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Specialist Services Committee / BY: Tiffany Wong, MD, FRCPC January/February 2022
... gets perpetuated by the patient and multiple types of health care providers. On the basis of an erroneous allergy ... and many other institutions worldwide. The tool leads the health care provider to a real-time questionnaire. Physicians ... Penicillin allergy de-labeling is an established public health challenge whose solution requires a concerted effort ...
News April 2022
... an initiative of the BC Parks Foundation driven by health care professionals. Each prescriber who registers with ... and log nature prescriptions. Doctors and other licensed health care professionals in BC can now prescribe Parks ... . News Prescribing nature to improve health ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Clare McGinness, MD, MRCGP June 2022
... the importance of the relationship between work and health, and encouraging a safe and timely return to ... consultants, as well as physicians, at the Mental Health Claims Unit, Occupational Disease Services, and Health Care Programs. They are also introduced to WorkSafeBC ...
Obituaries / BY: David M. Lawson, PhD, RPsych September 2022
... organized and self-disciplined. Determined to maintain her health and fitness, she worked out at the gym or pool 5 days ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Cindy Lau, MA October 2022
... and return to work is assessing the breadth of medical and health technology information available. Within the greater ... critical appraisal and evidence-based medicine to evaluate health technologies, clinical treatments, assessments, ... worker support and strengthening awareness of occupational health and safety issues, our reports are made accessible to ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Hilary Spicer March 2022
... to do his best, be it advising others about their health, comforting someone who is dying, being a great dad ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rahel Zewude, MD May 2022
... infections (STIs) in British Columbia are a public health concern, particularly the increasing rates of ... changes in sexual behavior and reduced access to sexual health services.[ 1 ] However, in 2021, screening rates began ... recent sexual activity according to the patient’s sexual health history. Active urethral, cervical, or abnormal ...
Premise / BY: Julie Leising, MD, FRCPC September 2022
... to the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Standards of Care Version 7 (SOC 7). Standards ... with youth reporting an improvement in well-being, mental health, happiness, and school functioning since accessing ... as the current evidence indicates a risk of adverse mental health outcomes when gender-affirming care is denied, and ...
MDs To Be / BY: Alessandro Cau, BSc (Hons) November 2022
... regions of BC where access to laboratory services and health care providers may be limited. Last, coverage of the ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC January/February 2022
... needs to evolve. Advancing reproductive age is a public health issue. Even though society has changed since my ...