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News&Notes / BY: Mel Petreman, MD, July/August 2008
This is a condensed version of an article that appeared  in the March 1981 issue of the BCMJ. ... most importantly— to increase the pleasures of medical practice…  * * * My group of five general practice ... computer system custom-designed for office practice. With medical practice being a high overhead, small business, ...
Letters / BY: Karen A. Gelmon, MD, FRCPC July/August 2008
... highlights that the guidelines published in our recent article in the BCMJ are out of date.  When we submitted the ... from screening should close the argument.  We need the medical community to clearly and unambiguously advise women ...
ICBC / BY: Doug Harrington, July/August 2008
... lawyers can appear to be the driving force behind medical testing or treatment. Some lawyers may view MRIs as ... Using the example of a back injury, I am told by some medical experts that a large percentage of symptom-free ... Counsel, ICBC Litigation Department Disclaimer  This article is intended to provide general information only and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Betty Tang, MD, FRCPC, July/August 2008
... (DD) has both a narrow and a wide definition. In this article we use the term narrowly to refer to children and ... but whose IQ is greater than 70. Determining whether a medical problem or a mental health problem is the underlying ... of their cognitive and adaptive disabilities. Also, medical complications may present as challenging behaviors.  ...
News September 2008
... Board is pleased to present Mark Fok, a fourth-year medical student at UBC, with the 2007 J.H. MacDermot Prize for Excel­lence in Medical Journalism. This cash award of $1000 is granted annually to the best UBC medical student article of the year. Mr Fok’s winning paper, “Work hours, ...
Editorials / BY: Gavin Stuart, MD, Dean, UBC Faculty of Medicine, September 2008
... Faculty of Medicine. In May 2008, the first class of medical students from the expanded and distributed MD ... des­cribed by Wayne Vogl and William Ovalle in their article about multisite teaching of anatomy.  The success of ... is also discussed in Chris Lovato and Caroline Murphy’s article about their evaluation study, which assessed the ...
Letters October 2008
... ], gives an impressive account of our expanding medical school.  Several contributions are factual and ... Clinical Faculty, the value of turning the province into a medical school.  The issue as always is how best to ... FOM, with the assistance of the BCMA, as outlined in the article by Dr Paton. However progress is painfully slow (the ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD November 2008
... Medicine. 2007;39:109-120 (evidence level 1)—This article is based on a systematic review investigating the ... and epidemiologic patterns; diagnostic evaluation through medical history, physical examination, and imaging; natural ... and review, please contact Dr Craig Martin, senior medical advisor and chair of the Evidence Based Practice ...
Letters / BY: Joan L. Rush, LLB, November 2008
... criticisms of the organization prior to publishing this article. CLBC embraces the vision of a community that ... of people with developmental disabilities, including their medical needs. CLBC is pleased to work with health care ... to that end.  As a parent and a lawyer, I find that the article is defensive. The authors admit that persons with ...
Letters / BY: Jack Burak, MD November 2008
We refer to the ICBC article in the April 2008 issue of the BC Medical Journal, 2008;50:127, titled “Inquiring minds: ... lawyers and their requests to talk with physicians.” The article states, “There is no obligation on the physician to ...