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Letters / BY: Glenn A. Scheske, MD, FRCPC March 2012
... At the tender age of 25 I found myself in a solo medical practice, in an isolated rural setting, in the midst of one ... weeks after his birth. This early experience in solo rural practice is one of my most cherished, albeit scariest, ... studies. As a specialist, I feel that my time in family practice made me more cognizant of some of the challenges ...
News&Notes / BY: Jay Draper July/August 2012
... It continues the collaborative initiatives of the General Practice Services Committee, the Specialist Services ... Committee, the Shared Care Committee, and the General Practice Services Committee ($2.2 million). But despite the ... and complex disease management fees. Where would general practice be without those fees? “Some of the increases to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Alison Granger-Brown, MA, December 2012
... (CCPHE) was created within the Department of Family Practice at the University of British Columbia to facilitate ... Initially, fourth-year medical student and family practice residents participated in pilot electives. In ... and Learning Enhancement Fund, UBC Department of Family Practice, and the Vancouver Foundation. Competing interests ...
Obituaries / BY: Graham C. Fraser, FRCS, FACS April 2012
... surgery.  He returned to Vancouver and es­tablished a practice in pediatric general and cardiac surgery. In 1957, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Simon W. Rabkin, MD, FRCPC, FACC October 2012
... dealing with cultural issues. Recent innovations in family practice and the compensation provided for physicians ... translation of cardiovascular risk research into community practice needs to occur. There is also a need to facilitate ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michelle Horn, BA, March 2012
... for primary care physicians to be aware of appropriate practice guidelines. Physicians considering the use of an SGA ... quality of medical care.[ 19 , 20 ]  The Harvard Medical Practice Study reported that diagnostic errors resulted in ... familiar with techniques to reduce it.[ 22 ]  The General Practice Services Committee (GPSC), a partnership between the ...
News&Notes / BY: Lila Yewchuk, MD, FRCPC, June 2012
... The Canadian Diabetes Association’s 2008 clinical practice guidelines des­cribe insulin therapy as the ... using outside agencies for medical care, an existing practice in BC schools, could meet this need.  In the past, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sol Gregory, MD, November 2012
... in 2010 to review the literature and update re­gional practice standards for major burn resuscitation. The MBT ... of the medical literature to scrutinize international practice patterns and standards for major burn resuscitation. ... MBT group members agreed that a set of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) should be developed to summarize ...
Editorials / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB April 2012
... I must be semi-retired, “only” maintaining an office practice, with hospital privileges and obstetrics.  I look ...
Obituaries / BY: J.E. Albrecht, MD September 2012
... a risky endeavor. Bruce enjoyed the challenges of general practice until 1991 when he passed the torch to a keen, ...