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President's Comment / BY: Alan Ruddiman, MBBCh, Dip PEMP, FRRMS June 2016
... careers existed: medicine, law, and the clergy. The people whom each of these professions served looked for ... legitimate leadership, and a strong sense of hope. The people expected outstanding service, the safety of trusted ...
President's Comment / BY: Charles Webb, MBChB January/February 2016
... by physicians on the front lines—work that not enough people know about. In BC physicians are emerging as leaders ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2016
... very active embassies in the UK at that time, recruiting people to bring their talent, come overseas, build a new ... in the 1980s, what prompted your move to Canada? Most people will probably anticipate that I chose to move because ... by how different medicine appeared to be. In South Africa people would arrive at hospitals or community clinics with ...
President's Comment / BY: Alan Ruddiman, MBBCh, Dip PEMP, FRRMS December 2016
... caregivers provide an estimated 70% to 75% of care to people receiving home care. That translates to roughly 8 ... on any given day. In BC there are approximately 1 million people filling this role, most of whom are caring for a ... family caregivers and, in turn, negatively impacting the people they care for and generating additional pressures on ...
President's Comment / BY: Charles Webb, MBChB June 2015
... which I am able to have a positive individual influence on people’s lives while also contributing to the greater good ...
Interviews / BY: Joanne Jablkowski September 2015
... life. There were certainly difficult times as well; many people were hurt. But the most exhilarating moments involved ... adventure. I thought to myself, I like this place; these people are cool!   Having spent 27 years in general ... setting was the extension of my practice. I could ship people down to emerg and have them triaged and worked up, and ...
President's Comment / BY: Charles Webb, MBChB December 2015
... and extended family members, usually upward of 25 people, to gather around the table eating, laughing, and ...
President's Comment / BY: Bill Cavers, MD April 2015
... When the subject of governance comes up in conversation, people’s eyes usually glaze over. Many find it to be a ...
President's Comment / BY: William Cunningham, MD, CCFP, CCFP (EM) January/February 2014
... us become a more influential profession. In fact, once people were told what the BCMA represents, they saw a real ...
President's Comment / BY: William Cunningham, MD, CCFP, CCFP (EM) May 2014
... the time to develop one. There are myriad reasons why people delay discussing the end of their own life or that of ...