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Clinical Articles / BY: Howard N. Fenster, MD, FRCSC, October 2009
... complications noted by the FDA that we had observed.[ 1 ] We also made a number of recommendations, including the ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Greg Dines, April 2009
... Services Committee (GPSC) this April will launch a $1.17 million, 3-month pilot project linking central Vancouver ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sandra Jarvis-Selinger, PhD July/August 2009
... differences that affect access to educational activities.[ 1 ] • Relevance of the educational content to rural ... Figure ),[ 8 ] 307 GPs and 141 specialists (see  Table 1 ) responded, for a response rate of 31% for GPs and 28% for specialists. Results were organized according to (1) clinical learning need areas/preferred CPD content, (2) ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Dan MacCarthy, MB, BCh, BAO, November 2009
... and impact bc.ca. Advanced Access Learning Module Table 1  presents findings related to the impact of the Advanced ... went from 5.5 days before attending the learning module to 1.4 days after attending the learning module.  Overall, 49% ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM January/February 2009
... B vaccine, which is supplied in a pre-filled syringe.[ 1 ] Administration involves the following steps: shake the ... in the anterolateral thigh of the infant, using a 7/8" to 1" needle. Infanrix-hexa may be administered at the same ... Pediacel of diphtheria and tetanus, equivalent polio types 1, 2, and 3, and higher pertussis antigenic content for the ...
Letters / BY: Nigel J. Murray, MD, May 2009
... per 100 000 population by province [ see Table ].[ 1 ] Historically, British Columbia has relied on other ... Fraser Health needs an additional 150 physicians.[ 1 ] It is time to both dramatically increase the number of ... alone will require an additional 600 physicians by 2013.[ 1 ] The World Health Organization identified the new ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Samir K. Sinha, MD, DPhil, FRCPC, September 2009
... and older in 2002, a 66% increase over the last 20 years.[ 1 ] This demographic imperative will continue into the future ... government health care spending by an additional 1% per year.[ 3 ] In 2005, per capita health care spending ... per capita health care spending among those age 1 to 65 was approximately $1700.[ 4 ] Current provincial ...
Letters / BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC December 2009
... not by design but failure to question an outmoded notion[ 1 ] and is inconsistent with the norms of modern society. The ...
Obituaries / BY: Harold G. Hunt, MD, March 2009
... is an understatement. John, Bev, and the four kids spent 1 year in London, Ontario. This was a year characterized by ...
ICBC / BY: Laura Jensen, MD, June 2009
... have little to do with the neck pain being experienced.[ 1 ] Degenerative changes are common in asymptomatic patients, ...