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Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: Yazdan Mirzanejad, MD, DTMH, FRCP, FACP, MRCP May 2022
... for the subspecialty of infectious diseases in BC since 1978 (Chow).[ 5-8 ] The second article describes the ... the state of various sexually transmitted infections in BC, including soaring rates of some diseases, the improvement ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Anthony W. Chow, MD, FACP, FRCPC May 2022
In 1980, I wrote an editorial for the BC Medical Journal entitled “The subspecialty of infectious ... Evolution of the Division of Infectious Diseases in BC The University of British Columbia and Vancouver General ... pursuits. The subspecialty of infectious diseases in BC underwent substantial growth over the past 40 years, under ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Ava Azhir, BSc Pharm, ACPR May 2022
... savings of the model were also demonstrated.[ 5 ] In 1995, BC formally incorporated outpatient antimicrobial therapy ... a single-centre study in an infusion centre in Surrey, BC, showed that infectious diseases specialists modified the ... conducted over 10 years with 7000 patients in Victoria, BC, showed that changes to initial antibiotic therapy given ...
Clinical Articles / BY: S. Fakhredine, MD May 2022
... and 51 double lung transplants were performed in BC.[ 1 ] These transplant recipients reside throughout the ... for a minimum of 1 year post-transplant, and in BC, it is often continued for the duration of the ... program. Table 2 summarizes the current recommendations in BC for antiviral prophylaxis against the most common viral ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rahel Zewude, MD May 2022
... testing, management, and prevention of STIs in BC. We focus on those pathogens tested in routine screening, ... vaccination has been part of the immunization schedule in BC since 1992, whereas HPV vaccination was introduced in 2008 ... and was expanded to include boys in 2017.[ 4 ] We review BC’s HPV vaccination and screening programs and their ...
Letters / BY: Neil Finnie, MD May 2022
... [ BCMJ 2022;64:53-54 ]. The burning reality in BC, and certainly in Victoria, is the astonishing deficiency ... Yet nobody is doing much about it. The recent BC budget failed to immediately increase funding for family ... entering family medicine residencies? How does our BC government justify collecting taxes to support medical ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD May 2022
... family physicians in our province and the vast number of BC residents who are unable to find a doctor. Despite a ...
Editorials / BY: David J. Esler, MD, CCFP(EM) May 2022
While the two leading health crises in BC remain opioids and COVID-19, a third—the declining ... Statistics Canada figures from 2019 indicate that 17.7% of BC residents (897 567) lacked a regular health care ... with a full-time vacancy currently posted on Health Match BC (VIHA-4788).[ 3 ] The job posting indicates that the ...
President's Comment / BY: Ramneek Dosanjh, MD May 2022
... team, and in conjunction with the JCCs, Doctors of BC is working to address some of what is broken in our health ... physicians are accomplishing world-class results here in BC. One example is the Surgical Patient Optimization ... only go up from here. —Ramneek Dosanjh, MD Doctors of BC President President's Comment What do we do when our ...
News / BY: Andrea Cross, CFP May 2022
... making any of these TFSA mistakes. Have you claimed your BC CPRSP benefits? Each year, eligible doctors in British ... to help fund their retirement savings through the BC Contributory Professional Retirement Savings Plan (CPRSP). Doctors of BC will notify you of the amount you can claim each fall, but ...