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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 ...
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: 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: 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: 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: 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 ...
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 ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: A.M. Ocana, MD, CCFP, ABAM January/February 2019
... you’re looking at this scientifically, you might have an issue with the correlation of use to health risks, because one “daily user” may smoke all day, every day, and another “daily user” ... 304.3.  Date of first visit: January 2015 to October 2017. Inclusion criteria: Self-reported smoking cannabis > 20 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Maureen Clement, MD, CCFP November 2018
... other antihyperglycemic agents can confuse physicians and may result in widely variable quality of care as well as ... MD, FRCPC, Chair, TI Education Working Group, 21 March 2017, 9:05 p.m.). BC Pharmacare coverage The most recent ... for their part in supporting the publication of this theme issue. Competing interests This and the other articles in the ...