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Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Angela Hu, MD, FRCPC January/February 2025
... pay gaps persist universally across all specialties,[ 2 ] despite a shift in gender distribution of the medical ... in 2015, and their numbers have been increasing since.[ 2 ] In Ontario, the gender income gap for rheumatologists ... favor of men for gross fee-for-service payments in 2016.[ 2 ] In British Columbia, the Medical Services Commission of ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Marshall Cheng, MD, FRCPC January/February 2025
... infection, wound infection, and impaired tissue healing.[ 2,3 ] Peace Arch Hospital is a 201-bed community hospital in ... improved as a result of information/care pre-op? (2) Was your overall health improved as a result of the ... achieved 100% optimization from June to October [ Figure 2 ] . However, these results were not sustainable, because ...
Clinical Articles, Clinical Case Reports / BY: Denise Werry, PharmD, ACPR January/February 2025
... been no recurrent ulcers since the last tenolysis [ Figure 2 ] . The plan was to continue combination therapy for 9 to ... that is phylogenetically related to M. xenopi .[ 2 ] It was first identified in 2000 at the Heckeshorn Lung ... immunocompetent woman with chronic cavitary lung lesions.[ 2 ] Pulmonary and extrapulmonary infections by this organism ...
Premise / BY: Davie Wong, MD, FRCPC January/February 2025
... delivery has been the standard of care for over 2 decades in BC and has generated massive cost savings by ... infections, the value of OPAT needs to be re-evaluated.[ 2 ] Moreover, IV administration can be associated with ... (1) there is a safe and effective oral option, (2) the patient is able to swallow and absorb oral medication, ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Ali Okhowat, MD, MPH, CCFP January/February 2025
... bark in a disease state known as sooty bark disease.[ 1,2 ] The descriptor “sooty” refers to the mats of fungal ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Alex Kilpatrick, MD, MPH, CCFP January/February 2025
... and enhancing access to comprehensive postpartum care.[ 2 ] Family physicians are pivotal in bridging the care gap ... diabetes have seven times the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.[ 4 ] Given that approximately 20% of women will ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: David Broman, CPO(c)FCBC January/February 2025
... Canada. Certification takes 8 years, including a 2-year residency, and 2 additional years are required to be certified as both a ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC January/February 2025
... 1 ] with 23% giving up before the end of January.[ 2 ] If you’re looking to build strength and improve ...
Editorials / BY: Michael Schwandt, MD, MPH, FRCPC January/February 2025
... activities, and withdrawal during pauses in engagement.[ 2 ] A growing body of research describes dose–response ...
Obituaries / BY: Gurdeep Parhar, MD January/February 2025
... to take up a residency in obstetrics/gynecology and spent 2 years at BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre (then ...