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Clinical Articles / BY: A. Sidhu, MD Early online
... data to support routine use of the treatment in clinical practice. Most studies have small sample sizes, there are ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Valerie C. Doyon, MD January/February 2024
... the Breslow depth [ Figure 2 ]. According to clinical practice guidelines, incisional biopsies should be performed ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Brooke McDonald, MD March 2024
... skills or obstetrical surgical skills training program, in practice, the certificate is not a requirement for hospital ... scan of surgical care in rural BC to identify the practice locations of enhanced surgical skills ... personnel were excluded from the scan. Data on the practice locations of enhanced surgical skills physicians, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS March 2024
... in 2012 showed that 158 general surgeons were in full-time practice at hospitals in BC, which was 74 less than the ... with informal arrangements did not. This is a new model of practice in busier hospitals where surgeons do not have a traditional elective practice with associated elective operating room and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Peter K.Y. Chan, MD, FRCPC, ISAM April 2024
... in light of statutory and common laws that inform practice. A list of online resources for the various agencies ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Adrian Marcuzzi, BHSc Early online
... to total knee arthroplasty; highlight concerns about the practice; and advise against opioid use in this patient ...
Clinical Articles / BY: S. Darabian, BA Early online
... and treatment programs. Imaging Contemporary clinical practice guidelines suggest that knee osteoarthritis can be ... comprehensive physical examination conducted in the family practice setting are sufficient to make a preliminary ... most patients, diagnosis can be established in the family practice setting based on a comprehensive pain history and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michelle Ng, MD, CCFP June 2023
... interpretation calls made from all divisions of family practice in BC from November 2017 to December 2020. For each ... proficiency prevalence in the 10 divisions of family practice with the highest usage, as well as to estimate ... 15 ] Regional patterns The Vancouver Division of Family Practice accounted for 85.5% (n = 20 068) of the calls made ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Elizabeth Burden, MD January/February 2023
... by clinicians of all disciplines to their full scope of practice; for patients with heart failure, that includes the ... a cardiologist and a family physician with a focused practice in palliative medicine. The objectives were to ... aligns with current recommendations from the most recent practice guidelines from the Canadian Cardiovascular Society, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Elisabeth Baerg Hall, MD, CCFP, FRCPC November 2023
... guidelines have been made to take into account a family practice–targeted adult population. Severe mental health ... teach them to monitor progress over time. In the family practice setting, ADHD is managed as a chronic condition. In ... physicians diagnose many chronic conditions in their daily practice, and they are well positioned to diagnose and treat ...