International medical graduates: The hurdles to practising in Canada
Shirin Rostamkalaee, MDInternational medical graduates (IMGs) come to Canada with hope for a better life. However, for the majority of them, the life they start in Canada is far from what they’d...
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Heidi M. Oetter, MDBritish Columbia has a long history of relying on international medical graduates (IMGs) to deliver competent medical care to patients. In fact, 20% of all physicians practising in...
View ArticleHurrah! Application complete
T.W. Barnett, MD, FRCPCI finally finished my application for reappointment.Initially, after hours spent scanning documents and attaching them to the electronic application, I was informed by the...
View ArticleThoughts on professionalism
Alan Ruddiman, MBChBHistorically, three recognized professional careers existed: medicine, law, and the clergy. The people whom each of these professions served looked for guidance, legitimate...
View ArticleThe resident experience in Cape Town, South Africa
A.W. Battison, MDK.S. Wade, MDTwo residents from the UBC Rural Family Medicine program traveled to Cape Town, South Africa, for elective rotations in trauma and emergency medicine. Here they provide an...
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Guest editorial: Palliative care: Learning to fall
Romayne Gallagher, MDDr Romayne Gallagherread more
View ArticleChanging epidemiology of Clostridium difficile–associated infections
Linda Hoang, MD, FRCPCElizabeth Bryce, MD, FRCPC Bonnie Henry, MD, FRCPCClostridium difficile infection continues to be a common cause of health care–associated diarrhea in North America, contributing...
View ArticleNew inorganic lead-monitoring guidelines
Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCPLead (Pb) is the quintessential heavy metal with toxic properties that have been recognized for centuries. It’s a naturally occurring, nonessential element with well-defined...
View ArticleThe Laboratory Services Act: Recovery of lab-test costs
Keith J. White, MDIn the May issue of the BCMJ we described how physicians may be affected by the Laboratory Services Act (LSA). The Act reinforces the provision of recovering lab-test costs from the...
View ArticleThe person first
Patricia (Trish) Caddy, BScThis essay is based on the winning entry from the UBC Faculty of Medicine Book Club’s 2016 writing competition.Disclaimer: UBC Medicine’s writing competition aims to...
View ArticleWater recycling: A step to better water stewardship and public health
Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em)My children were angry at me. It was another scorching summer day and the “waterpark” Dad built in the backyard was not operational due to water restrictions. Incredibly,...
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Book review: The Reservoir
George Szasz, CM, MDBy Douglas Hassan, MD. New York, NY: Page Publishing, 2015. ISBN 978-1-68139-655-2. Paperback.read more
View ArticleGPAC guideline: Asthma in Children—Diagnosis and Management
A new BC Guideline developed by Child Health BC in collaboration with the Guidelines and Protocols Advisory Committee provides recommendations for diagnosis and management of asthma in patients aged 1...
View ArticleResident Doctors of BC: 2015 award winners
The annual Awards of Excellence recognize members of the health care community for their contributions to creating an optimal training environment for residents in BC. Congratulations to this year’s...
View ArticleCorrection: Abusive head trauma
The author of the article “Abusive head trauma: Evolution of a diagnosis” (BCMJ 2015;57:331-335) has corrected an error that appeared on pages 331, 332, and 334. The sentence that read “… the leading...
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CFMS national blood drive: The need is constant
Salima Abdulla, BScOne in ten Canadian patients admitted to hospital receives blood products and, in most cases, from more than one donor. That’s one reason why the Canadian Federation of Medical...
View ArticleDisability insurance: Your financial safety net
Caleb BernabeIn the pursuit of practising medicine, you have made many sacrifices. Following your perseverance throughout medical school and residency, your most valuable asset is the ability to work....
View ArticlePalliative care: Therapy for the living
Romayne Gallagher, MDCaroline Baldwin, MD, CCFP(PC)Studies have confirmed that suffering can be relieved and patients can live well until they die when palliative care is introduced early and...
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