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Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD January/February 2009
... is best for the patient. When I first started my general practice, I decided I would not see pharmaceutical detailers ... up the tab for lunches and food at rounds and talks. This practice continues into our working lives. Who hasn’t ...
Clinical Articles / BY: D. Dance, BSc, LLB, January/February 2009
... conclusion is not compatible with the current standard of practice in BC, where many ER physicians have become skilled ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Albert W. Chan, MD, FRCPC, January/February 2009
... and coronary atherosclerotic disease common in cardiology practice.[ 1,2 ] For the past 3 decades, carotid ... were typical for patients in a cardiovascular practice. Of note, 24 of the 100 patients were symptomatic ... admission. Although clopidogrel use is part of routine CAS practice at Royal Columbian based on our experience in ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jason Andrade, MD, FRCPC, January/February 2009
... grown from an obscure theory to a central concept in the practice of cardiovascular medicine and the prevention of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Carl Whiteside, MD, March 2009
... to undergraduate and postgraduate training and on into practice affects on recruitment for rural communities.[ 1-4 ] ... REAP strategies at undergraduate, postgraduate, and practice level. Rural Subsidiary Agreement communities More ...
Editorials / BY: Timothy C. Rowe, MBBS, FRCSC, FRCOG March 2009
... answers, and a feeling that little will change in your practice as a result of attending. In fact, after decades of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: James K. Lai, MD, CCFP, FCFP, April 2009
... and audit to inform decision making both at the individual practice level and across the health system.[ 8 ] With ... Survey contained several questions on technology use in practice.[ 13,14 ] The 2003 BCMA IT survey and 2005 ... How are EMRs in current outpatient offices being used in practice? • What was the implementation experience for ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC April 2009
... was assessed extensively in the mid-1980s by the family practice research group at the University of Calgary,[ 16 ] ...
Editorials / BY: Willem R. Vroom, MD April 2009
... reasonably be allowed some expansion of their scope of practice. I argued that fighting this legislation would not ... review by the Health Professions Council of the scopes of practice of each regulated health profession concluded that ... and therapeutic advances, so do standards for clinical practice.” It is unclear whether a rational analysis ever ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Aneez Mohamed, MD, FRCPC, May 2009
... from clinical trials into his or her busy clinical practice. This process is made easier when the information is ... from the ENHANCE trial might be applied to clinical practice. Surrogate endpoints A surrogate endpoint is an ... and integrate the findings of ENHANCE into his or her practice? To interpret the IMT trials, we first have to ...