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Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC January/February 2023
... week. I’ve had the privilege to be in the emergency room, occasionally in the delivery suite, in the office, in ... for authentic connections. In the world of social media, being someone’s Facebook friend or following them on ... at times, and that has served me well—in the exam room, managing people, at the community level, or when ...
Editorials / BY: David J. Esler, MD, CCFP(EM) July/August 2023
... patients, RCMP, injured workers, and certain others. At a media scrum, BC’s health minister celebrated the ... pathway to specialist referral is through the emergency room. Specialists are stressed and demoralized by the need to ... with primary care issues but no FP flock to the emergency room, where long waits, unfamiliar faces, excessive labs, and ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Jacob L. Stubbs, BKin May 2019
... We’ve garnered some worldwide attention, so engaging the media and sharing the collective wisdom is also a significant ... your partner can inject you, you can find someone in the room, etc. At OPS we don’t require staff to do any of those ...
President's Comment / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP October 2018
... if they use the same platform. Handwritten emergency room notes arrive by mail. Requests for health care services ... give up some of this right daily to interact on social media. I take a chance that my banking or personal data will ...
Premise / BY: Gabrielle Lynch-Staunton, BFA, BEd November 2017
... Hindi. While Mr Kumar’s story had been covered by news media ( Newsweek ,  Time , and a documentary on Discovery ... financial burden, with six people living in a small two-room house all supported by the father’s income of 600 ... hyperconnected world. No smart phones, no TV, no social media. Dr Mathew was stunned there were no computers. One ...
Premise / BY: Paul Winston, MD, FRCPC September 2017
... concept of medical pain management. For many years, the media, pharmaceutical industry, special interest groups, ... for many of these patients with visits to the emergency room or walk-in clinics, and continues with endless ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD October 2017
... decided it’s time we educate ourselves about social media. I think pretty much all of you are familiar with ... list is by no means exhaustive. There are many more social media platforms out there, and by the time this is published ... Imagine the look on their faces when you enter the room and state, “Oh snap, when you tumble those tweets, ...
Beyond Medicine November 2015
... physicians and to the BC Children’s Hospital emergency room for influenza-like illness were well above average ... in the duration of illness and incidence of acute otitis media but increased nausea and vomiting.4 Benefits of ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD May 2012
... control measures. In early March this letter reached the media and it garnered significant interest.  In response the ... issues? Do they know that men and women sharing a room separated by a curtain is now the norm? Are they aware ... workload. But would you want to be a patient in a four-bed room on a general medical ward at your local hospital?  I ...
President's Comment / BY: Brian Brodie, MD October 2009
... the severity of this year’s flu season might be, the media has perpetuated the H1N1 hype to such a degree that we ... should be made available at the entrance to the waiting room with a sign explaining that patients who arrive with ... patients with flu symptoms. Perhaps segregate your waiting room, if possible, or have patients with flu symptoms ...