Clinical Articles /
BY: Lesley A. Stevens, MD, FRCPC
July/August 2005
... which have been synthesized into evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. [5,6] However, care for patients with ... for the presence of CKD. In order to assess the current practice patterns for testing of kidney disease, we undertook ... agreed to participate in the study. The physician and practice characteristics of the participants were as follows: ...
President's Comment /
BY: Michael Golbey, MD
December 2005
... internship, or spent varying lengths of time in family practice before returning to a residency program, plus ...
News /
BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS
May 2005
... . —Betty So, Project Coordinator SPRC BC Family Practice Physicians are Invited to Submit an Expression of Interest to Establish a Family Practice Group in the New Ambulatory Care Centre at Vancouver Hospital The Family Practice Department of Vancouver Hospital, the UBC Department ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: H. Baillie, MD, FRCPC
September 2005
... are not exposed to the type of general internal medicine practice needed in smaller cities and towns not directly ... just that teaching hospitals do not reflect the type of practice that a GIM specialist in the community will have. If ... doctors for both teaching hospitals and community-based practice. To do this, they need to expose students to general ...
Back Page /
BY: Gerd A. Asche, MD
January/February 2005
... to the British Possessions he had a flourishing medical practice here in San Francisco. Among his office ... to which he used to refer in his medical and surgical practice. When he had to leave abruptly, there was not enough ...
News /
BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS
July/August 2005
... Selecting and implementing an EMR system in a primary care practice is a complex process that requires an understanding ... of the systems that could be relevant choices in any given practice. As a result, the selection process requires a ... information For questions about WNV-related transfusion practice, please visit the Transfusion Quality Management ...
Letters /
BY: R.J. Calder, MD
November 2005
... confirmed my experience managing 90 patients in my practice with stage three and four renal failure. I used the ... GFR has definitely helped uncover several cases in my practice. I first identified each case with a unique ICD ... had a renal ultrasound ordered. Unfortunately, the General Practice Services Committee and the government have not ...
News /
BY: John McCracken, MD
April 2005
... eligible income in the prior calendar year and the type of practice assigned to the physician by MSP. Physicians under ...
Editorials /
BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD
September 2005
... am a believer in the treatments recommended, but in my own practice the more I listen to patients the more I feel that ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc
December 2005
... its recommendations are more appropriate to primary care practice than many other sources. In addition to the book, ...