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Letters / BY: Sandra Seo Young Kim, BSc January/February 2018
... of hospital stay, reduced admissions, and harm reduction.[ 1,2 ] To implement the interprofessional care model ...
News / BY: Maria Hubinette, MD January/February 2017
... may take students for a variety of durations, ranging from 1 afternoon per week (for as little as 4 weeks). Longer ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Geoff C. Jarvie, MD, MHSc May 2017
... care provider is musculoskeletal pain or disability,[ 1 ] and such complaints account for up to 28% of all problems ... physical disability and absence from the workforce.[ 1 ] Shoulder pain is the third most common complaint ... referral to specialist assessment was 138 (99) days. Table 1  presents the diagnoses and demographic characteristics of ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Tommy Gerschman, MD, FRCPC, MSc September 2017
... to raise awareness about the treatment of concussions.[ 1 ] The Public Health Agency of Canada was given a 2-year budget of $1.4 million to raise awareness about and develop a ... the majority of concussions seem to resolve within 1 month if treated appropriately. —Tommy Gerschman, MD, ...
Editorials / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP December 2017
Dr Eric Cadesky Dr Kendall Ho In Part 1 of this theme issue we explored how technology can be used ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Courtney Young, MBA, MD, FRCPC December 2017
... General Motors for the first time in 6 decades.[ 1,2 ] The foundation laid by Deming was soon adopted by ... in collaboration with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) to:  1. Identify gaps in the care process for patients. 2. Develop ... Care Regional Cardiology Referral Form) (Figure: part 1 , part 2 ) replaces dozens of existing forms, and provides ...
MDs To Be / BY: Marc Jutras, BBA, UBC Medicine, Class of 2018 March 2017
... trepanning in an effort to release the offending spirit.[ 1 ] Relatively little in the way of improvements were ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Agatha Jassem, PhD, (D)ABMM, FCCM June 2017
... 2017 a total of 1965 cases have been reported this year.[ 1 ] In 2016 and 2017 there have been reported mumps outbreaks ... in Fraser Health and spread to two other regions. From 1 April to 31 October, 139 confirmed mumps cases were ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc October 2017
... MD Patient Pledge  I pledge to use antibiotics wisely: 1. I pledge to work with my doctor to determine if my illness ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brenda Hefford, MD January/February 2017
... which describes the pillars of a patient medical home.[ 1 ] The College describes the patient’s medical home as ... on an ongoing basis. As of March 2016, in just under 1 year of operation, the clinic supported more than 500 ...