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Clinical Articles / BY: J.E. Albrecht, MD January/February 2008
... pace and variety of cases handled by a GP give general practice an addictive quality. After three decades, I am ... No doubt he represents the tip of the iceberg in my practice. This man will require close follow-up for renal, ... from our vocabulary. Fortunately my list of personal practice exceptions still remains at two. Competing interests ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Stephan F. van Eeden, MD, PhD, FRCP, April 2008
... available in the community. A recent study in 12 family practice groups demonstrated that spirometry testing can be incorporated into a family medicine practice with acceptable levels of technical adequacy and ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Helen Novak Lauscher, PhD May 2008
... but few are available for family physicians.  The Family Practice Oncology Net­work (FPON)[ 4 ] of the BC Cancer ... which family physicians require cancer information (e.g., practice setting, type of cancer care information).  • To ... questions about physician gender, graduation year, and practice location.  Every section of the survey also ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Borys Flak, MD, FRCPC, May 2008
... Diagnostic Centres, but neither he nor his professional practice group hold an equity position. Dr Pezim owns a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Barbara Poole Lane, MPA May 2008
... Table 4  compares the European and Canadian best practice guidelines with the current screening practices in ... as rigorous as the European one, and although the current practice in the UK would meet the Canadian standard, it too ... of a screening and diagnosis system based on what was best practice 10 years ago. To ensure that BC continues to be ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Betty Tang, MD, FRCPC, July/August 2008
... physicians may hesitate to accept someone with DD in their practice. HSCL staff can work with family practitioners and ...  Improve training on DD for medical students, family practice residents, and general physicians. Case 3: ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jeffrey M. Pike, MD, MPH, FRCSC July/August 2008
... BC Cancer Agency (BCCA). Considering there are 111 family practice physicians per 100000 people in British Columbia,[ 5 ] less than 1% of family practice physicians in BC will encoun­ter a malignant soft ... sarcoma each year. On average, however, every family practice physician will encoun­ter three benign soft tissue ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Farsheed Hedayati-Vala, MD, July/August 2008
... of physicians who are well trained in this area of practice.  Competing interests None declared. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Catherine L. Weber, MD, FRCPC, July/August 2008
Chances are you have several patients in your practice with chronic kidney disease (CKD). In BC, there are ... medical issues beyond the scope of a family physician’s practice. These patients suffer from common medical ... by laboratory reporting of eGFR, publication of CKD practice guidelines, and improved CKD- related CME for ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kendall Ho, MD, FRCPC September 2008
... technologies in health care.  The demands of a busy practice and personal commitments combined with the daunting ... also includes a broader range of relevant areas such as practice management, interprofessional patient-centred care, ... assist clinicians with their clinical—and nonclinical—practice improvement. Courses and programs such as the ...