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News / BY: Laura Weingarten, BA, November 2009
... evidence to answer common clinical questions.  Each article assesses how well our clinical findings on history ... Each chapter of the text begins with an original JAMA article and then explores any new evidence produced since its ... medicine. It is probably most useful to senior medical students and to clinicians in primary care ...
ICBC / BY: Laura Jensen, MD, March 2009
... publications may be considered the gold standard in WAD medical issues, both pointed out the lack of level-1 ... are important to note, they won’t be discussed in this article; instead, I will focus on the patient who has ... Medical Community Liaison The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily ...
Letters / BY: Jeremy Smith, September 2009
... over 40 physicians, a breadth of choice of electronic medical record systems has been established for selection and ... challenges and opportunities outlined in the May BCMJ  article “Specialists and EMR Adoption” ( 2009;51[4]:154 ...
College Library / BY: Linda Clendenning January/February 2009
Launching into a quest for medical information requires that the searcher knows the ... by relevance. Whenever the results point to a journal article, links to the full text document are provided if the ...
ICBC / BY: Laura Jensen, MD, April 2009
... techniques, are more likely to provide benefit than medical imaging and interventions, which are relatively ... or fax at 604 647-6148. —L.A. Jensen, MD ICBC Medical Community Liaison The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC March 2009
... applying more force while braking.[ 4 ] In their seminal article, Redelmeier and Tibshirani reported that ... while driving. —Roy Purssell, MD Chair, Emergency Medical Services Council on Health Promotion The dangers of ...
Letters December 2009
I enjoyed Dr Greenstone’s article, “The roots of evidence-based medicine,” as ... evidence was that I would not even get an interview for medical school unless I achieved a 92% average; in medical school the evidence was that if I did not show up for ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD May 2009
The following article is reprinted from the September 2008 BC Medical Journal. Please note two important changes—both ... services. Are you an employer or a worker—or both? As a medical service provider, you may wonder if you’re ...
Letters / BY: Gerald J.M. Tevaarwerk, MD, FRCPC July/August 2009
... were assessed $3000 for investigative costs and had their medical licence on probation for 1 year.[ 4 ] It is not ... With regard to colonic irrigation, there is an interesting article on colon therapy and related quackery on  ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD April 2009
... and staff undergo training. During this time, urgent medical matters will remain a priority; however, please be ... will be available at WorkSafeBC.com. In the new system, medical and payment information will be based on ICD-9 ... p.m.—not 8 a.m., as previously stated. The September article, with corrections, will run again in next month’s ...