Dr Cadesky is a family physician in Vancouver, a clinical instructor at the University of British Columbia, and medical coordinator at the Louis Brier Home and Hospital. Dr Cadesky is also chair of the Practice Survival Skills conference at the University of British Columbia and serves on the Doctors of BC Board of Directors as a District 3 delegate.
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Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP
Dr Eric Cadesky After my first week of rural rotation I felt pretty comfortable. As a medical student, it was my first time in Atlantic Canada and the elective was working out well.... Read More
Dr Eric Cadesky What profession might you have pursued, if not medicine? Children’s book author. Which talent would you most like to have? Musical talent would be nice. Or to... Read More
Dr Eric Cadesky Through the clacking of keyboards and rustling of papers, I hear a sigh emerge from the confluence of doctors in the backroom. “Did anyone else just get 100 new... Read More
Would you consider increasing the use of innovative technologies in your practice in the upcoming year? If you responded “yes,” you are not alone. More than 90% of participants in a recent technology conference for... Read More
Dr Eric Cadesky Dr Kendall Ho In Part 1 of this theme issue we explored how technology can be used to improve access to and quality of health care. The history and future of... Read More
Dr Eric Cadesky Dr Kendall Ho Whether we are talking about telehealth, telemedicine, mHealth, health IT, or virtual health, the digital health technologies used to improve... Read More
As Canada recently celebrated its 150th birthday, so too did the Canadian Medical Association, which held its sesquicentennial General Council (CMA GC) meeting in August. The event, often referred to as Canada’s medical... Read More
Last year I wrote about the ways that your colleagues represented you and Doctors of BC at the Canadian Medical Association General Council in Halifax. This year we had the pleasure of hosting the “Medical Parliament of... Read More
This year has produced barren winter mountains and record summer heat; similarly, the climate is changing for the ways that doctors practise. In BC we have a new agreement with the government and unprecedented levels of... Read More
The members of your Doctors of BC delegation to the Canadian Medical Association General Council have just come back from Halifax and I want to make two clarifications: First, I am vegetarian and did not personally... Read More