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Judy Neill
Spiritual traditions from the East are becoming more and more mainstream in the 21st century. Mindfulness or moment-by-moment awareness can lead to mindful meditation and mindfulness-based stress reduction, both of... Read More
When knowledge is sought as a part of ongoing medical learning, information resources should be readily available and in formats congruent with different learning styles for physicians. Now entirely new formats are... Read More
Further to our last column about Google, what suggestions should you make to patients who want information on health concerns? www.familydoctor.org The patient can Google, of course, but it’s preferable to look at... Read More
Acronyms are an essential, though sometimes baffling, part of the medical lexicon. In a world in which speed and brevity are crucial to communication, they provide us with short forms for complicated concepts that... Read More
A question commonly posed to the College librarians is “I use Google. It that okay?” Google’s simple search page and retrieval of what is often “good enough” information makes for an appealing gateway to medical... Read More
It was the need to back up clinical decisions with sound medical knowledge that induced the Vancouver Medical Association to form a Library in 1906, beginning the service that would eventually become the College library... Read More
Of course the College Library never went away except from the pages of the BCMJ. Since we last had a column in December 2002, we have moved back in with the College of Physicians and Surgeons and are now well... Read More
Old jobs, new jobs. Meet the new boss At the departure of the library director in September, the inevitable question of a replacement arose. Three capable and experienced librarians remained on staff; would one of... Read More
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