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Clinical Articles / BY: Brooke McDonald, MD March 2024
... surgical skills in Canada as of July 2022, although this may underestimate the total family physician surgical ... affected by this inequitable access. Addressing this issue must be prioritized in the effort to decolonize health ... piloted a coaching program in seven BC communities in 2017 to connect enhanced surgical skills ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Sarah Dunn, MPH Practicum Student September 2022
... Malnutrition is a common yet often overlooked health issue among older adults. It is defined by the Canadian ... impose considerable costs on the health care system. A 2017 study of adults admitted to Canadian hospitals found ... and other community-based primary care practitioners may be well positioned to offer preventive nutrition ...
Editorials / BY: Yazdan Mirzanejad, MD, DTM&H, FRCPC, FACP June 2022
... diseases in British Columbia (part 1 appeared in the May 2022 issue of the BCMJ ). The first article in part 2 focuses on ... different stages of this hard-to-kill infection (Wong). In 2017, 4905 cases of hepatitis B virus infections were ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Samantha Pawer, BSc May 2021
... Ethics Board (#H13-01321). From 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2017, hospitalization data for all ages were obtained from ... [ Figure 3 ]. Conclusions Self-poisoning is a considerable issue in BC, where high rates and increasing trends among ... 19,[ 17 ] mental health and antidepressant accessibility may have contributed to increased self-poisoning rates among ...
Editorials / BY: Yvonne Sin, MD April 2021
... to women who enter medicine in the future that they may be paid less despite doing the same work as men, solely because of their gender? The complexity of this issue and the solutions to it cannot be thoroughly discussed ... earned more than female physicians.[ 3 , 4 ] A 2017 study in BC showed that female GPs made 36% less than ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Thomas S. Watson, MD, DPhil March 2021
... Ovid), and Google Scholar were searched between 5 December 2017 and 16 January 2018, and the search was updated with all ... and identified what they viewed as the most significant issue with existing studies supporting ultrasound: the ... physicians at initial presentation of minor blunt trauma may in fact speed up rib fracture diagnosis by helping triage ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Antonia Hyman, MSc April 2020
... Systems Research and the BC Ministry of Health summit in 2017.[ 22-24 ] The video and guide are also now integrated ... care and the different perspectives Indigenous patients may have on health and wellness. Shift the definition and ... like to acknowledge that the activities discussed in this issue of the BCMJ took place on the traditional unceded ...
MDs To Be / BY: Rochelle Tonkin, MD October 2020
... by discrete red spots or generalized reddening, that may be accompanied by itching,” as well as “a local skin ... treated with prednisone more than doubled from 2016 to 2017, then declined somewhat from 2017 to 2018 [ Figure 2 ]. ... rash is commonly recognized as a possible systemic issue. Also, prescribing trends identified in this study ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Matthew D. Burkey, MD, PhD, MPH January/February 2020
On 9 May 2019 the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Summit 2019 ... epidemiological study of over 9000 adults brought the issue into the public health spotlight.[ 3 ] This study in a ... hosted by the CYMHSU Community of Practice in November 2017 and May 2019 brought together experts, clinicians, ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Kevin E. Liang, MD, CCFP March 2020
... and limited land availability in BC, displaced residents may find themselves competing with others for valuable land ... ground. Displacement also has long-term health impacts. A 2017 study from the United Kingdom found a significant ... While sea level rise may look like an environmental issue, it has the potential to impact many of the ...