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College Library, COVID-19 / BY: Chris Vriesema-Magnuson November 2020
... more on specific patient groups (e.g., “Should I take my vulnerable patients off immunosuppressants?”). Many ... in the context of COVID-19, including for the community or hospital setting, as well as practice management. An ...
Back Page, COVID-19 / BY: Abe Zacharias, MD, FRCPC July/August 2020
... on the promised land of a career in medicine. I began my summer vacation as an orderly at the King George Hospital in Winnipeg. The first week was spent getting ... candle at both ends,” was a prelude to the reason for my visit home. A pre-employment chest X-ray had shown a ...
MDs To Be / BY: Jillian Lin, BMLSc, MBiotech October 2020
... to the death toll. I remember receiving news about my aunt’s cancer prognosis a few years ago and how shocked ... such a taboo topic and it is feared in many cultures. In my culture, talking about death is considered ominous and it ... I started volunteering at the palliative care unit in a hospital. What if the people there cry? What if I can’t ...
Editorials, COVID-19 / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB May 2020
... to print, it will be hopelessly out of date. I hope that my fears today do not become our reality when this is read in ... appear to be fewer if you change your testing criteria. In my opinion—shared by epidemiologists and infectious disease ... in BC, some staff were wearing masks at all times in the hospital (not only during patient contact), but they were ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Ian Waters, MD November 2020
... of the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program at St. Paul’s Hospital, undertook a Specialist Services Committee quality ... and allied health providers. Over the course of my 30-year career, I’ve watched BC residents with CF ...
Editorials / BY: David J. Esler, MD, CCFP(EM) December 2020
... urban and rural settings alike provided longitudinal and hospital care to patients through a simple but functional ... their own solutions to the crisis in primary care? In my view, Robbie Burns, Scotland’s beloved bard (quoted ...
Letters / BY: Richard Dewar, MD, FRCSC September 2020
... direct physical examination. Their report only confirms my suspicion. To me, it always seemed that if you knew the ... of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Calgary, Foothills Hospital and Alberta Children’s Hospital This letter was submitted in response to ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB October 2020
My views on statistical relevance and peer review have ... reservations regarding editorial peer review. Early in my medical career I was anxious to publish in peer-reviewed ... internal medicine and general surgery at the Hammersmith Hospital in London. Since then I have published over 200 ...
Obituaries / BY: Douglas J. Courtemanche, MD, MS, FRCSC October 2020
... We met as junior surgical residents at Vancouver General Hospital and became friends for life. Duncan passed away ... Catherine, to New York as a fellow in orthopaedics at the Hospital for Special Surgery. This led to a position as ... always looking for ways to improve things. Some of you in my age group will remember when ambulances were modified ...
Premise / BY: Robin Routledge, MD, FRCPC January/February 2020
... from 2000 to 2017: 40% drop in ER visits, 36% drop in hospital admissions, 97% customer-owner satisfaction, 95% ... not seen. The SCF asserts that emergency room visits and hospital stays do not contribute to long-term health and are ... continuous primary care. Lessons learned The following are my main takeaways from learning about the SCF’s gradual ...