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Joint Collaborative Committees / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC December 2021
... physicians who identify as a woman or a person of color.[ 1 ] Physicians in rural communities have also felt a higher ...
Editorials / BY: Yvonne Sin, MD April 2021
... by a recent CMAJ article by Drs Cohen and Kiran.[ 1 ] As a female physician and a new mother, I am particularly ... The pay gap exists in higher-paying specialties as well.[ 1 ] Neither can the gender pay gap be explained by the fact ...
News July/August 2021
... teams needed more support when exchanging information.[ 1-4 ] Families wanted to know what the reasons were for their ...
News November 2021
... free spoken language interpreting services as part of a 1-year pilot project, funded by the Specialist Services ... How specialists can connect with an interpreter: Call 1 833 718-2154 (toll free). Select a language. Enter your ...
Council on Health Promotion, COVID-19 / BY: Johanna Trimble January/February 2021
... my mom, caring for her emotional needs in her room.”[ 1 ] Care workers must now do the care formerly done by ... a stranger was allowed to come and do those services.”[ 1 ] Family members feel tormented by guilt and shame for ... wrong to be there, but can’t remember what.”[ 1 ] Seeing nobody they recognize, residents start to lose ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Lise Leveille, MD, MHSc June 2021
... common sporting injury in physically active adolescents.[ 1 ] The incidence of this injury has been increasing over the ... and had a mean age of 14.7 years (range 9–17) [ Table 1 ]. Fifty-five patients were female (66.3%). Fifty-three ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Rhonda Willms, MD September 2021
... is still present. Residual limb pain may result from (1) extrinsic sources such as undue pressure, friction, or ...
News December 2021
As of 1 October 2021, temporary fee codes introduced last year for ... fee codes are effective for dates of service on or after 1 October 2021, with an end date of 30 April 2022. Details of ...
Letters, COVID-19 / BY: Tonia Tauh, MD, FRCPC April 2021
... for all currently approved COVID-19 vaccines in Canada.[ 1 ] In light of this change—developed to maximize the ... trials: protection begins around 2 weeks after dose 1 and is sustained thereafter for the duration studied.[ 5 , ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Catherine Zhou, MD, MSc July/August 2021
... and significant complications after abdominal surgery,[ 1-5 ] with an incidence rate as high as 2.4%.[ 1 ] Adhesions are abnormal fibrous bands between organs ... stay is 7 days, and the in-hospital mortality rate is 3%.[ 1 ] Small bowel obstruction also has a high recurrence rate.[ ...