College Library /
BY: Jim Henderson
July / August 2001
... Infobase at cma.ca/cpgs effectively organizes Canadian practice guidelines and makes the full text of many available ...
Letters /
BY: Peter V. Richards, MB
July / August 2001
... of things (how many health ministers have we had during my practice lifetime?), seem to be ignoring this very high ...
Letters /
BY: G. Kenefick, MB
July / August 2001
... A little elaboration may be of help. Urban general practice is now very rapidly coming to crisis stage. This may ... are no new physicians setting up in a traditional family practice. Why is this so? Here are some of the reasons: • ... are full. • Retiring physicians can’t give away a practice—let alone sell it. As recently as 10 to 15 years ...
Letters /
BY: R.A. Bernat, MD
July / August 2001
... that what we are seeing is a change in urban family practice and walk-in clinics are a response to this change. ... winner. What we are missing is the point that urban family practice is changing and we are in the midst of this chaos. ... facing our leaders in the BCMA and the Society of General Practice. To date, I see no one trying to develop a new ...
Letters /
BY: G.F. Roseborough, MD
July / August 2001
... to the University milieu and knows little about private practice when he makes a statement, correctly, that medicine ... the wheel. Any physician completing 30 years of private practice should receive recognition. While Governor General ...
Premise /
BY: Lorne Verhulst, MD
July / August 2001
... Practitioner profiles are used to influence practitioner practice patterns, to provide physicians an opportunity to compare their practice patterns with their peers, and to focus audit resources. To measure the efficiency of practice, an estimate of the level of expected cost is ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Janet Henderson, MB, BCh
September 2001
... problem. [4] However, it should be noted that in practice, this drug will be used in a variety of patients and ...
Clinical Articles
September 2001
... number of non-UBC trained cardiologists who have set up practice in BC in the last 10 years were determined. We ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Joseph Noone, MD, LRCP&SI, FRCPC
September 2001
... security for staff and patients, can also serve as a best practice standard for this level of training. Call the CPI at ... learning format. While there is no currently accepted best practice standard in BC for Level 2 and Level 3 training, a ... control and restraint training. This will reflect a best practice approach and, we hope, will help set a standard for ...
Editorials /
BY: Timothy C. Rowe, MBBS, FRCSC, FRCOG
September 2001
... nature throws your way is easy in theory, but tough in practice. In the past few months, virtually everyone involved ...