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Clinical Articles / BY: Jon Slater, MD, FRCPC, MBA, January/February 2014
... the practitioner from unreasonable restrictions in practice as well as unreasonable expectations. Traditionally, ... for example, is expected to restrict his or her practice to the “normal and customary” activities of that ... average physician would experience in 8 weeks of full-time practice, which is also the minimum level of activity ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Malcolm Brigden, MDCM, FRCPC, FACP, January/February 2014
... and when can it be encountered in general clinical practice? Monoclonal gammopathy is the in­­creased ... benign medical conditions commonly encountered in clinical practice may be associated with monoclonal gammopathy ( see ... (MGUS): When is MGUS likely to be encountered in general practice? What investigations should be undertaken? How ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kostas Ioannou, MD, FRCPC, March 2014
... degree, his foresight would eventually influence the practice of medicine by helping clinicians evaluate and treat ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: David F. Smith, MD, April 2014
... to report unsafe drivers as part of their medical practice obligations. Human rights groups, seniors’ ... Hamilton, a trauma surgeon. The Canadian Council of Family Practice developed an emergency medicine training program and ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Shelley Ross, MD April 2014
... than ever to stay current with rapid advancements in best practice recommendations. This is especially true in the busy general practice environment where physicians need to make efficient, ... of BC physicians were using online journals, clinical practice guidelines, and medical databases in patient care,[ ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Haroon Hasan, BSc, MPH, June 2014
... growth hormone replacement therapy (GHRT). It is common practice to discontinue GHRT after the achievement of final ... the current state of coverage for GHRT in the province of practice for each endocrinologist and to determine whether ... 1 ). The vast majority of respondents (82%) have been in practice for more than 10 years. Furthermore, the majority of ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Michael A Benusic, UBC Medical Class of 2014, June 2014
... examining potential human health impacts is optional in practice.[ 3 ] Even when included, as with the Fraser Surrey ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Murray Trusler, MD, MBA, FCFP, FRRMS, October 2014
... Ontario patients treated with warfarin in routine clinical practice.[ 7 ] The large sample size of 125 195 subjects ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kasandra Harriman, MD, CCFP, November 2014
... prescribed preventive medications in accordance with best practice guidelines for individual chronic diseases.[ 7,8 ] ... “a need to explore and understand poor prescribing practice in order to know how to improve it and enhance ... meetings organized by the St. Paul’s Hospital Family Practice Residency Program as well as formal UBC Department ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Shelley Ross, MD November 2014
... out of their practices, BC is in growing need of family practice providers of primary maternity care. Billing fee ... family physicians who include obstetrics in their scope of practice. On 1 October, the GPSC reinstated its obstetrical ... for established family physicians and those newly in practice through hands-on experience, mentorship, and ...