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College Library / January/February 2024

Easy access to clinical practice guidelines

By: Paula Osachoff

The College Library has updated our clinical practice guidelines web page (www.cpsbc.ca/registrants/library/clinical-practice-guidelines) to curate current sources of clinical practice guidelines and... Read More

A natural gas drilling rig.
Council on Health Promotion / January/February 2024

Unhealthy, unnatural gas

By: Kevin E. Liang, MD, CCFP, Larry Barzelai, MD,, Ilona Hale, MD, FCFPC, Katharine McKeen, MD, MBA, FCFP

British Columbia is facing a critical health crisis that is inextricably linked to the environment. Extreme weather events like wildfires, heat waves, and droughts are on the rise, impacting public... Read More

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WorkSafeBC / January/February 2024

New legislation to shift the needle on prolonged disability

By: Peter Rothfels, MD, Belden Wong, MBA

Unemployment and worklessness are critical social determinants of health and economic stability. Losing their livelihood can put workers at greater risk of morbidity, mortality, and social harms. For... Read More

At-home HPV screening will be available 29 Jan 2024
News / January/February 2024

New self-screening program to detect cervical cancer

A BC-wide cervix self-screening program will be available starting 29 January 2024, including a first-in-Canada option to screen at home. Women and individuals aged 25 to 69 with a cervix will be... Read More

News / January/February 2024

2023 J.H. MacDermot writing prize winners

Ms Samantha Erron Gibbon Ms Kaitlin Kwok Ms Samantha Erron Gibbon is the winner of the J.H. MacDermot Prize for Excellence in Medical Journalism (... Read More

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BCMJ Volume 67 Number 10 cover.

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