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News / November 2024

Now is the time to review disability and professional expense insurance

By: Laura McLean

Has it been more than 2 years since you’ve met with your insurance advisor to review your disability and professional expense insurance needs? If so, right now is a great time for a review. The... Read More

A doctor uses a calculator while working at their computer.
WorkSafeBC / October 2024

Tips for billing Expedited Comprehensive Consultations to WorkSafeBC

By: Patrick Wong, Waqar Younas, PhD

Physicians with a Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada specialty and family physicians with areas of expertise can bill WorkSafeBC for Expedited Comprehensive Consultations. Data from... Read More

A physiotherapist helps a patient walk using handrails.
Council on Health Promotion / October 2024

Falls prevention: The lifelong battle against gravity

By: Eileen M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP, Michael Slatnik, MD, MPH, CCFP

Falls are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in older adults; they also cost the BC health care sector $1.1 billion in 2018.[1] The BCMJ has published many articles about falls prevention for... Read More

Young family
News / September 2024

Protecting the families of Doctors of BC members

By: Erin Connors

Since Doctors of BC established our in-house team of insurance advisors in 2011, we have been helping members with their life and health insurance needs. But did you know your family members are also... Read More

Test tubes for genomic sequencing.
BC Centre for Disease Control / September 2024

Pathogen genomics in the post-COVID-19 era

By: Natalie Prystajecky, PhD, SCCM, Yin Chang, MSc, Shannon Russell, PhD, John Tyson, PhD, James Zlosnik, PhD, Linda M.N. Hoang, MSc, MD, DTM&H, FRCPC

One core function of a provincial public health laboratory is to conduct pathogen surveillance by characterizing the genetic material of microbes, also known as “fingerprinting,” to monitor... Read More

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BCMJ

The BCMJ is a general medical journal that shares knowledge while building connections among BC physicians.

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ISSN 0007‍-‍0556 (Print)
ISSN 2293‍-‍6106 (Online)
Established 1959