On the first episode of DocTalks season 2, we speak with experts Julie Jones and Carl Prophet about how doctors can optimize their physical and online safety (www.doctorsofbc.ca/news/doctalks-podcast-physical-and-online-violence-how-protect-yourself). We’re hearing more and more reports of violent threats— either physical, verbal, or digital—directed toward physicians, triggered specifically by tension created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
BC Cancer has launched the Lung Screening Program, the first organized province-wide lung-screening program for high-risk individuals in the country. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in Canada and worldwide. In BC, seven people die of lung cancer every day. With 70% of all cases currently diagnosed at an advanced stage, the Lung Screening Program aims to detect lung cancer at an earlier stage, when treatment is more effective.
The British Columbia Medical Journal welcomes article submissions from BC medical students and offers two writing prizes for the best submissions accepted for publication. Recently, the prizes have been updated to distinguish between student articles written with and without physician coauthors. The blog-post prize has been discontinued.
Your inside guide to the emergency department: And how to prevent having to go!
By Dr Fred Voon. FriesenPress, 2021. ISBN: 978-1-7776034-0-3. Paperback, 142 pages.
