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Editorials / BY: Timothy C. Rowe, MBBS, FRCSC, FRCOG April 2018
... enough, 1971 was the year in which I graduated from medical school. That was 47 years ago, and medical practice ... in the province and pediatric bed utilization. The only article in 1971 that described a study with a prospective ... it was a brave and important study, and the related article was starkly different from the others published in ...
News September 2018
... and each year awards a prize of $1000 for the best medical student submission accepted for print and ... the publication’s transition from the  Vancouver Medical Association Bulletin to the BCMJ in 1959. Dr ... deadlines, please visit  https://www.bcmj.org/submit-article-award . News J.H. MacDermot Writing Award ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Maureen Clement, MD, CCFP November 2018
... mortality, and increase the cost burden to patients, our medical system, and society as a whole.[ 2 , 3 ] Primary care ... unaware of the sponsors’ identities until after this article was submitted to the BCMJ . Funds were used ... not involved in any aspect of the decision to develop this article, in the content of the article, in the selection of ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB January/February 2018
... exist in the process. In 1998, the editor of the  British Medical Journal  sent an article containing eight deliberate mistakes in design and ...
Editorials / BY: Yvonne Sin, MD September 2018
... policies regarding medicine and social media, and found an article published in 2017 by the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) that addressed this ... the posted information is properly de-identified.” The article also mentioned that physicians may share identifiable ...
Editorials / BY: Rona E. Cheifetz, MD, MEd, FRCSC, FACS March 2018
... arm, and new evidence has shown there is no need to avoid medical procedures on the treated arm following axillary ... 2 focuses on initial breast cancer treatment. In the first article , Dr Rebecca Warburton and colleagues review the ... by the BC Cancer Surgical Oncology Network. In the second article , Drs Michelle Sutter and Alison Ye present current ...
News July/August 2018
The 2017 J.H. MacDermot Prize for Excellence in Medical Journalism: Best article or essay was awarded to Drs Justin Burton, Emma Dowds, and Alexander Dodd for their article, “First aid training for seniors: Preventing falls ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Connie G. Chiu, MD, FRCSC March 2018
... lymphedema.[ 7-9 ] Although using the untreated arm for medical procedures when possible remains a sensible ... activities. Given the evidence, it is reasonable for medical teams to move away from overly restrictive advice. ... techniques, and upper body physical recovery. This article reviews current approaches to arm lymphedema, ...
Letters / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD October 2018
... editors, designers, and all others who create the BC Medical Journal ! This journal forms a common bond for the ... writers’ love of medicine as a profession. Consider the article about early Canadian ships’ surgeons ... in “Physician suicide—where the system fails.” The article, dedicated to the memory of his brother, psychiatrist ...
Letters / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP September 2018
I was disheartened to see that Dr Peter Rothfels, in his article “Best practices in treating noncancer pain” [ 1 ] ... those with chronic noncancer pain.” Being the chief medical officer for WorkSafeBC, I would presume this article is addressed to BC physicians and their prescribing. ...