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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Erika Ono, MSW, RSW April 2019
... Surrey Place [Toronto, Ontario], 7 July 2017). Literature review In BC before the 1990s, children ... are delivered by different agencies and programs. Children may be eligible for a variety of community support services, ... their needs and advocate for their child. An additional issue for this family has been the requirement to sign a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mark A. Lau, PhD, R.Psych January/February 2019
... to high-quality mental health services remains a critical issue in Canada and a treatment gap exists.  Primary care is ... or without anxiety identified in a primary care setting may not obtain a referral to specialized mental health ... nurse practitioner, or psychiatrist. As of January 2017, over 40 000 referrals to Bounce Back had been ...
Editorials / BY: Yvonne Sin, MD September 2018
... and social media, and found an article published in 2017 by the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) that addressed this issue.[ 1 ] The CMPA suggests that “physicians who share ... The article also mentioned that physicians may share identifiable personal health information if the ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD October 2018
... parallels to alcohol consumption in our province. Adults may possess up to 30 grams of cannabis in a public place. If ... will have on medicinal marijuana use. I mused about this issue in my June 2017 BCMJ editorial. Unless the price of the medicinal ...