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Premise / BY: Clara MacDonald, MSc, MD April 2024
... the careful supervision provided by preceptors and other hospital staff. This response dismisses realistic concerns. ... tale. I can recall a case-based learning session in my first year where the discussion turned to diagnostic ... nights for Northern Medical Program students during my training, where I was struck by the pervasiveness of ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Vivek Gill, BHSc November 2024
... took place in BC.[ 2-4 ] Nearly all stillbirths occur in a hospital setting,[ 5 ] where the stillbirth journey from ... and dissatisfaction for some bereaved parents: “[My stillbirth] was not being treated with urgency. I’m ... activities of daily living from their support circle: “My people held space for me, even in silence. They fed me and ...
President's Comment / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC June 2024
... lack of adequate doctors, nurses, operating rooms, hospital beds, CT, and MRI, and the list goes on. How do we ... lessons have we learned from years of scarce resources in hospital-based and specialty care? How have we been creative ... capacity to see patients increased by more than 50%! In my last President’s Comment, I spoke about the necessary ...
Editorials / BY: Jeevyn K. Chahal, MD January/February 2024
... physicians providing this type of care. While some of my family physician colleagues feel pressure to maintain the ... beds and short-term subacute care beds, transitioning from hospital to home, they feel overworked and undercompensated ... in this predicament. To that end, what would make my life as a family physician easier is a common platform ...
Premise / BY: Susan M. Lee, MD, FRCPC, MAS November 2023
... A conversation in mid-2022 with Dr Jean Warneboldt, my friend, hospitalist, and quality champion, reminded me ... for some of these most vulnerable patients, the air in the hospital can be deadlier than the diagnosis that brought them ... physical distancing, masking, and testing). However, in my search for something we could do, I found there were some ...
Letters / BY: Marko Yurkovich, MD, CCFP December 2023
I want to express my gratitude to Dr Gray for his article addressing ... and lacking any family history or known risk factors. My journey to diagnosis was fraught with delays and ... until my rectal bleeding became severe that I presented to hospital. Even then, because my hemoglobin levels were within ...
Proust for Physicians November 2023
... and have worked in community practice for many years. My practice is focused on sexual and reproductive health. ... and determination I had as an adolescent; this facilitated my adjustment to a new country, culture, and language and ... the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC’s Non-Hospital Medical and Surgical Facilities accreditation ...
Editorials / BY: Jennifer J. Telford, MD, MPH, FRCPC, CAGF, FACG July/August 2023
Dr Jennifer J. Telford I completed my Bachelor of Science, medical degree, and internal medicine ... of British Columbia, then moved to Harvard University for my gastroenterology and advanced endoscopy fellowships and a ... I have worked as a gastroenterologist at St. Paul’s Hospital since 2004, and I joined the team at BC Cancer in ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC January/February 2023
... we talk a lot about what we do for a living—this is my job—and I try to frame my introduction around what we call human being, human doing. ... suite, in the office, in our outreach communities, in the hospital, and on house calls, and there aren’t too many ...
MDs To Be / BY: Larissa Steidle, MD November 2023
... several physicians in the United States, including two hospital admissions, during which extensive investigations ... of stage 4 endometriosis. Throughout the early stages of my medical training, I have too often encountered similar, ... Learning with a GTA allowed me to gain confidence in my technique and eliminated the tendency to rush through the ...