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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 ... compared with self-reported national averages in 2018,[ 16 ] they offered a wide scope of interventions ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Adrian Marcuzzi, BHSc May 2024
... 2022 had a wait time of 51.4 weeks.[ 1 ] These reports may underrepresent the crisis because they do not account for ... in surgical specialties increased by 12% between 2013 and 2018.[ 6 ] Globally, there has been an overall rapid increase ... step on its analgesic ladder.[ 28 ] Pain as a psychosocial issue Pain is a complex psychosocial issue, and an ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Ka Wai Cheung, MD, MPH, FRCPC March 2023
... 6 , 7 ] A Canadian Medical Association survey conducted in 2018 reported a physician burnout rate of 30%.[ 8 ] In this ... in the Vancouver Physician Staff Association raised the issue of burnout. The Vancouver Coastal Health senior ... unprecedented challenges to the health care profession and may affect different specialties in different ways and to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: barbara findlay, MA, LLB, QC March 2022
... Note that there is no specific age cutoff in BC: a minor may be competent to decide about a particular medical ... health care provider.[ 20 ] Though no case has decided the issue directly, it is likely that a minor would have to ... University of British Columbia. 2015. www.saravyc.ubc.ca/2018/05/06/trans-youth-health-survey/ . 21.    Health care ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Eileen M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP April 2021
... Health Authority. I wanted to study this patient-based issue through a quality-improvement lens, with value-based ... residents’ food complaints by 20%. Beginning in March 2018, I started measuring how much food was being wasted at ... than the dishware, cutlery, or environment that others may deem important. With social isolation more extreme due to ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) May 2021
... Sales approached US$1 billion in the United States in 2018, and the market is projected to reach US$6.2 billion by ... (including children and pregnant women), as consumers may often be unaware that there is alcohol in kombucha.[ 5 ] ... BC Centre for Disease Control’s recent study into this issue[ 5 ] recommends that: Labeling must clearly indicate ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Samantha Pawer, BSc May 2021
... Prevention Centre found that between the 2008–09 and 2018–19 fiscal periods, 10- to 14-year-old and 15- to ... [ 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: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP November 2021
... and successful management of chronic pain is essential and may prevent loss of independence. Opioids are also indicated ... ] but nonpharmacological therapies are also helpful. One issue to be mindful of is obstructive sleep apnea because ... common care tasks ( https://bcpsqc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/NOPPAIN.pdf ). Over the weekend, an on-call physician ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Armon Molavi, MD October 2020
... impairment or distress. It is a common primary care issue affecting approximately 2% to 9% of family practice ... assessing the risk of alcohol withdrawal syndrome.[ 36 ] A 2018 study by St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver examined the ... encouraged to seek support for challenging cases. There may be other treatment options that were excluded from the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Brandon Yau, MD July/August 2019
... from locations near urbanized areas around Puget Sound. In 2018 investigators reanalyzed mussel tissues collected in ... of opioids, the Washington study illustrates the larger issue of CECs in the environment and their potential adverse ... impacts. CECs of greatest concern include those which may not pose an immediate effect through acute exposure, as ...