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Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC January/February 2023
... we talk a lot about what we do for a living—this is my job—and I try to frame my introduction around what we call human being, human doing. ... suite, in the office, in our outreach communities, in the hospital, and on house calls, and there aren’t too many ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Ka Wai Cheung, MD, MPH, FRCPC March 2023
... and comprises care provided by Vancouver General Hospital, UBC Hospital, GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre, and ... mental well-being were “more resources available for my patients,” “higher remuneration,” “more efficient electronic medical record,” “more control of my work environment,” and “more support staff at work.” ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB March 2023
Those of you who are tired of my rants about the demise of our once great health system will be pleased to know that this is my last editorial. I am retiring from the BCMJ Editorial ... state of our medicare system regarding physician and hospital services. I view the elimination of choice in the ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles / BY: Vivian W.L. Tsang, MD, MGC April 2023
... Care; its online platform is powered by BC Children’s Hospital. Between 2018 and 2021, 23 749 youth were served, ... . . . although I did have a general plan, I was lost in my situation due to a lot of uncertainty and did not know ... Work and Education Program specialist] helped me organize my thoughts and worked together with me to prioritize tasks ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Hannah Gibson, MBChB May 2023
... don’t know what the resources are, I don’t know what my options are or accessibility or anything like that. I feel ... appear to be high functioning so they think I can do it on my own, but I’m having a lot of trouble. I just don’t ... been told by clients that their experience going into hospital is night and day whether I’m with them or not. So ...
MDs To Be / BY: Madeline McKenzie, BA May 2023
... to extend hours, work harder, and be better. I wonder how my conception of resilience measures up. My mental picture is of a brutal wind lashing at my ... surgery while I was on my core rotation at St. Paul’s Hospital. On two separate days, I had coffee with a student ...
BC Stories / BY: Jim Petzold, MD July/August 2023
In the early 1970s, as a young man in my 20s seeking to find myself, I left Ontario and headed west ... of Canada I had never seen. With a Trapper Nelson pack on my back, I hitchhiked across the country to British Columbia. ... UBC medical school and an internship at Royal Columbian Hospital, my wife Sharon and I decided to settle on the ...
Editorials / BY: Jennifer J. Telford, MD, MPH, FRCPC, CAGF, FACG July/August 2023
Dr Jennifer J. Telford I completed my Bachelor of Science, medical degree, and internal medicine ... of British Columbia, then moved to Harvard University for my gastroenterology and advanced endoscopy fellowships and a ... I have worked as a gastroenterologist at St. Paul’s Hospital since 2004, and I joined the team at BC Cancer in ...
Premise / BY: Gerald J.M. Tevaarwerk, MD, FRCPC September 2023
... ] Using conveniently located facilities, usually a local hospital, care is facilitated by all members of the ... and products provided by third parties, such as tests, hospital use, investigations, referrals, drugs, and ... to be more efficient in the use of resources; from my perspective, this is essential to sustainability. Compared ...
Premise / BY: Susan M. Lee, MD, FRCPC, MAS November 2023
... A conversation in mid-2022 with Dr Jean Warneboldt, my friend, hospitalist, and quality champion, reminded me ... for some of these most vulnerable patients, the air in the hospital can be deadlier than the diagnosis that brought them ... physical distancing, masking, and testing). However, in my search for something we could do, I found there were some ...