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President's Comment / BY: Trina Larsen Soles, MD December 2017
... the important contributions each of you makes to the practice of medicine in this province. I continue to be ...
President's Comment / BY: Alan Ruddiman, MBBCh, Dip PEMP, FRRMS January/February 2017
... but is still important to the everyday running of your practice and how you provide the best quality care to your ...
Editorials / BY: Roger Y. Wong, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCAHS March 2017
... of common clinical scenarios in a busy clinician’s practice. While most people in British Columbia and Canada ... available during any single clinical encounter in a busy practice. One possible solution is to complete the assessment ...
Editorials / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB March 2017
... part of their mandatory 8-week rural rotation. Although my practice is located on the periphery of Metro Vancouver, my type of practice has many of the characteristics of a rural family practice and is considered by the UBC Faculty of Medicine to ...
President's Comment / BY: Alan Ruddiman, MBBCh, Dip PEMP, FRRMS March 2017
... broad representation from all sections and spectrums of practice: all geographical areas of the province; GPs/FPs and ... students; residents; and members in their early years of practice. This is the legitimate representation that so many ... is divided along the lines of our training, scope of practice, or where in the province we practise. It will help ...
Editorials / BY: Anne I. Clarke, MD April 2017
... bond with other doctors regardless of their area of practice, age, or location. We were all trainees once, and we ... recollections of hilarious events during our training and practice that strike a chord with everyone. There was an ...
President's Comment / BY: Alan Ruddiman, MBBCh, Dip PEMP, FRRMS May 2017
... a positive difference. We have pockets of communities of practice where physicians have made it their business to ... and expansion.  We need the MSAs, the divisions of family practice, and engaged physicians at the local and community ...
President's Comment / BY: Trina Larsen Soles, MD June 2017
... a major transition in my life as I move from clinical practice into 12 months acting as the spokesperson for our ... unintentional involvement in local medical politics. Rural practice is a great crucible for developing leadership ... levels. It turns out the working environment in my rural practice is directly affected by the function of the ...
Editorials / BY: Timothy C. Rowe, MBBS, FRCSC, FRCOG July/August 2017
... It’s unsettling. This has ramifications for medical practice, of course. In all areas of medicine, we have to be ... came later. In two specific activities in medical practice, skilled communication is essential: first, when ... toward impersonal interactions will slowly infect medical practice as well, leading to our spoken interactions with ...
President's Comment / BY: Trina Larsen Soles, MD July/August 2017
... as a physician, is the speed at which knowledge and practice change. Much of what I learned in medical school is now considered outdated, and clinical practice is continually evolving. As we learn more, keeping ... should be a part of the patient histories I take in my practice—that sharing these experiences is the first step ...