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Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD March 2018
... I always seemed to be falling and would often lead with my least valuable body part—my head. I cut my chin jumping into a pool backwards, opened ... to get sutured. I was a “frequent flyer”; I even had a hospital points card. My dad looked out for me (except for ...
Obituaries / BY: D.C. Matheson, MD, FRCSC May 2018
It is with much sadness I write of the passing of my friend, a long-time colleague, Dr W.R.J. (Bill) Martin on ... and Bill was given a long-term service medal by Burnaby Hospital in recognition of his many years of service to that ... adored him. His was a life well lived. Rest in peace, my friend. —D.C. Matheson, MD, FRCSC North Vancouver ...
President's Comment / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP October 2018
Dr Eric Cadesky Sitting at my grandfather’s typewriter years ago, I heard the click of my fingers on the faded black keys and the clack of letters ... electronic medical record, but it doesn’t connect to the hospital or other clinics—even if they use the same ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Lindsay M. Lawson, MD October 2018
... Rae In the 30-plus years that I spent at St. Paul’s Hospital I must have gone to more than a thousand medical ... grand rounds; fewer than a handful of them stand out in my memory. One that does was given by the remarkable man who ... trigger his interest in kidneys. Dr Rae entered the London Hospital Medical School (now the Royal) in 1947 at age 18. Of ...
President's Comment / BY: Trina Larsen Soles, MD May 2018
... by either ground or air ambulance to a tertiary care hospital, and this is where we run into trouble. Identifying ... system. But it still takes too long to find an accepting hospital, delaying transfers in a dangerous way. The second ... time for all citizens in British Columbia. As this is my last BCMJ President’s Comment, I want to say that the ...
MDs To Be / BY: Justin Burton, MSc, UBC Medicine, Class of 2018 January/February 2018
... Things are not always what they seem. This summarizes my daily experiences in the Peruvian Amazon for a rural ... are offered. Although the infrastructure is basic, the hospital staff and the services they provide are certainly not. During my time at the CSSC I came to appreciate the breadth of ...
Editorials / BY: Sharadh Sampath, MD, FRCSC April 2018
... received a single 30-minute lecture on the subject during my entire 6-year general surgery residency. During residency, ... Association in 2015. It is ubiquitous and epidemic and, in my opinion, the mother of many other diseases. What is ... MD, FRCSC  Head, Division of General Surgery, Richmond Hospital Director, Richmond Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery ...
News / BY: Stephen Routledge, MPH January/February 2018
Medical errors can be costly for both patient and hospital. As defined by the Joint Commission ( ... do I need to keep taking, and why? 3.    How do I take my medication, and for how long? 4.    How will I know if my medication is working, and what side effects do I watch ...
Back Page / BY: Paul Mitenko, MD November 2018
... with a difficult bureaucracy about a poorly designed hospital computer system. Our persistent and perceptive ... the media made opening day a trial, even to the clerk in my office (my wife, Donna) asking a bright young TV reporter, “Will ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Vera Frinton, MD March 2018
... on luck and the help of others. I have known George since my teens, and to me he has been a friend, teacher, and ... doctors of the North Shore to the North Vancouver General Hospital to complete histories and physicals on admitted ... in any Canadian medical school. To quote George, “my task was to focus on the attitudinal aspect of medical, ...