Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Sukhmeet Singh Sachal, MPH
July/August 2022
... deliver culturally effective care to South Asians across BC. One initiative involved bringing together stakeholders ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Patrick Wong
July/August 2022
... cover sheet. If you have any questions, contact Doctors of BC at worksafebc@doctorsofbc.ca . —Patrick Wong Quality ... WorkSafeBC —Farnaz Ferdowsi Senior Analyst, Doctors of BC WorkSafeBC Tips for billing Initial Expedited ...
Beyond Medicine /
BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS
July/August 2022
... as a mentee. Funding comes from General Surgeons of BC, a Section of Doctors of BC, as well as from industry sponsors. At the time the ... for a grant receive funding equivalent to the Doctors of BC specialist sessional rate for administrative preparation, ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Elizabeth Purssell, MD, MSc
September 2022
... conducted at Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster, BC. It is the only Canadian level 1 trauma centre in a health ... medical record data for trauma patients recorded in the BC Trauma Registry who presented to our emergency department ... between 1 January 2016 and 31 December 2018. The BC Trauma Registry is a comprehensive and organized ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Mira Keyes, MD, FRCPC
September 2022
BC Cancer is a provincial, publicly funded, population-based ... Services Authority. It serves 5.1 million residents of BC and Yukon through six regional multidisciplinary, ... Surrey, Kelowna, Abbotsford, and Prince George. The BC Cancer mandate covers the full spectrum of cancer care, ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Braedon Aujla, BSc
September 2022
... of collisions.[ 3-6 ] It is estimated that in Northern BC, 55% to 65% of both deer–vehicle collisions and ... of wildlife species are hit and killed by vehicles on BC roads, but the most common large mammals involved are ... and Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis ).[ 8-10 ] In BC, deer–vehicle collisions outnumber moose–vehicle ...
Obituaries /
BY: David M. Lawson, PhD, RPsych
September 2022
... clinical support for much of the early research of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS. Her name appears as a ... of the then-BCMA, served on the Editorial Board of the BC Medical Journal (1994–2011), and was an examiner for the ... to express their deep appreciation to Dr Chelsey Lane, the BC Cancer Agency staff, and the palliative care team for ...
Letters /
BY: Ruth Habte, MD
September 2022
... campaign lobbying for universal no-cost contraception in BC. I write in my own opinion today—an opinion informed by ... that providing universal no-cost contraception coverage in BC would cost approximately $50 million but would save up to ...
Letters /
BY: Joanne Sinai, MD, MEd, FRCPC
September 2022
... guest editorial for Part 2 of the Gender-affirming care in BC series, Dr Knudson, Dr Metzger, and Ms findlay state that ...
Letters /
BY: Julie Leising, MD, FRCPC
September 2022
... titled “The current gender-affirming care model in BC is unvalidated and outdated.”[ 1 ] Since I drafted this ... response to “The current gender-affirming care model in BC is unvalidated and outdated” and “Informed consent ...