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MDs To Be / BY: Annika Klopp, BSc, April 2012
... are often thought to be of a similar character, the type of people who are accustomed to a schedule that does not ... on a whim, was surprising to us. Through our medical student lens, it is hard to imagine having a day with no ...
News&Notes / BY: Lila Yewchuk, MD, FRCPC, June 2012
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a chron­ic, life-threatening ... there are legal implications should a diabetic student be harmed or die because of insufficient care at ... of full inclusion.”[ 31 ]  Barriers to care   Being a student with type 1 diabetes in a BC school brings with it ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Nathan W. Brunner, MD, FRCPC March 2011
... surgeon Alton Ochsner, who recognized the eager medical student’s potential and fostered his interest in surgery. ... link between smoking and lung cancer.  Still as a medical student, DeBakey developed one of the first mechanical blood ... in Houston, where a CT scan confirmed the diagnosis of a type A aortic dissection.  Because his advanced age made ...
Editorials / BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD June 2010
... same orthopedic rotation may not be ex­posed to the same type or variety of cases that a fellow student at another hospital may see. Objectives from the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Joanna Bates, MDCM, CCFP September 2008
... that allows lectures, lab demonstrations, and faculty and student meetings to take place across all three sites through ... campus, including anatomy labs for dissection. They have student support on site, and have equal access to UBC ... them.  The Faculty of Medicine is also piloting a new type of clerkship in which students spend a full year in a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Barry Thorneloe (VFMP), MD September 2008
... Aside from being mortifyingly embarrassing, this type of welcome set the tone for the years to come. In fact, ... learn.  In community hospitals, the role of the medical student is not as defined and there is greater opportunity to ... Clinical Articles Medical school distribution: The student perspective ...
Clinical Articles / BY: John A. Dufton, DC, MD, October 2007
... predictor of diabetic complications in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.[ 7-10 ] Futhermore, a randomized controlled ... protocol. Acknowledgments This research was funded by the Student Summer Research Program, UBC Faculty of Medicine. ...
News July/August 2007
... province repeatedly stated that this program provided the type of support they needed and made them feel more committed ... $100 000 in a mix of options, such as up to $40 000 for student debt repayment, up to $40 000 to set up or join a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mark Fok, MD, FRCPC September 2007
... according to demographics ( table 1 ) and rotation type ( table 2 ).  Residents were found to have worked an ... rotation. Our results were reported based on rotation type (as opposed to residency specialty) because PGY-1 ... University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine Summer Student Research Program, the Doctor, Patient and Society ...
News / BY: David R. Richardson, MD November 2006
... in rural areas, have the highest occurrence of this type of risky behavior. Because of the decentralization and ... impact. CMA Award for Young Leaders Presented to one student, one resident, and one early-career physician (5 ...