October

A new online social networking community called Asklepios is meant to make it easier for physicians from all over Canada connect, share best practices, and learn from each other.

Designed and developed by the CMA exclusively for Canadian doctors, Asklepios functions as a secure physician community facilitating contact between experts and peers alike, irrespective of geographic location or practice specialty.
The Asklepios online community is only open to Canadian physicians, residents, and medical students and is securely hosted in Canada, where data are protected. 

Dr Paul Found died at home in Kelowna on 16 March 2008.

Dr Norman Found, Paul Found’s father, graduated from the University of Toronto in 1919. Norman was a medical missionary in Korea from 1921 to 1935. Paul was born in Seoul and completed grade 7 there. In 1935 the family left Korea and traveled via the Trans-Siberian Railway, a great adventure for 12-year-old Paul. The family spent the summer in Vienna, where Dr Found enrolled in postgraduate studies.

We have been embroiled in election rhetoric for what seems like an eternity—most notably from south of the border what with the Democrats and Republicans knocking each other as they vie to win the most powerful seat in the western world. Canadians get it from both ends considering our own political campaigns follow a similar format. 

Although they have distinct personalities, they share many of the same characteristics—all were exceptional clinicians and stood out as outstanding mentors and role models for successive classes of medical student interns and residents.

Individuals such as Ashley Krisman, Ken Nickerson, and Charles Carpenter are outstanding examples of exceptional mentors who served their patients and students with distinction and class. Collectively they represent over a century-and-a-half of service to their profession, to learners, and to UBC.

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The importance of relevant, accurate information
WorkSafeBC’s new electronic claims management system will soon allow injured workers real-time access to the majority of records on their claim file. An injured worker’s employer will have real-time access as well, but only to very limited information. However, if there is an appeal, the employer receives the same claim file as the worker.