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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP September 2013
... ways to help your patients become more active, read the article published on 17 June in the  CMAJ  entitled ... to provide a physical activity intervention.” The article discusses the goal of increasing the number of health ... of physical activity could also be a topic for group medical visits. Finally, don’t forget to be active yourself ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD May 2013
... the front page headline of our local daily newspaper. The article that followed summarized the BC Pharmacy ... by lightening our caseloads. Interestingly, the article makes no mention of whether the pharmacists’ ... training required is already available and it is called medical school. Does the BCPA really think there isn’t a ...
Letters / BY: H. Douglas Cooper, MD, September 2013
... over two recent developments regarding the keeping of medical records. This morning I read two consecutive articles ... Connector , [formerly the  College Quarterly ]. The first article is entitled “Maintaining Gamete Donor Records” [ ... 16 Years” [ College Connector  2013;1:13]. The first article deals with the recent dismissal by the Supreme Court ...
MDs To Be / BY: Laura Budd, BMSc, January/February 2013
... care is increasing and generating discussions in the medical community.[ 2 ]  Social media users are everyday patients. Medical information searches are being performed by 80% of ... Dr Sam Bugis and Mr Rob Hulyk for their guidance on this article as part of a summer internship at the BC Medical ...
Letters / BY: Jerry Nussbaum, May 2013
I was very happy to read the article introducing Dr Janusz Korczak to the readers of your ... Dr Korczak among the youngest generation of physicians and medical students. Dr Korczak, the great humanitarian, ... and philosophy.  I would like to thank the authors of the article, Martha J. Ignaszewski, Kevin Lichtenstein, and Maya ...
News July/August 2013
... to detect and diagnose skin cancer was reviewed in an article entitled “Real-time Raman spectroscopy for in vivo ... published in the May 2012 issue of Cancer Re­search. The article can be viewed at ... visit the Veri­sante Aura website, www.verisante.com/aura/medical_professional . News BC-designed skin cancer detection ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jean-François Kozak, PhD, March 2013
... the number of disabled veterans requiring skilled, ongoing medical care after 1945 led to the creation of the nursing ... patients with dementia.  The issue concludes with an article by Dr Kow and Ms Carr and Ms Whytock that outlines ...
News January/February 2013
... members, and was chosen as the $250 grand prize winner. Medical student writers should also keep in mind the  $1000 ... , awarded annually to the best full-length med student article published in our print edition. Congratulations Mr ...
MDs To Be / BY: Joanne Bleackley, BSc, October 2013
... to participate in chart reviews is one that plagues many medical students. Is it simply a way to boost your CV in ... chart reviews. But when reading each distinguished article in a respected paper, I wonder if anyone thinks about ... in more ways than simply providing them with a published article with which to adorn their resume. The process of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Tyler W. Smith, MD, MHSc, FRCPC April 2013
... panel costs $292.09 per patient in BC, based on the 2012 Medical Service Plan laboratory fee schedule), the assays are ... at VGH during the study period (based on unpublished BC Medical Service Plan data from 2008), whereas tests for ... Jason Pal for producing the three figures used in this article. Background:  Given the lack of agreement in the ...