1. Please share your most interesting case with a patient. When I was a fourth year medical student, I had the opportunity to do an eight week elective at a rural mission hospital in Cameroon. During my time there, I saw many interesting cases but one of the most memorable case of all was this...
1) Please share your most interesting case with a patent (please ensure no specific patient info.) Interesting is such a relative term in medicine! This is one of my most memorable cases. Early in my career I was working in a remote community doing a clinic. I had a woman who was 34 weeks pregnant...
Please share your most interesting case with a patient The most interesting case that I’ve had occurred approximately four months ago. It was a young female patient that had come to the Ridge Meadows emergency department with extreme bilateral lower extremity pain and intermittent hallucinations. I had gotten some collateral information from the paramedics that...
1.) Please share your most interesting case with a patient (please ensure no specific patient info.) I have a patient with liver failure who is quite sick, in and out of hospital a lot, on her last admission she had gotten so bad she needed to be considered for a liver transplant. After talking to...
1. What is the best advice you were given during your time in school that has had a lasting impact on your practice? One lesson I remember from when I was an ER resident was when my preceptor told me about the idea of “mindfulness”. I was struggling to be able to focus on each individual...
1. Please share your most interesting case with a patient? It may not be the most interesting case but I feel it is timely given our current global pandemic. A few months ago I was involved in the care of a patient who presented with a significant tumor growing on her face. When she presented to...
1. What is the greatest learning opportunity that you have had since joining Doctors of BC? The greatest thing that I’ve learned is that there is a very real opportunity for physicians to inform the direction of health care in British Columbia – when they take the advantage of the chances to dialogue, to speak...
1. Please share your most interesting case with a patient? I have so many being an Emergency Physician. The one case that sticks in my mind was a cardiac arrest patient who was brought in by the paramedics in full cardiac arrest. He was a post operative full knee replacement. On a quick examination,...
1. Please share your most interesting case with a patient? A case that has stayed with me ever since I was a medical student in Manchester concerns a man with severe schizophrenia who presented with catatonia and mutism. None of the professors or consultants could get him to talk. But my friend, also a...
1. Please share your most interesting case with a patient? Being a Pediatrician, I am fortunate to develop great connections with children and their families. One thing I enjoy most as a Pediatrician is the opportunity to be ‘funny and goofy’ with the kids. This helps the kids feel more comfortable and...
