Sun, 2021-12-26 15:10 by Dr. Colin Alert Be prepared to resist Omicron – and survive into 2022. (And avoid a Holly Jolly Quarantine!) Dr. C.V. Alert, MB BS, DM. FCCFP Family Physician. From reports of what is happening internationally, we can safely assume that it only a matter of when, rather than if, the omicron […]
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Tue, 2021-11-30 18:55 by Dr. Colin Alert Why we should we go on the offence against blood pressures? Dr. C. V. Alert, MB BS, DM. FCCFP Family Physician. There is no doubt that “Covid Covid Covid” has completely hijacked the attention and resources away from almost all other health issues, around the world. In the
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Wed, 2021-11-17 12:43 by Dr. Colin Alert Is there a role for the trained Family Physician in the Caribbean? Perspectives of three senior family physicians from three islands. Dr Colin Alert, MB BS, DM (Family Medicine, UWI), FCCFP. Barbados; Dr. Sonia Roache-Barker, MB BS (UWI-London), FCCFP Trinidad and Tobago; and Dr. Pauline Williams-Green, MD, DM (Family Medicine, UWI),
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Thu, 2021-11-11 10:01 by Dr. Colin Alert Better covid-19 messaging needed. But whose responsibility is it? Dr. C.V. Alert MB BS, DM, FCCFP. Family Physician. The issues created by the covid-19 pandemic, and more particularly issues arising with the rollout of the covid-19 mitigation measures and the covid-19 vaccines, have generated a great need for messaging
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Sun, 2021-10-24 04:30 by Dr. Colin Alert Is it “Covid, Covid, Covid”? Or is it business as usual? Dr. C.V. Alert, MB BS, DM, FCCFP Family Physician. Some years ago a popular calypso singer wrote a song suggesting that there were two Barbadoses. While this popular song came out many years before this current pandemic,
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Tue, 2021-10-05 11:09 by Dr. Colin Alert Covid vaccines: what they can and can’t do! Dr. Colin Alert, MB BS, DM. FCCFP Family Physician. Shortly after the start of the covid pandemic, around February 2020, it was stated that one of the major public health goals of dealing with this epidemic was to “flatten the
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Tue, 2021-10-05 11:09 by Dr. Colin Alert Covid vaccines: what they can and can’t do! Dr. Colin Alert, MB BS, DM. FCCFP Family Physician. Shortly after the start of the covid pandemic, around February 2020, it was stated that one of the major public health goals of dealing with this epidemic was to “flatten the
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Sat, 2021-09-04 17:00 by Dr. Colin Alert What blood pressure reading is right for you? Dr. C.V. Alert, MB BS, DM, FCCFP. Family Physician. Over the last few years physicians have encouraged many persons to check their own blood pressures, called self-monitoring of blood pressure (SMBPs). Many persons, especially those who have been formally diagnosed
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PROGRAMME 78 th UWI / BAMP CME Conference, Lloyd Erskine-Sandiford Centre Saturday, 14 th November 2015 7:45 AM Registration 8:15 AM Welcome Dr. Kim Quimby, Chair, CME Committee 8:20 AM Opening Remarks Dr. Peter Adams, Dean, UWI, FMS, Cave Hill 8:25 AM Opening Remarks Dr. Carlos Chase, President – BAMP Session I Respiratory diseases. 8:30
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The CCFP announces its September CME, titled : How would you manage these diabetic patients? Two real cases would be presented, followed by a discussion of the best way of managingk these patients in a Caribbean setting. Date: 9/16/2015Timw: 8.00 p.m. Eastern Caribbean time Moderator : Dr. C.V.Alert, MB BS, DM.Fellow, Caribbean College of Family Physicians.CCFP CME
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