Obituaries /
BY: Doug Blackman, MD,
September 2015
... Columbian Hospital he ran a full-spectrum family medicine practice in Burnaby in association with Drs David Harris, ... sense were recognized. Later, while still in clinical practice, he became involved with programs at the College of ...
President's Comment /
BY: Charles Webb, MBChB
September 2015
... of geography, and to a much smaller degree by area of practice, and is supported by a number of committees, ...
Proust for Physicians /
BY: Lind Grant-Oyeye, MD,
September 2015
... would you most like to practise? I enjoy my current practice but would also love to spend a month as an observer ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Nita Jain, MD, FRCPC
October 2015
... with the Society for Pediatric Radiology to publish a practice parameter for skeletal surveys in children.[ 4 ] It ... found to have evidence of abusive head trauma.[ 5 ] This practice reflects a recent study confirming the significant ...
Billing Tips /
BY: Keith J. White, MD
October 2015
... and allow the physician to carry on with a near-regular practice. On average, an on-site audit will take place over 3 ... of Physicians and Surgeons of BC). 9. Patterns of practice or billing (including service frequency) were ... Once the audit process is underway, the Patterns of Practice Committee cannot share any information with the ...
Editorials /
BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB
October 2015
... that some of us had hoped for. As part of our family practice, my partners and I provide palliative care to our ...
Editorials /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
October 2015
... G-tube immediately became McDrainy. This random naming practice inserts some humor into often trying and difficult ...
Family Practice Services Committee /
BY: Brian Winsby, MD
October 2015
... in residential care facilities. Five divisions of family practice began prototyping the initiative in 2011: ... who practise in communities in which no division of family practice has been formed are invited to self-organize and ... take place. In the past 4 months, 28 divisions of family practice have applied for funding for the planning phase of ...
News /
BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP
October 2015
... international medical graduates, and doctors in early practice. Doctors of BC usually punches far above its weight, ...
News
October 2015
Members of local divisions of family practice can access the clinical resource tool UpToDate at no cost to themselves through the Divisions of Family Practice group subscription, funded by the General Practice Services Committee (a joint committee of Doctors of ...