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Specialist Services Committee / BY: Ken Seethram, MD, FRCSC, FACOG September 2012
For most of his medical career, Kamloops oncologist Dr Ar­dash­es ... in the right mood,” says Avanessian, who adds that his medical training didn’t prepare him for taking ... found by visiting the SSC website at www.sscbc.ca . This article is the opinion of the SSC and has not been peer ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Janet Friesen, MD, CIME, September 2012
... injured workers who suffer residual impairment following medical investigations and treatment. The objective of these ... hips and lumbar spine. The worker and disability awards medical advisor credited the presence of the fibroid with ... organ injury or death. —Janet Friesen, MD, CIME This article is the opinion of WorkSafeBC and has not been peer ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David Roth, MSc, October 2012
... workers staying for over 6 months, require an immigration medical exam. The immigration medical exam is comprehensive, and one of its purposes is to ... Johnston, MD, MPH —Victoria Cook, MD, FRCPC This article is the opinion of the BC Centre for Disease Control ...
College Library / BY: Karen MacDonell, PhD, MLIS October 2012
... guidelines, point-of-care tools, and other summaries on medical practice.  The Cochrane Collaboration is one of the ... of a Cochrane or Clinical Evidence review or, in fact, any article may request a copy from the College Library at 604 ... —Robert Melrose —Judy Neill Co-Librarians This article is the opinion of the Library of the College of ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Karen Wanger, MDCM, FRCPC, FACEP, October 2012
... high level of care outside the hospital requires sound medical oversight for paramedic systems. Like emergency medicine, medical oversight has matured from volunteer physicians ... contact Dr Russell MacDonald at rmacdonald@ornge.ca . This article is the opinion of the Council on Health Promotion and ...
Letters / BY: John de Couto, MD, October 2012
... again in the daily news.  I would add to Dr Gallagher’s article that in cases of terminal disease, a combination of ... Health’s End of Life program is introducing MOST—Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment—an initiative to ...
MDs To Be / BY: Katie Wiskar, MD, FRCPC October 2012
... to physician health and sustainable practice.”[ 1 ]  Medical associations are beginning to recognize the demands ... E. Frank and C. Segura, in conjunction with the Canadian Medical Association and several provincial organizations, is ... BC Medical Association for his guidance on this research article as a part of a summer internship for the BCMA. MDs To ...
News October 2012
The  British Columbia Medical Journal  is pleased to announce that Mr Andrew ... the J.H. MacDermot Prize for 2011. The  BCMJ  welcomes article submissions from student authors, and each year awards a prize of $1000 for the best article written by a medical student in the pro­vince of ...
Premise / BY: Keith M. Laycock, MB, ChB (Edin), MCFP, Dip Sport Med, October 2012
... and Risk Assessment Clinic project (British Columbia Medical Journal[ 1 ]) have to be recognized, and none of the ... between 60 to 69 years is 3.45%[ 4 ] and, as per the article’s example of a Gail Risk Score,[ 5 ] the average ... give away all their worldly goods and embrace penury.) The article notes that in the next decade, for women, obesity may ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: David Florkowski, PhD, MEd, ATC, CSCS, CEAS, CFCE, October 2012
... claim has been accepted, patients with a range of medical issues are eligible for treatment. Nonetheless, they ... for more details about these programs in a subsequent article. —David Florkowski, PhD, MEd, ATC, CSCS, CEAS, CFCE ... CCFP, FCFP WorkSafeBC Medical Advisor, Nelson Office This article is the opinion of WorkSafeBC and has not been peer ...