INTERNAL MEDICINE REVIEW
CME Location: Vancouver CME Time: Mon, 2014-05-26 (All day) - Thu, 2014-05-29 (All day)The 38th Annual Internal Medicine Review for Primary Care Physicians will be held at St.read more
View ArticleVancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter: Improving the health of abused women
Blog Author: Taisha Garby Taisha GarbyBlog Teaser: The Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter [] is a non-profit organization that works to improve the health and well-being of battered and abused...
View ArticleCANADIAN INTERVENTIONAL PAIN COURSE 2014
CME Location: Vancouver CME Time: Fri, 2014-04-04 07:00 - Sat, 2014-04-05 17:30Friday, 4 April 2014--Sutton Place Hotel, 845 Burrard Street (Lecture series)Saturday, 5 April 2014--UBC Life Sciences...
View ArticleVascular CME Day 2014
CME Location: Victoria CME Time: Sat, 2014-02-15 08:00 - 17:00This program is aimed at primary care physicians, emergency room doctors, and nurse practitioners who have contact with patients who...
View ArticleRebalancing Health Care: Public, community, corporate and patient partnerships
CME Location: Vancouver CME Time: Fri, 2014-02-28 07:30 - 16:00Venue: Hyatt Regency Hotel, Regency Ballroom, 655 Burrard St.read more
View ArticleJoint UBC Conferences
CME Location: Vancouver CME Time: Sat, 2014-02-08 (All day)The 10th Annual Hot Topics in Cardiology and the 16th Annual Respiratory Medicine Update will be held at the read more
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Health care Quality Forum 2014: Take the plunge
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Six-step plan for effective behavior changes
Blog Author: Joti Samra, R.Psych Joti Samra, R.Psychread more
View ArticlePain Management Conference
CME Location: Richmond CME Time: Fri, 2014-03-28 (All day) - Sun, 2014-03-30 (All day)The 2014 Pain Management Conference will be held at the Delta Vancouver Airport Hotel. An optional...
View ArticleeHealth and Innovative Technology Showcase (eHITS)
CME Location: Vancouver CME Time: Fri, 2014-05-09 (All day) Calling all health care professionals!read more
View ArticlePost Graduate Review in Family Medicine
CME Location: Vancouver CME Time: Wed, 2014-02-26 (All day) - Fri, 2014-02-28 (All day) This comprehensive 3-day course will be held at the Marriott Pinnacle Downtown and will offer a review and...
View ArticleClinical Neurosciences 2014: A Focus on Trauma, Addiction, and Mood
CME Location: Vancouver CME Time: Fri, 2014-03-07 (All day) read more
View ArticleNecessary conversations
David R. Richardson, MDMedical drama script excerptScene 1: Quiet post-op hospital room where healthy 60-year-old marathon runner lies post uneventful appendectomy. Enter stage right, extremely...
View ArticleSurgery
Timothy C. Rowe, MB, FRCSC, FRCOGMy first serious surgical experience was on my second day as an intern (or “junior resident,” as we were called then). I was on call for the surgical unit in a regional...
View ArticleAssisted suicide vs. end-of-life care
Allan Donkin, MDSince the media has been lending some attention to the topic of assisted suicide recently, I have a few thoughts that are probably less commonly heard and would not easily be portrayed...
View ArticleRe: Dr Haigh’s editorial
Lindsay M. Lawson, MDI am writing to thank Dr Haigh for her recent editorial [Some stories are heartbreaking, some are heartwarming; this one is both, [BCMJ2013;55:409]. I also know Margaret Benson...
View ArticleRe: Spinal manipulation in low back pain
R.M. Preshaw, MDIn his brief summary for WorkSafeBC (Chiropractic treatment for injured workers, BCMJ2013;55:432-433) Dr Jeffrey Quon provides two (and curiously only two) references to support the...
View ArticleRe: Spinal manipulation in low back pain: Dr Quon responds
Jeffrey Quon, DC, MHSc, PhD, FCCSCI would like to thank Dr Preshaw for his response to my brief article on chiropractic treatment for injured workers on behalf of WorkSafeBC.Re: Spinal manipulation in...
View ArticleNew methadone dosing: Overdose dangers
Olivia Sampson, MD, MPHJane Buxton, MBBS, MRCGP, MHSc, FRCPCAshraf Amlani, MPHNew methadone is 10 times more concentrated than the currently compounded anhydrous methadone solution. Are we ready to...
View ArticleRe: How our leaders want to die—A call to action
Derryck H. Smith, MD, FRCPCAs a long-time and avid reader of the BCMJ I look forward to reading the Proust questionnaire. These probing questions give us insight into the minds of some of our most...
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