious to publish in peer-reviewed ... internal medicine and general surgery at the Hammersmith Hospital in London. Since then I have published over 200 ...
MDs To Be / BY: Jillian Lin, BMLSc, MBiotech October 2020
... to the death toll. I remember receiving news about my aunt’s cancer prognosis a few years ago and how shocked ... such a taboo topic and it is feared in many cultures. In my culture, talking about death is considered ominous and it ... I started volunteering at the palliative care unit in a hospital. What if the people there cry? What if I can’t ...