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News November 2025
... an email inviting them to participate in Doctors of BC’s 2025 election and bylaw referendum. During this vital ... than ever.  Make your voice count Voting in Doctors of BC’s election and bylaw referendum is your opportunity to ... members, while the referendum helps align Doctors of BC’s bylaws more closely with its strategic principles.   ...
Letters / BY: Luis Nacul, MD, PhD November 2025
... fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and fibromyalgia patients in BC. We concur with their assessment that patients with ...
Letters / BY: Marie Claire Bourque, MD, MSc, FRCPC, DABPN November 2025
... routinely don’t get paid for work we’ve done. In BC, the Medical Services Plan (MSP) often doesn’t pay. We ... accrual accounting with that. Forget net 15 or net 30. In BC, with MSP, it’s net WWFLPYD (whenever we feel like ... would pay me for the work I did, when I first moved to BC, I submitted multiple EUCCP claims anyway. Success rate: ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC November 2025
... she practises. A clinical article on asthma treatment in BC also catches your eye—not something you typically manage ... BCMJ as a source of information about what is happening in BC’s health care system and with its health care providers. ...
Editorials / BY: Sepehr Khorasani, MD, MSc, FRCSC November 2025
... such as colon and rectal resections. Unpublished data from BC support performing opportunistic salpingectomy during ... There is also a dedicated group of gynecologists around BC who are available to help support general surgeons in ... salpingectomy. With increased awareness, women in BC will have the opportunity to discuss opportunistic ...
President's Comment / BY: Charlene Lui, MD November 2025
... been more essential. My tenure as president of Doctors of BC has provided me with a unique vantage point on the ... is now time for the next round of elections for Doctors of BC’s president-elect, Board, Representative Assembly, and ... the 27 November deadline. This is a pivotal moment for BC health care. Change is here, and with it comes the ...
Back Page / BY: BCMJ Staff November 2025
In June 2025, Doctors of BC members (approximately 24 700 active and retired ... to learn about what’s happening in medicine in BC. This year, when readers were asked to rank the most ... Respondents expressed appreciation for the journal’s BC focus (27%), local updates (16%), and provincial/regional ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Brandon Yau, MD, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC November 2025
... health and increase in self-harm indicators among youth in BC.[ 1 ] Research indicates that greater availability of and ... suicide prevention efforts, a review was conducted of BC youth (10- to 24-year-olds) self-harm hospitalization ... significantly to youth self-harm hospitalization in BC, it is not a top cause of death by suicide. A review of BC ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: William Liu, BHSc November 2025
... inequities.[ 1 ] A recent policy statement from Doctors of BC emphasizes the importance of examining the ethical ... AI to provide quality patient-centred care across all BC communities. —William Liu, BHSc Council on Health ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Cecil Hershler, MD, PhD, FRCPC November 2025
... was fortunate to obtain approximately $100 000 from the BC Health Research Foundation to undertake this research. The ...