April

The Projects and Innovation Committee, a joint committee of Doctors of BC and WorkSafeBC, is seeking proposals from the physician community for projects aimed at improving disability management for injured workers. The proposals might involve the development of preventive care or treatment pathways, or strategies for improved communication between physicians, case workers, and workers—but, whatever the topic, they should involve physician input.

Across the country the manner in which provincial medical associations choose their delegate nominees for the Board of the Canadian Medical Association varies. Some nominees are elected by their provincial associations at their representative forum or assembly, whereas others are appointed by their Board of Directors. At the Doctors of BC Board meeting held in February, a new process was approved by which Doctors of BC nominees for CMA Board delegates will be selected.

Dr Martin’s medical career began in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. He graduated from Durham University Medical School and moved to Newfoundland with his new wife, Brenda, where he completed a 1-year internship program. Dr Martin then decided to become a general practitioner and moved to Halifax to join a physician there.

Dr Margaret Lynn Holden was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on 4 May 1948 to Dr Pat Holden and Mrs Doris Holden, and died on 1 December 2015. Because Dr Holden’s father was in the military, the Holden family moved frequently, including to postings in Kingston, Germany, Whitehorse, and eventually Victoria.