Search

News July/August 2013
Each year, first- and second-year UBC medical students raise money for rural medicine through social ... 70% of the flights occurring in BC.  This year’s UBC med student do­nation translates to almost 40 flights for ... Air visit www.hopeair.ca or call 1 877 346-4673. News UBC med students raise funds for Hope Air ...
News May 2013
As part of the 2012 National Physician Survey, medical students and residents were asked several questions about the ... or will acquire by the end of their medical education. For students, the percentage expecting to have no debt at the end ... . News Med student debt load increases ...
News September 2013
... program will give him the opportunity to advance to med school after 2 years in the Faculty of Arts and Science ... BC Medical Journal  congratulates all these exceptional students and wishes them the best in their future studies. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: J. Rajala MD, FRCPC, April 2013
... a healthy lifestyle for his patients and teaching his students to do the same. He died in 1993 at age 77 from ... of heart disease requires both lifestyle modifications and med­ical treatment. Today lifestyle modifications are the ...
President's Comment / BY: William Cunningham, MD, CCFP, CCFP (EM) July/August 2013
Nearly 1900 medical students and residents are members of the BCMA, and I am ... in the coming year. I love the energy and ideas that students and residents bring to our association. When we ... Dr Barry Tur­chen held an advocacy session for a group of med students. He and BCMA Director Rob Hulyk provided tips to ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Bruce Fleming, MD May 2013
... through­out BC have stepped forward to train our medical students in the communities where we hope they will one day ... 1-3 ]  During recent years, undergraduate medical students at UBC have been provided with a range of ... the pro­gram by visiting www.integratedclerk ­ships.med.ubc.ca and can direct any questions or comments to Dr ...
News October 2012
... issues of the  Journal . Mr Provan also won the  BCMJ  med student blog contest last year, for his blog titled “ ... to see more of his work—and the work of other BC medical students—in the future. News J.H. MacDermot Prize winner ...
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 ...
MDs To Be / BY: Devina Wadhwa, November 2011
... we must consider the benefits and harms of medical students’ involvement in such endeavors. Ethical concerns First, one must consider the students’ motives for pursuing an international medical ... have on a foreign community’s health. An international med­ical elective may be heavily focused on exposing the ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2011
... been through two upheavals in my life, in Iran I was at med school when the Shah’s regime ended and then there was ... under my care and I would do rounds with residents and students. I did that for a long time and practised ... us yes, even if you bring out double the number of medical students, our attrition rate is high.  The recent Physician ...