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Bugs & Drugs guide to antimicrobial therapy

By Dr. Karin Kausky, Dr. Tracy Monk, and Daniela Michel, MPH on January 11, 2023

Antimicrobial resistance is recognized as a top public health threat and is estimated to be directly responsible for 5,400 deaths and $1.4 billion in health care costs in Canada in 2018 which underlines the critical importance of wise prescribing of antibiotics. Every time I prescribe an antibiotic now, I check the Bugs & Drugs guidelines via PathwaysBC.ca.

My Fitness Pal

This app changed my practice: My Fitness Pal

By Dr. Marisa Collins on January 8, 2013

Achieving and maintaining a healthy body weight is an important objective for patients and physicians alike. Just in time for New Year’s resolutions, here’s an app to recommend to your patients and, perhaps, to make use of yourself.

Dropbox app article by Dr. Steve Wong for TCMP

This app changed my practice: Dropbox

By Dr. Steve Wong on May 28, 2012

Like many physicians, for many years now, I’ve been using electronic-only copies of journal articles (pdf files) for my own continuing education, reference and teaching purposes. Now, I have an easy way to organize and access documents.


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