Back Page /
BY: David May, MD, CCFP
October 2023
... leaders in health care.[ 6 ] On 1 June 2019, Doctors of BC announced it had signed a declaration of commitment on ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research /
BY: Lisa Jeffery, MD
November 2023
... surgery and endoscopy were permitted to proceed. The BC Colon Screening Program was also suspended from 1 April to ... 21 December 2020 – First COVID-19 vaccines deployed in BC. 31 March 2021 – Universal asymptomatic pre-op testing ... a provincial level and were similar at other hospitals in BC, so our experience is likely generalizable to other ...
Clinical Articles, Clinical Case Reports /
BY: Eugene Y.H. Yeung, MD, MSc, BSc(Pharm), FRCPC, FCCM, D(ABMM), CTH
November 2023
... 1 ] According to the 2020 annual report of the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC), the rate of active tuberculosis in BC was 6.1 per 100 000 population (315 cases); 7.3% (23 ... symptoms. Later, she presented to a community hospital in BC, where, upon chest X-ray, she was found to have ...
Clinical Articles, Review Articles /
BY: Elisabeth Baerg Hall, MD, CCFP, FRCPC
November 2023
... Skills Group program [ Box ]. There are initiatives in BC that address the lack of resources to build physician ... has generously contributed to adult ADHD programming in BC and Canada. The James Family Foundation provided a grant ... ) The BC government provides full or partial coverage for ...
Letters /
BY: Robert H. Brown, MD, CCFP
November 2023
As a family physician in practice in BC for 35 years, it is nice to see that our incomes may be ...
Letters /
BY: Bernhard E. Driedger, MD, FRCSC
November 2023
... on their social circle or hitchhike (remember, Northwest BC is the location of the Highway of Tears). This is ... perspectives on medical travel in northwestern BC.” Letters Re: Health care providers’ perspectives on medical travel in northwestern BC ...
Editorials /
BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC
November 2023
... the entire medical community it serves—the doctors of BC, its dedicated readers, and the contributors who have ... the British Columbia Medical Association (now Doctors of BC) assumed ownership of the journal, solidifying its ... relevance, community participation, and Doctors of BC support. Over the years, the journal has reached a ...
President's Comment /
BY: Joshua Greggain, MD
November 2023
... want representing you in leadership roles at Doctors of BC are the ones who are chosen to lead. These are the ... and centre as we navigate and help build the future of BC’s health care system. We need those who can lead with ... to work together to move our province and Doctors of BC along this ever-improving journey, just as if we were all ...
BC Centre for Disease Control /
BY: Lynsey J. Hamilton, MSc
November 2023
... ) and an app (on iOS and Android) and is free for all BC prescribers. Bugs & Drugs contains the latest ... tool[ 5 ] ( https://app.firstline.org/en/clients/39-bc-womens-hospital/steps/61581 ) available through BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre and BC Children’s ...
College Library /
BY: Niki Baumann
November 2023
... logging into the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC website for access to the content. —Niki Baumann ...