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Editorials / BY: Heidi M. Oetter, MD April 2005
... deal with that province’s physician shortage. Factoid #5: International graduates who are licensed to practise on ...
News / BY: John McCracken, MD April 2005
... as a major public health concern. It affects approximately 5 of every 1000 children born in British Columbia. For more ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Don Graham, MD, CCFP April 2005
... 15 October 2005 • Coast Capri Hotel, Kelowna 7:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Conference highlights • Diagnosing and Treating ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bruce B. Forster, MD, MSc, FRCPC May 2005
... disease to the Canadian economy was approximately $18.5 billion, more than for any other disease. [1] Primary ... it causes vessel obstruction and produces symptoms, [5]  earlier identification of this process should be part of ... in a low risk of a cardiovascular event in the next 2 to 5 years. [17]  This high negative predictive value can be ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Richard Eddy, MD May 2005
... is just over 8 hours. [2]   • Adults who get fewer than 5 hours of sleep will show a decline in peak alertness. [3] ... of alcohol and drugs in causing motor vehicle accidents. [5]   • Chronic loss of sleep, defined as 2 to 3 hours per ... and lack of initiative can all be observed after 5 to 10 days of chronic sleep loss. [7]  Those who are ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Harvey Thommasen, MD, MSc, FCFP May 2005
... item Likert scale range Self-rated health 1 (excellent) to 5 (poor) Self-rated stress 1 (unstressful) to 7 (stressful) Rating of health care received 1 (poor) to 5 (good) Satisfaction with life as whole 1 (dissatisfied) to ... Mean ± SD P value Self-rated health 910 2.8 ± 1.0 4.3 ± 5.2 <0.001 Self-rated stress 926 4.5 ± 1.5 4.3 ± 5.1 ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: K. Pielak, RN, MSN May 2005
... fatal for an infant if the mother develops varicella from 5 days before to 2 days after delivery. It is expected that ...
Editorials / BY: Anthony J. Salvian, MD May 2005
... for many years—the training of an average surgeon now is 5 to 7 years after medical school. They have accumulated ... go to St. Paul’s they are not over the hill for another 5 years, and if they go outside the City of Vancouver they can work for at least another 5 years after that can surely be considered absurd. But is it ...
Editorials / BY: H. Ewart Woolley, MD May 2005
... teaching hospital “…the objective of Regulation 5.04 [compulsory retirement] the maintenance of the highest ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD May 2005
... here it is 10 years later and I’ve managed in the past 5 or 6 years to change my life to the point where I am a ...