Re: Closure of the CPSBC Library

Issue: BCMJ, vol. 67, No. 4, May 2025, Page 127 Letters
By: Faye MacKay, MD, CCFP, FCFP

I have several provincial licences and have worked in many provinces. I have long admired BC for its progressive steps in ensuring excellence in medical care, one of which was the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC’s Library. I used it frequently. There was and still is nothing else like it, and the librarians were incredibly helpful. Its sudden cessation was a huge loss to physicians who want to research answers to clinical questions to stay current and provide better care and a huge step backward for BC health care. I would have happily paid more to keep it going, but per usual with administrative decisions from above, we physicians weren’t asked. Perhaps, in the future, if national licensure ever comes about, a similar resource can be part of the benefits that would provide. We physicians should ask for this.
—Faye MacKay, MD, CCFP, FCFP
Langham, SK

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