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MDs To Be / BY: Greg Costello, January/February 2014
... of British Columbia’s Medical Undergraduate Program, people are generally focused on three areas of interest: the ...
MDs To Be / BY: Rebecca Gordon, BSc, March 2014
... HIV/AIDS in the community by educating and engaging young people. •    To decrease risky sexual behavior in the ...
MDs To Be / BY: Patricia Caddy, MD May 2014
... lecture halls, on the hands of strangers and the faces of people we love most dearly. There will be no unseeing. To ...
MDs To Be / BY: Sean McGee, BSc (Hons), July/August 2014
... ignoring the qualities that make them unique and engaging people.”[ 18 ] Standing in opposition to burnout is ... others,”[ 6 ] is clearly desirable in medical care. People will work harder at some prosocial tasks that they are ... the perception of a mixed market. The danger is that when people focus on monetary rewards this can interfere with the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: James G. Huang, MD, PGDipSurgAnat, FRACS, September 2014
... in  Table 2 . PSA increases with age and is higher in people of certain races, such as African Americans. ...
MDs To Be / BY: Ahmad Al-Sarraf, MD, FRCPC, September 2014
... Services Plan only covers routine eye examinations for people who are under 18 or over 65 years old.[ 5 ] ... covered by MSP in most circumstances. The average age of people living in the DTES is roughly 45 years old, 10% of the ... over 65 years old.[ 6 ] This suggests that the majority of people in the DTES are not covered for routine eye exams for ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kasandra Harriman, MD, CCFP, November 2014
... morbidity and mortality,[ 1 ] especially among elderly people, who are more likely to have comorbid conditions and ... of medication effects in older patients. Elderly people living in residential care facilities are at ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michelle D. Sherwood, MD, December 2014
... respiratory secretions, or close contact with infected people.[ 4 ] Peak EV transmission occurs in the summer and ... include hand washing and avoiding contact with ill people.  Summary A recent case in British Columbia ... know that hand washing and avoiding close contact with ill people can prevent transmission. A broad range of tests for ...