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Editorials /
BY: Sharadh Sampath, MD, FRCSC
April 2018
... need to be better understood. When I was a medical student, the subject of bariatric surgery was not covered, ... improve within days and months of surgery. In the case of type 2 diabetes, high rates of complete remission have been ... ] Metabolic surgery should be considered for patients with type 2 diabetes and BMI of 30.0 to 34.9 kg/m 2 if ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Marilyn Thorpe, MD, FRCPC
July/August 2018
... people, delaying or preventing their education, increasing student loan amounts, and potentially compromising ... Later, the reason for referral and whether the type of appointment given was deemed appropriate were also ... ANOVA was used to compare the main effects of appointment type (consultation or pit appointment) and year (2013, 2014, ...
Obituaries /
BY: John O’Brien-Bell, MB
July/August 2017
... In the 1950s London was a great place to be a medical student. Graduating in 1956 Dr Rigby remained as a house ... leadership was needed. Dr Rigby delivered on all counts. A student of the battles of the Second World War, he was the ... the hospital. It was unique to have a fellowship of this type in a community hospital. Though the fellowship was in ...
Physician Spotlight /
BY: Brian Day, MB
March 2017
... relationship with UBC dates back over 70 years. As a student he was an elite basketball player and played a ... in the mold of an old-style (now extinct) Churchillian type of politician. He was determined to fulfill promises ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Michael W. Luong, MD, FRCPC,
April 2016
... should be considered. A recent study of sudden death in student athletes found that in approximately 65% of cases the ... resting QT interval.[ 32 ] The most common form of LQTS (type 1) is associated with exertion, particularly swimming. ... of Brugada syndrome: the classic and more concerning type 1 coved pattern, and the combined previously designated ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews /
BY: Joanne Jablkowski
September 2016
... a mortgage were in the double digits. And I had a sizable student loan—I came from a blue collar working family, so ... family didn’t finance my education. My dad co-signed my student loan and I accumulated that debt through 6 years of ... who can continue to support patients when they need that type of care most, but we’re now at a place where, because ...
Interviews /
BY: Joanne Jablkowski
September 2014
... better when they do. When I can, I also take on a medical student or resident and I teach in that capacity because I ... same way we used to--we don't have enough providers of any type to keep doing the same thing. So we have to work ... thing--get involved. I know the immediacies of life as a student and resident can be overwhelming, but I would ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Kristy Cho, MD, FRCSC
May 2014
... the chi-square test for categorical variables and the student t test for continuous variables. Tumor ... number of breast and nodal surgeries, utilization and type of initial surgery, radiotherapy, and systemic therapy. ... financially by the University of British Columbia Summer Student Research Program (the Council of Undergraduate ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Réka Gustafson, MD, MSc, MHSc, FRCPC
May 2014
A 23-year-old male presents to student health services with a mononucleosis-like syndrome. A ... first visit with a new family physician, is screened for type 2 diabetes. Would you include an HIV test in the blood ...