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A doctor puts on a mask, looking in a mirror
COVID-19 / October 2020

COVID-19 office safety plan support grant for BC’s community physicians

Doctors with community offices in BC have invested time and expense to re-open their practices in a way that ensures safe in-person care. To help offset some of the associated costs, the Joint... Read More

A lab technician holds a vial of blood for testing
COVID-19 / October 2020

COVID-19: Evidence for predicting how severe a patient’s illness will become and why patients develop blood clots

A team from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University has made significant steps in understanding COVID-19 through two back-to-back studies published in Critical Care Explorations. In... Read More

A stethoscope sits on top of a stack of books
News / October 2020

Dr Glenn Regehr awarded the Karolinska Institutet Prize for Research in Medical Education

Dr Glenn Regehr Glenn Regehr, PhD, has been awarded the 2020 Karolinska Institutet Prize for Research in Medical Education. Dr Regehr is a senior scientist,... Read More

A page from a dictionary with the word "racism" highlighted
College Library / September 2020

Resources to support action on race and health inequity

By: Karen MacDonell, PhD, MLIS

Health inequity arising from personal and systemic bias against Black people, Indigenous people, and people of color is a pressing issue in Canada, but resources for addressing this in Canadian... Read More

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BC Centre for Disease Control / September 2020

Area-based disparities in breast cancer screening participation in British Columbia

By: Li Rita Zhang, MPH, Drona Rasali, PhD, FACE, Ryan R. Woods, PhD, Janette Sam, RTR, Lisa Kan, MSc

Secondary prevention techniques (e.g., screening mammography) allow for early detection of cancer and reduction in mortality at the population level.[1] In Canada, the Canadian Task Force on... 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