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News / April 2019

Read the quarterly GPSC newsletter online

Emailed directly to BC family physicians, the GPSC’s quarterly newsletter, GP Update, is also available online at www.gpscbc.ca/news/publications. The winter 2019 issue features news on:... Read More

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News / April 2019

Changes to the Editorial Board

By: David R. Richardson, MD

Dr Timothy Rowe Dr Amanda Ribeiro It is not without a little sadness that the BCMJ says goodbye to Dr Timothy Rowe. Dr Rowe has been an Editorial Board... Read More

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WorkSafeBC / March 2019

Concussions and return-to-work considerations

By: David J. Rhine, MD, FRCPC

To better understand concussion and optimize care of concussion patients injured at work, there are two valuable resources: the Concussion in Sport Group consensus statement that arose from the... Read More

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Council on Health Promotion / March 2019

Can frailty be prevented? Or is it the inevitable decline in function that accompanies aging?

By: Steven Larigakis, MD

What is frailty? Frailty is a state of increased vulnerability and decreased physiologic reserve that impedes the body’s ability to withstand and recover from minor challenges.[1] Frailty is... Read More

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Family Practice Services Committee / March 2019

Physician networks: Improving practice coverage, patient care, and physician support

By: Afsaneh Moradi

Physician networks are connections between doctors that are built on formal or informal relationships. They enable doctors to rely on each other for practice coverage, and to support each other with... 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