Family Practice Services Committee /
BY: Liza Kallstrom,
July/August 2008
... The Quesnel GP, who practised in South Africa until 5 years ago, first learned about group visits at an Institute ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Vikram R. Comondore, MD,
December 2008
... nadir occurs in the early morning hours (3 a.m. to 5 a.m.).[ 5 ] Not surprisingly, an increased potential for error has ... shift rather than a non-extended shift was 2.3 (95% CI, 5.4–6.3). Residents who worked more than five extended ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Peter Rothfels, MD
May 2008
... of the stay-at-work/return-to-work process. 5. Find a way to effectively address psychiatric ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: David Snadden, MBChB, MCISc, MD, FRCGP, FRCP (Edin)
September 2008
... gaining admission to medical school in the first place.[ 5 ] In fact, the NMP now uses a rural and remote ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Mark Gilbert, MD, MHSc, FRCPC
January/February 2008
... were set for maintaining infectious syphilis rates below 0.5 per 100000 population and preventing all endemic congenital ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Jason Andrade, MD, FRCPC,
June 2008
... blood glucose levels should be measured at least every 5 years (and every 2 years if risk factors for hyperlipidemia ... risk evaluation should be undertaken at least every 5 years, beginning at age 40 or earlier if more than two risk ... at increased risk if they have a 10-year mortality rate of 5% or a 10-year event rate of 10%.[ 5 ] The FRS calculates ...
Index
December 2008
... Identification of individuals at increased risk* 5:246; Infective endocarditis prophylaxis: An update for ... out of the ordinary (op) 4:187; Reflections on a year (op) 5:241 Armstrong RW: Focus on the profession: Academic and ... (c) 4:185 Balfour J: Maternity program shortfall (c) 5:242 Barn P: Is living near power lines bad for our ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Muhammad Morshed, PhD, SCCM
April 2008
... ( www.cdc.gov/malaria/ ). Symptoms usually start within 5 to 16 days (varies from species to species) after being ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Peter Rothfels, MD
September 2008
... a worker, but she may choose to purchase POP. Scenario #5 Dr Jamison is an anaesthesiologist who provides his ...
News&Notes
June 2008
... sample of medical charts representative of the previous 5 years of practice. This typically includes the detailed ... usually represent about 1000 individual claims over the 5-year period—the usual span of an audit. The medical ... reason) is then extrapolated for all claims paid for the 5-year audit period. This statistical process has been ...