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Interviews / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC January/February 2025
... and hopefully help in any way I can. I’m married—my husband is a family doctor in longitudinal care—and I ... background that community connections, either with the hospital or the various ways you connect with the community, ... work or quality improvement work? Since the beginning of my career in medicine, I’ve wanted to get involved. I ...
Premise / BY: Davie Wong, MD, FRCPC January/February 2025
... antibiotic therapy (OPAT) clinic at Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH) is an integral service that provides care for ... would qualify for oral therapy from the beginning. In my practice, I follow the same set of principles: (1) there ... a median of 2 days and an average of 3 days following my assessment. Commonly prescribed oral antimicrobials were ...
Obituaries / BY: Kevin Elwood, MD January/February 2025
... During that time, she worked at the Royal Brompton Hospital with the great Dr Jack Pepys, arguably the father of ... for a fellowship in respiratory medicine. She became my mentor, colleague, friend, and, laterally, my patient. Her later years were very challenging for her ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Rebecca Z. Xu, MD March 2025
... This research was funded by the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute’s Evidence to Innovation. This ... may have been a renewal of a prescription prescribed in a hospital setting (e.g., emergency department, hospital prescriptions). Within BC’s health care system, ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC March 2025
... library. In response, I wrote an editorial expressing my disappointment.[ 1 ] As you may recall, this closure was ... the closure of the Library has significantly impacted my research mentorship for medical students and residents. I ... we may still have access to resources through hospital librarians or UBC. But many of us relied entirely on ...
Letters / BY: Vanessa Kong, BA April 2025
... implementation of two projects, one spearheaded by Burnaby Hospital and the other by the Burnaby Division of Family ... about substance use care and resources among Burnaby Hospital staff, community providers, and the public Burnaby ... of substance use supports and resources that I can refer my patients/clients [to] within Burnaby.” Lesson 2: It’s ...
Premise / BY: John A. Cairns, MD, FRCPC May 2025
Reflecting on my bird’s-eye view from 2000 of what the next 25 years of ... [ BCMJ 2000;42:241-242 ], I have observed that several of my predictions have been fulfilled to varying extents, some ... data (e.g., medications, vaccinations, medical visits, hospital stays), along with selected personal nonhealth data ...
Premise / BY: Davie Wong, MD, FRCPC June 2025
... from various infectious diseases guidelines, surely my answer should be based on credible scientific evidence, ... in young women. Is it a serious problem that occurs in the hospital or could end up leading to hospitalization? With the ... in chunks of time based on arbitrary human constructs. In my experience, a particularly potent number is 6 weeks, as ...
Original Research / BY: Tandi Wilkinson, MD, CCFP-EM, FCFP July/August 2025
... department, its use has now spread to critical care, hospital, and clinic settings. This important tool is ... in 5 minutes, [that the baby was alive].” (Physician) “My granddaughter … had an ultrasound at the hospital here ... we have access to that machine. … That really enhanced my care and enhanced treatment for me, so I think that’s ...
News / BY: David J. Esler, MD, CCFP(EM) July/August 2025
My Fight for Canadian Healthcare: A thirty-year battle to put ... embodied in the Canada Health Act will be eroded.     My Fight for Canadian Healthcare recounts how frustration ... with budget-driven operating room cutbacks at UBC Hospital in the 1980s created lengthy wait lists and ...