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Clinical Articles / BY: Wei-Shuen King, MD, FRCPC, January/February 2012
... category. This could be interpreted as evidence that practice is changing toward more evidence-based use of ... require frequent reinforcement to continue altering practice.[ 12 ] In summary, the introduction of ... However, along with this improvement in prescribing practice, the 2009 audit also shows that many clinicians are ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nevio Cimolai, MD, FRCPC March 2012
... limit antibiotic requests and hence use.[ 2 ] The medical practice audit is a powerful tool for altering clinical ... history.[ 3 , 4 ] It can be applied to both general practice and specialty care. Apart from determining the pattern of practice either retrospectively or prospectively, audit ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Michelle Horn, BA, March 2012
... for primary care physicians to be aware of appropriate practice guidelines. Physicians considering the use of an SGA ... quality of medical care.[ 19 , 20 ]  The Harvard Medical Practice Study reported that diagnostic errors resulted in ... familiar with techniques to reduce it.[ 22 ]  The General Practice Services Committee (GPSC), a partnership between the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Andrew J. Juren, MD, May 2012
... of the senior staff that he turned away from clinical practice and back to his passion for numbers to begin a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: David D. Sweet, MD, FRCPC May 2012
... Evidence 2 Excellence employs an electronic community of practice, popularized by Wenger and colleagues,[ 52 ] to ... and trainee arrangements, resources, and other aspects of practice. Thus, a critical strength of this study is that it ... of safely and effectively applying evidence to clinical practice. The reasons for this difficulty are multifactorial ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Ken Seethram, MD, FRCSC, FACOG May 2012
... medical visits.  Group medical visits are included in the Practice Support Program (PSP) for specialist physicians with ... one of the surgeons, Dr Scott Cowie, learning about the practice from his wife, a family physician.  Among general ... “a process that seems to work well for our community and practice, and we hope to develop it further in meeting the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Gibong Lee, BSc(Pharm), MD, July/August 2012
... are now available. Current use is limited to veterinary practice, where levamisole serves as an anthelmintic.[ 3 ] ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Philippa Hawley, FRCPC July/August 2012
... 2010, Division of Palliative Care, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine, UBC), was collected in summer ... information, see page 301, “Using methadone for pain: Practice points.” Risks Despite methadone’s many ... other products, Abstral. Using methadone for pain: Practice points •    To apply for an exemption from the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Sophia Wong, MD, FRCPC September 2012
... by the World Health Organization as a standard of clinical practice and provoked global interest in dyslipidemic ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jason Forbes, MD, September 2012
... because recurrence is a concern after hernia repair, the practice of recommending extended convalescence has persisted ... of new technologies and techniques has challenged the practice of recommending a prolonged period of convalescence ...