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President's Comment / BY: Kathleen Ross, MD July/August 2019
... health leaders, was devoid of young physicians. Doctors of BC has set the stage for stronger physician engagement. More ... of family practice, or facility engagement, or Doctors of BC committees. I believe we must find a way to energize and ... will need in the future. —Kathleen Ross, MD Doctors of BC President President's Comment Health leaders of tomorrow ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: David R. Richardson, MD July/August 2019
... the chain of office and became president of Doctors of BC on 31 May 2019. BCMJ editor Dr David Richardson sat down ... president now? I’ve been associated with Doctors of BC peripherally for a long time—I was the first chair of ... Pathways and I chaired that too, and then when Doctors of BC wanted to set up medical staff associations, I said okay, ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Tanya Fairweather, MD, CCFP, FCFP July/August 2019
... Health care assistants (care aides) registered with the BC Care Aide and Community Health Worker Registry. If anyone ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Alana Godin July/August 2019
BC’s health care system is undergoing changes that will ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Farshad Hosseini, BSc July/August 2019
... orthopaedic foot and ankle reconstruction, and a lack of BC experience regarding complications in lower extremity ... prophylaxis. By 2012 this approach was used by over 80% of BC patients. By 2017 coagulation factor prophylaxis was the established approach. A study of patients in BC was proposed to compare management and surgical outcomes ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Benjamin Ng, July/August 2019
... large proportion of the illicit drug supply in BC. In April 2016 a public health emergency was declared in ... large proportion of the illicit drug supply in BC.   Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted to ... patients presenting to two emergency departments in BC found the incidence of fentanyl-related pulmonary edema ...
Obituaries / BY: Steve Ashwell, MD September 2019
... based in St. Anthony), Yukon, Minnesota, Alberta, and BC. His later career was punctuated by eight lengthy trips to ...
Obituaries September 2019
... 1971 and initially did general practice in Powell River, BC, and Campbellton, New Brunswick, before completing his ... He also provided the groundwork for development of Pain BC, a not-for-profit organization for patients with chronic ... As a member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC Committee for Non-hospital Medical and Surgical ...
Letters / BY: David E. Konkin, MD, FRCSC, FACS September 2019
... with the support of the Section of General Surgeons of BC, recommends avoiding the routine use of ultrasound in the ...
Letters / BY: Mark Elliott, MD, FRCPC September 2019
... the practice of medicine (the College, CMPA, Doctors of BC, etc.) are no different. One assumes there is rule of the ...