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Letters / BY: Sue McLoughlin, MD, May 2016
... Dr Marcus Welby is the best professional example for our students to emulate [ BCMJ  2016;58:63-64 ], why not make the TV series a compulsory part of the med-school curriculum? But then again, maybe Marcus would ... only be suitable for those headed into family practice. Students destined for internal medicine specialties could ...
Letters / BY: Marcus Greatheart, BA (Hon), MSW, RSW, January/February 2012
... this year’s wait lists while others are among the 3500 students training in­ternationally. However, the ... selection criterion. As a non-science background med­ical student, I bring a different perspective to our ... who broadened the selection criteria to include students like me. Yes, I do want to be a doctor. And I think ...
Letters / BY: Pamela Verma, BSc, July/August 2009
... peer-reviewed academic journal. Currently, over 100 students at UBC from all levels and training and three ... 8 September 2009 at the Life Sciences Centre, UBC. E-mail med.journal@ubc.ca if you are interested in submitting ... MSc —Bez Toosi, BSc Communications Editors Letters Med student journal launched ...
Blog, COVID-19 / BY: Matthew Assad Joseph Chedrawe, MSc
... Our transatlantic group consisted of two medical students, one computer programmer, one graduate student in ... during times of crisis such as COVID-19. Ir J Psychol Med 2020. doi: 10.1017/ipm.2020.38. 6.    Kasser T, Ryan ... studies in low and middle-income countries. Soc Sci Med 2015;125:60-78. Blog COVID-19 Finding connectedness and ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... covering of the body assigned to my group of four fellow students. I also found dissection of the ... dissection manuals with minute anatomical details to help students learn the complexities of human anatomy. In the last ... J, Bradley P, Searle J. Teaching anatomy without cadavers. Med Educ 2004;38:418-424. Papa V, Vaccarezza M. Teaching ...
Blog / BY: Philip Edgcumbe, MD, PhD
... with projects, integration with existing coursework for students, and potentially even certificate programs or ... Process and work with teams of biomedical engineering students and MBA students to innovate, commercialize, and ... on the current landscape and future developments. J Med Educ Curric Dev 2020;7:2382120519901275. 4.    UK ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... practice. It is not clear how much the mental wellness of students or residents is affected by the competing demands of ... that positive context, the Canadian Federation of Medical Students and various resident doctors’ organizations, ... residency: Providing support for Dr Mom and Dr Dad. Fam Med 2016;48:140-144. Blog Physician Father’s Day ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... (some private) schools, filled with about 555 000 students. I set out to learn which of these schools are named ... after a medical doctor to honor their memory and inspire students and staff. We may have missed some schools because, ... A. Swift Elementary School, Abbotsford [photo credit: Can Med Assoc J. 1927 Dec; 17(12): 1565 ] Dr Swift (1880–1927) ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
... a friendly way about Cushing’s occasional rudeness with students and members of the staff (though patients thought of ... Press. 1999. Cushing H. William Osler, the man. Ann Med Hist 1919;2:157-167. da Mota Gomes M. William Osler and ...
Blog / BY: George Szasz, CM, MD
Dr William Osler was speaking to medical students at the University of Toronto in 1903 when he said, ... in Surrey. What aspects of medicine that will inspire students who are responding to a “call” not a ...  Pratt JH. The personality of the physician . N Engl J Med 1936;214:364-370. Additional reading Peabody FW. Landmark ...