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Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2017
... me about your background. I was born at St. Paul’s while my dad was in grad school at UBC and my mother was a teacher. In those days they wouldn’t let ... suture people; and put casts on in the clinic. For hospital needs we’d drive to Oliver, which at that time had ...
President's Comment / BY: Trina Larsen Soles, MD December 2017
My mother loved Christmas. She never met a Christmas ... with ornaments of historical significance, including my faded kindergarten creations. My mother sewed, ... There is camaraderie among those of us hanging out in the hospital on Christmas and New Year’s Eve that can be very ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Joshua Budlovsky, MD, FRCPC March 2017
... to follow up with you 1 week after being discharged from hospital, where she was admitted for 9 days following a hip ... questions regarding the management of osteoporosis. Should my patient take calcium and vitamin D?  The first step ... limited to those with vitamin D deficiency.[ 17 ] Should my patient take a drug holiday after a certain period of ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD March 2017
... a flat tire? Answer: Apparently, 7½ hours. After doing hospital rounds over Christmas I decided to go on a little ... ranked in the world’s top five. Two thoughts entered my jostled brain: how is he going to land this thing, and I really wish I had finished my new will. After two nerve-wracking attempts we aborted and ...
Premise / BY: Kevin Wade, CD, MD, CCFP March 2017
... in a rural setting. To these concerns I would add my own about the additional administrative burdens placed on ... a new request, each with its own peculiarities. At one hospital I needed to provide all of the licensing information ... a set of portable privileges that can be transferred from hospital to hospital, lasting for at least 1 year to minimize ...
Proust for Physicians / BY: Boluwaji Ogunyemi, MD March 2017
... would you most like to have? I wish I were more artistic. My brother and sister have artistic skills but that gene bypassed me. Who are your heroes? My parents, Mary and Abayomi Ogunyemi. They are the most ... as well. Many of my colleagues—physicians, nurses, hospital administrative staff, and others—espouse these ...
Letters / BY: Robert H. Brown, MD, CCFP April 2017
... care services, which are now only available in overcrowded hospital emergency rooms, thus helping to decongest emergency ... and contractual reality, which is outlined above. My points represent only the barest framework upon which to ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB May 2017
... second time ever—appear in court as a “non-expert.” My first time was as a 5-year-old witness in a Liverpool ... over 85 000 patients on wait lists, timed from when the hospital booking is received. The true numbers are much ...
President's Comment / BY: Alan Ruddiman, MBBCh, Dip PEMP, FRRMS May 2017
... a colleague and member of Doctors of BC how I feel about my year as president drawing to a close. This certainly ... hand. As a physician, now likely in the latter third of my career, I take pride in understanding and supporting our ... and, in parallel, support integrated transitions from hospital to community care. I hope that in the coming year ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD July/August 2017
... protest over suddenly having to dictate all of my discharge summaries. I have adjusted to my current dictation reality, but my new complaint revolves ... colleagues and I now take turns doing weekly rounds at our hospital. Since there are four of us, my stint comes along ...