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Beyond Medicine / BY: Jay Draper July/August 2015
... Dr Corbett noted that the student bursary reserve fund is $2 million, while the annual cost of student bursaries is $218 ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: L. Zibrik, MA, July/August 2015
... to support them in their optimal self-management,[ 2,3 ] limited by their ability to fully participate in their ... levels, and lack of culturally relevant health resources.[ 2-6 ] To bridge the health care disparities in British ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Tom Goetz, MD, FRCSC, July/August 2015
... other imaging modalities and anatomic regions. Proposal 2: Form for specialist’s consultation In collaboration with ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jean Hlady, MD, FRCPC September 2015
... BC, five Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN) teams[ 2 ] are available to assist medical professionals in managing ... suspected abuse and neglect throughout the province.[ 2 ] Today the team at BC Children’s Hospital is one of five ...
Clinical Articles / BY: D. Chapple, MD, FRCPC, September 2015
... In a case illustrating the importance of intervention, a 2-month-old baby boy presented to a family doctor with ... cerebral edema, and biparietal skull fractures ( Figure 2 ). A skeletal survey revealed further healing fractures of ... nonmobile “Those who don’t cruise, rarely bruise.”[ 2 ] The risk of bruising is directly related to a child’s ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD September 2015
... a review of the practitioner’s billings from the last 2 to 3 years and looks at the results in various ... of Physicians and Surgeons, and the provincial government. 2.    If the Audit and Inspection Committee approves the ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP September 2015
... to 2013 (19.3%) and significantly down from 2001, when 28.2% of males and 23.8% of females smoked. Obesity rates ... 2014, and in women from 17.4% in 2013 to 18.7% in 2014.[ 2 ] However, when compared to actual BMI measurements, rates ... peak in 2009 (45.6% reporting this level of consumption).[ 2 ] Only Quebec reported being above the national average. ...
Editorials / BY: Margaret Colbourne, MD, FRCPC September 2015
... and the steps required to make a proper report.[ 1,2 ] As health care providers we bear witness to the ...
Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2015
... BC before he arrived in Vancouver, where after 2 decades of satisfying work running his practice he’s also ... stay of a doctor where I was in Leaf Rapids was about 2 to 3 weeks. I stayed nearly 10 months. I then came down to ... in the past 6 years?   What I realized after my first 2 years on the Board, when we came in with the term-limits ...
News September 2015
... as a camp counselor. Ms De Pieri also participated in a 2-week service trip to Kenya with her high school, which was ...