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Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC May 2024
... Act, had a duty to maintain the standard of medical practice throughout the province. What better way was ... of which are accreditation programs (16%), complaints and practice investigations (16%), and legal services (14%). In ... access to top-ranked point-of-care tools such as BMJ Best Practice and DynaMed and a variety of other online clinical ...
Obituaries / BY: Sandra Backman May 2024
... as training in scuba diving. He then started his family practice in Nanaimo, which also included marine medical ...
Editorials / BY: Yvonne Sin, MD May 2024
... with an apology: “Sorry, but can I . . . ?” This practice seems ingrained in our culture. Reflecting on when I ... what they find to be the most rewarding part of family practice, many tell me it is the longitudinal nature of the ...
Editorials / BY: Jeevyn K. Chahal, MD January/February 2024
... who were on the verge of retiring have stayed in practice thanks to the new payment model, and this shift has ... and administrative obligations attached to having a family practice. They also fear not being able to find coverage when ...
Obituaries / BY: Janet Green, MD January/February 2024
... in the office is now considered full-time! He did family practice maternity, emergency room shifts (until we got ... walk-in clinics and locums after he gave up his full-time practice in 2011. He also did joint injections. At Courtenay ...
Obituaries / BY: Al Kallas, MD March 2024
... Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta. He opened his medical practice on West Hastings in Burnaby in 1974. He shared a practice with Dr Juergen Rauh during his first years at that ... and caring physician, generous of time and spirit. The practice gradually grew into a five-doctor clinic. He enjoyed ...
Editorials / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB March 2024
After a few years in practice, I witnessed some of my older colleagues give up ... a day off during the week, and I still do. Starting out in practice is nerve-racking. The worries are endless. The ... every new patient who walked through my door into my practice. That saved me a lot of headaches and is a pearl I ...
Obituaries / BY: John Matheson, MD November 2023
... training in 1959. Later that year he joined the radiology practice of Dr Henry Brown in Chilliwack. In those early ... the departure of Dr Brown several years later, the practice became Dr Miki and Associates, and eventually Valley Medical Imaging. Pat was the senior partner in the practice for much of his 45-year career as a radiologist and ...
Editorials / BY: Jennifer J. Telford, MD, MPH, FRCPC, CAGF, FACG July/August 2023
... in the last several years, which have informed clinical practice guidelines in BC.[ 1 , 2 ] Our goal is to review the ... change from the previous guidelines and physician usual practice. The final article explores the differences between ... risk. We were fortunate to have Ms Jennifer Nuk, practice leader of genetic counseling with the BC Hereditary ...
Clinical Articles, COVID-19 / BY: Ka Wai Cheung, MD, MPH, FRCPC March 2023
... highest level of professional fulfillment (35.0%); family practice physicians had the lowest (22.3%) [ Figure 1 ]. The overall burnout rate was 51.4%. Family practice physicians had the highest rate (63.1%); pathology ... supportive community and organizational culture, improving practice efficiency, and optimizing administrative policies.[ ...