News
November 2019
... prepare and to mitigate violence against them, Doctors of BC has developed a guide with information and resources that ...
President's Comment /
BY: Kathleen Ross, MD
November 2019
... Home-based self-monitoring programs under development in BC, such as TEC4home, should help reduce the number of times ... down, we are still Oz. —Kathleen Ross, MD Doctors of BC President President's Comment Has democratization and ...
College Library /
BY: Karen MacDonell, PhD, MLIS
November 2019
... e-books is lack of awareness of their availability. Every BC health authority library has an e-book collection ... and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC Library. College registrants have access to over 600 ...
Family Practice Services Committee /
BY: Brenda Hefford, MD
November 2019
... physician burnout is more prevalent and more intense among BC physicians than it has been in the past, and it details ... of health.[ 4 ] Many initiatives are currently underway in BC through the implementation of patient medical homes and ... Physician Affairs and Community Practice, Doctors of BC Doctors of BC is developing a policy paper to address the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc
November 2019
... to clindamycin makes up 13% of all prescriptions in BC, significantly increasing the risk for adverse events such ... should prompt a revision to the Pharmacare record. The BC Provincial Antimicrobial Clinical Experts are developing a ... —Edith Blondel-Hill, MD, FRCPC Interior Health Authority BC Centre for Disease Control Beta-lactam allergy: Benefits ...
Editorials /
BY: David R. Richardson, MD
December 2019
... intimidated. Our journal is written by the physicians of BC for the physicians of BC, so that means you. Please do your part to make this aging ...
Obituaries /
BY: N.G. Nair, MBBS, FRCPC
December 2019
... and Regina, Saskatchewan. In 1991 Lito moved to Langley, BC, with his family and started working as a consultant ...
Obituaries /
BY: Lang Family
December 2019
... to Canada, Don joined a family practice in Kimberley, BC. Although the initial plan was to stay for a short time, ...
Obituaries /
BY: Norman D. Finlayson, MD
December 2019
... and one of the few non-physician honorary members of the BC Medical Association (as Doctors of BC was formerly called) died at the age of 89 years in ... the first public relations manager for the Royal Bank in BC. In the early 1970s the BCMA was suffering attacks from ...
News
December 2019
Dr Gerald Stewart, past president of Doctors of BC, was one of the first recipients of the CCFP designation. ... is Gerald Stewart, MD, CCFP, FCFP, LM, from Kelowna, BC. Dr Stewart graduated from the UBC Medical School and ... in 2018. Dr Stewart is also a past president of Doctors of BC, having served in 1984/1985. For the complete list of the ...