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Clinical Articles / BY: Brooke McDonald, MD March 2024
... physicians for procedures performed in the operating room, contact the corresponding author. Results Mapping of ... surgical skills rely on conferences, asynchronous learning media (e.g., podcasts), a virtual obstetrical surgical skills ...
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 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Robin Friedlander, MD, FRCPC October 2023
... a peer support and advocacy group.[ 12 ] The increased media interest in autism has generally focused on milder ... his significant challenging behaviors. In the consulting room, he was extremely wriggly and distractible and pulled at ... answering questions in class and was placed in a separate room with the educational assistant. He eventually refused to ...
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 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Eugene Y.H. Yeung, MD, MSc, BSc(Pharm), FCCM, FRCPC November 2023
... (heart rate of 124), and oxygen desaturation (91% on room air), and required up to 15 L of oxygen delivered via a ... can take up to 8 weeks to grow in specialized selective media.[ 6 ] During this waiting time when the diagnosis has ... mycobacterial culture using liquid broth and solid culture media, which is considered the criterion standard for ...
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 ...
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 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Robert D.H. MacMillan, MD, FRCSC, November 2011
... walk-in clinic, or decides to go to a hospital emergency room if the condition is severe enough. The pa­tient is ... and education about men’s health through social media programs, web-based interactive games, videos, fun ... and clinics. Many men won’t sit in a busy waiting room for a 10-minute appointment. A solution worth ...