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News&Notes / BY: Mel Petreman, MD, July/August 2008
... of the BCMJ. In the past 11/2 years, this five-physician practice has set about to rid itself of the paperload, ... most importantly— to increase the pleasures of medical practice…  * * * My group of five general practice associates has, since November 1979, phased-in a ...
News&Notes / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla July/August 2008
... Family doctors here do a true full-service family medicine practice.”  —William Cunningham, MD Duncan  “I am ... Dr David M. Bachop Silver Medal in General Medical Practice Dr Samantha Meredith Dr David M. Bachop Gold Medal ...
Letters / BY: David J. Brant, MD, July/August 2008
... in treatment/management of an addict during my general practice, and later, after a residency year in psychiatry, ...
ICBC / BY: Doug Harrington, July/August 2008
... MRI expense when it was plaintiff’s counsel’s standard practice to obtain MRIs for all personal injury clients. The ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Liza Kallstrom, July/August 2008
... group visits—one of four modules offered by the General Practice Services Committee’s Practice Support Program (PSP).  The Quesnel GP, who ... GP Dr Allison Rankin says group visits would work in any practice with complex or elderly patients, or those with ...
Editorials / BY: Willem R. Vroom, MD July/August 2008
... at first glance appeared to be deep incursions into the practice of medicine, presumably in response to public ... speech in which promises were made to enhance the scope of practice of existing health care professionals and expand ... with the patients’ pharmacist to ensure best practice. It does not appear that this is a hill that anyone ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Betty Tang, MD, FRCPC, July/August 2008
... physicians may hesitate to accept someone with DD in their practice. HSCL staff can work with family practitioners and ...  Improve training on DD for medical students, family practice residents, and general physicians. Case 3: ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jeffrey M. Pike, MD, MPH, FRCSC July/August 2008
... BC Cancer Agency (BCCA). Considering there are 111 family practice physicians per 100000 people in British Columbia,[ 5 ] less than 1% of family practice physicians in BC will encoun­ter a malignant soft ... sarcoma each year. On average, however, every family practice physician will encoun­ter three benign soft tissue ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Farsheed Hedayati-Vala, MD, July/August 2008
... of physicians who are well trained in this area of practice.  Competing interests None declared. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Catherine L. Weber, MD, FRCPC, July/August 2008
Chances are you have several patients in your practice with chronic kidney disease (CKD). In BC, there are ... medical issues beyond the scope of a family physician’s practice. These patients suffer from common medical ... by laboratory reporting of eGFR, publication of CKD practice guidelines, and improved CKD- related CME for ...