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News / BY: Gabrielle Lynch-Staunton, BFA, BEd November 2017
... three of the CMA’s Physician Leadership Institute (PLI) 2-day courses: Developing Strategic Influence, Conflict ... the growth of research knowledge. Dr Ruth Collins-Nakai[ 2 ] thinks that these commitments and values are part of the ...
Letters / BY: Robert Love, MD January/February 2017
... doctor looking at the computer), physicians spent nearly 2 hours on EMRs.[ 1,2 ] What can and should be done to retain and encourage a ...
Editorials / BY: Anne I. Clarke, MD April 2017
... on the Tahiti cruise conference hosted by the  BCMJ  2 years ago. They had such a great time meeting Canadians ...
News / BY: Blake Stitilis, MPH September 2017
... of the prevalence of HIV in Canadian prisons range from 2% to 8%, close to 10 times the national prevalence for the ... to secure and few harm reduction options are available.[ 2 ] Incarcerated people are given an HIV test upon admission ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Martha Spencer, MD, FRCPC March 2017
... be 24% to 28% of the total population by the year 2063,[ 2 ] a parallel increase in the number of older patients with ... For instance, postmenopausal women with diabetes have a 2.5 times greater risk of having urinary incontinence than ... adults with diabetes, fecal incontinence was present in 13.2% of individuals.[ 17 ] Other comorbidities associated with ...
News May 2017
... please refer to the GPSC’s mental health billing guide.[ 2 ] Pharmacare coverage Effective 1 February 2017, Pharmacare ...
College Library / BY: Karen MacDonell, PhD, MLIS July/August 2017
... credits for reading journals, under RCPSC’s Section 2 and as a noncertified self-learning activity in Mainpro+. ... that apply to clinical practice are eligible for step 2 of a CFPC Pearls exercise and can apply the activity toward ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: John Paul Thompson, MD October 2017
... total incidents of symptomatic spinal disc herniations.[ 2 ] Incidence is highest in males between ages 40 and 60. An ... (back dominant) pain in the mid- to lower-thoracic spine. 2.    Radicular pain that may accom-pany axial pain, occur ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jennifer Goy, MD, MSc January/February 2017
... blasts account for at least 20% of bone marrow cells; (2) flow cytometry testing (immunophenotyping) to determine ... 5 years compared with most other acute leukemia subtypes.[ 2 ]  The leukemic cells in APL may have the characteristic ... administrative staff, and support staff.  Figure 2  shows the number of patients referred to the L/BMT ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marisa Wan, MD, FRCPC April 2017
... indicator in the care of hospitalized older patients.[ 2 ] A better understanding of the pathophysiology of delirium ... patients on lower doses and titrate as appropriate ( Table 2 ). Consultation with geriatric medicine, care of the ...