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Specialist Services Committee / BY: Tiffany Wong, MD, FRCPC January/February 2022
... care. You’ll find further details on this topic in an article I co-wrote for the March 2021 issue of the BCMJ , ... In the summer of 2021, I worked with a second-year UBC medical student (a summer student from the BC Patient Safety ... powerful new assessment tool. —Tiffany Wong, MD, FRCPC Medical Lead, Allergy Clinic Clinical Assistant Professor, ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Celina Dunn, MD, CCFP, CIME January/February 2022
The November 2021 article from Work­SafeBC ( BCMJ 2021:63;392 ) included ... planning continuing professional development; WorkSafeBC Medical Services employs or contracts more than 90 family ... a consultant dentist and chiropractor, known internally as medical advisors and medical specialists. As one element of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Emily Wiesenthal, BA March 2022
... (0.3% to 0.6%) chooses to undergo gender-affirming medical interventions.[ 2 ] Since some medical and surgical gender-affirming therapies can reduce ... Fertility options for every LGBTQ family out there [article] ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Rahana Harjee, MD, FRCSC April 2022
... in keeping with provincial standards for nonhospital medical surgical facilities. The miscarriage rate was ... in decision making regarding the acceptance of this article. ABSTRACT   Background: An assessment was conducted ...
Premise / BY: Karen Trollope-Kumar, MD, PhD, CCFP April 2022
... disorders. Eating disorders can lead to life-threatening medical complications and frequently co-occur with other ... of eating disorders is suboptimal.[ 6 , 7 ] Canadian medical students receive only 3 to 5 hours of education about ... registered charitable organization mentioned in this article, and receives a small annual honorarium for this ...
MDs To Be / BY: Nora Tong, BDSc April 2022
... hormone secretion.[ 13 ] It is important to obtain a medical history of prior injury (e.g., torsion), illness ... counts are declining remains controversial. A prominent article from Carlsen and colleagues in 1992 brought about ... 1990s.[ 8 ] Significant criticisms and limitations in the article were subsequently identified, including variability ...
Clinical Articles / BY: S. Fakhredine, MD May 2022
... clinical signs of peritonitis should receive evaluation by medical and surgical teams, as this may signify perforation ... advisory board meeting for letermovir (mentioned in the article as it is the only agent of the two approved by Health ... patients, as do specific treatment strategies. This article provides an overview of the epidemiology, diagnosis, ...
Editorials / BY: David J. Esler, MD, CCFP(EM) May 2022
... of two family physicians practising at Eagle Creek Medical Clinic in View Royal.[ 2 ] The husband-and-wife team ... I don’t know how else to say it.” In the same article, clinic director Dr David Ward said, “But we’re ... physician burnout. The patient profile for the Eagle Creek Medical Clinic vacancy may also dissuade incoming physicians. ...
MDs To Be, COVID-19 / BY: Brooke Cheng May 2022
... on mental health among those inside and outside the medical field.[ 14-16 ] However, when paired with the busy ... 3 ] Notably, Asian students studying in the medical profession have also been affected, and we suspect ... of isolation, and compromise patient care. In this article, we review factors involved in experiences of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM June 2022
... than Lyme disease. This is discussed near the end of this article. Epidemiology and distribution of ticks and Lyme ... are active against B. burgdorferi . The Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada has ... and time-consuming. As noted above, the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada has ...