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News / January/February 2022

Recent health trust legislation changes and the impact on the Doctors of BC Health Benefits Trust Fund

By: Erin Connors

A major legislative change regarding health trusts was introduced in the summer of 2021. Health trusts are used to offer employee health benefits in a manner that is tax effective for the employer... Read More

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News / January/February 2022

Doctors of BC 2021 scholarship winners

Ms Maren Longman Ms Annalise Wong Ms Anna Myllyniemi Doctors of BC awarded its annual $1000 scholarships for 2021 to Ms Maren Longman of Port... Read More

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News / January/February 2022

Changes to copyright of BCMJ content

Starting in 2022, copyright for articles published in the BCMJ is held by the article’s authors or their institutions under the Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license (creativecommons.org/... Read More

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WorkSafeBC / December 2021

Supporting injured workers with PTSD

By: Tanya Fairweather, MD, CCFP, FCFP, Harry Karlinsky, MD, FRCPC

Most Canadians will be exposed to at least one traumatic event in their lifetime. Nevertheless, as the lifetime prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is reported to be 9.2% in Canada,... Read More

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BC Centre for Disease Control / December 2021

Impact of COVID-19 response on childhood immunization: What can we do to catch up?

By: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM

Historically, response to pandemics has affected routine immunization coverage, as exemplified in the BC childhood immunization programs during the 2009 A/H1N1 influenza pandemic. In March and April... 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