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Clinical Articles / BY: Marisa Wan, MD, FRCPC April 2017
... with 3.0 to 6.0 mg being used commonly in clinical practice.[ 27 ]  Given the cholinergic deficit theory in the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Leo Lai, MD, FRCPC April 2017
... to polypharmacy by adhering strictly to clinical practice guidelines (CPGs), which are frequently based on ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Shelley Ross, MD April 2017
... doctors in caring for patients with chronic pain.   The Practice Support Program (PSP) Pain Management module One of ... and resources to patients.  Divisions of Family Practice resources Divisions around the province have created ... Surgeons of BC’s Methadone and Buprenorphine: Clinical Practice Guideline for Opioid Use Disorder[ 5 ] as the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Geoff C. Jarvie, MD, MHSc May 2017
... account for up to 28% of all problems seen in the family practice office.[ 2 ] Musculoskeletal disorders are also the ... The study included all patients referred to the shoulder practice of this article’s senior author (DPG) between ... of a retrospective design eliminated any alterations in practice patterns that can occur during a prospective study. ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Susan Papadionissiou May 2017
... and initiatives currently being led by divisions of family practice. One example is North Peace Division’s team-based ... created when 16 of the community’s physicians left practice in 2013 and 2014, leaving 23 344 patients without ... the North Peace Primary Care Clinic, Fort St. John Family Practice Associates, and ABC Medical Clinic. Community and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jacqueline Reid, BSc, BN June 2017
... colonoscopy, or both. In a departure from pre-RACE practice, the patient does not necessarily undergo endoscopy ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Susan Papadionissiou June 2017
... the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC’s clinical practice guidelines for opioid prescribing[ 1 ] have inspired ... local and provincial levels.[ 2 ]  Divisions of family practice have been at the forefront of developing many of ... is a help line developed by the Nanaimo Division of Family Practice to support physicians who have questions about ...
Clinical Articles / BY: W.D. Robertson, MB, BChir, FRCPC July/August 2017
... be passed.  As a result of this committee’s work, the practice standards for all college registrants in BC are ... a physician with a large number of elderly patients in his practice, has provided medically assisted death for three of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Alexa R.Y. Dang, BSc July/August 2017
... have a health care professional familiar with oncological practice available for consultation or a link on the BCCA ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jeanine C. Marshall, MD, FRCPC September 2017
... legislation in British Columbia has led to variations in practice from one physician to another and across regions. ... legislation to protect patients has become common clinical practice, physicians not using the MHA provisions could be ... peace, as specified under the Criminal Code. However, in practice police are often reluctant to become involved in ...