Search

News / BY: Andrea Cross, CFP May 2022
... making any of these TFSA mistakes. Have you claimed your BC CPRSP benefits? Each year, eligible doctors in British Columbia receive a unique benefit ... Contributory Professional Retirement Savings Plan (CPRSP). Doctors of BC will notify you of the amount you can claim ...
Joint Collaborative Committees / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC May 2022
... must be learners and active participants in decolonizing BC’s health care system, returning the right to access ... leadership. Across facilities and communities in BC, doctors are also leading initiatives and projects through the ... first year, there were more than 6000 encounters between doctors and hundreds of patients who accessed the service. ...
Obituaries / BY: Young Family June 2022
... Hospital. In 1953 he began general practice in Hope, BC, as one of only two doctors in the town, later moving down the road to ...
Letters / BY: Barbara Macleod, MD June 2022
... as a family physician for 45 years, mostly in Nanaimo, BC. I agree with Dr Day’s editorial in the March issue of ... get proper medical care. I am frustrated with the several BC governments that have not done anything to address these ... responsibility for their actions, and not listened to doctors about how to improve our health system. —Barbara ...
Editorials / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB June 2022
... and rising overhead costs are all factors causing many BC physicians’ morale to drop, not only full-service ... running their own offices. A number of years ago, Doctors of BC (then the BCMA), set an hourly rate (currently ... solution to the growing number of unattached patients. As Doctors of BC and the BC government negotiate a new Physician ...
President's Comment / BY: Ramneek Dosanjh, MD June 2022
... toward government with respect to the shortage of family doctors, for example, is creating a pivotal opportunity to make real change. So is the fact that many doctors are closing their offices in response to the broken ... and no longer will we accept the status quo. Doctors of BC is committed to doing the right thing when times are ...
News June 2022
Business Pathways is a new program from Doctors of BC dedicated to helping members navigate the operational side ... HR management is an area of particular importance to doctors, and more in-depth toolkits for other key aspects of ...
News June 2022
... to gauge how well the journal is meeting the needs of BC doctors. We conduct these surveys approximately every 5 ... the nearest whole number). Print and web In 2016 we asked doctors whether they read the BCMJ in print or online, and we ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: BCCDC Overdose Drivers Knowledge Translation Group June 2022
... from an increasingly toxic illegal drug supply. Doctors of BC has endorsed a policy advocating for both ... the unequal impacts of overdose on Indigenous people in BC and Canada. Addressing comorbidities and maximizing health ...
Premise / BY: Renee Fernandez, MD, CCFP June 2022
... health care, accelerating transformation of BC’s health care system faster than we ever imagined ... a more sustainable health care workforce and system in BC. We have the opportunity to reimagine the future of care ... for patient care. As the executive director of BC Family Doctors, I have worked with our Board and members to ...