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President's Comment / BY: Charlene Lui, MD October 2025
... health care challenges are not rare; they are the norm in BC’s medical community. Yet this culture of perseverance ... medical staff associations, sections, and societies, and Doctors of BC. Our collective voice remains essential to ... In solidarity and appreciation, —Charlene Lui, MD Doctors of BC President President's Comment Gratitude ...
News October 2025
Doctors of BC’s biennial Health Authority Engagement Survey is open ... challenges remain, and what changes they want to see. As BC physicians continue to face a system in crisis, this feedback will help guide Doctors of BC’s advocacy efforts to shape a more resilient ...
News November 2025
... members received an email inviting them to participate in Doctors of BC’s 2025 election and bylaw referendum. During this vital ... important than ever.  Make your voice count Voting in Doctors of BC’s election and bylaw referendum is your ...
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 ... Most businesses set payment terms and enforce them. But BC doctors? We’ve normalized dysfunction. Maybe because many ... in writing: your hospital is not responsible for helping doctors get paid. I, like you, should be getting paid for ...
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 ... or indirectly, because they’re local. The BCMJ keeps doctors connected outside of their clinical lanes. My message ... BCMJ as a source of information about what is happening in BC’s health care system and with its health care providers. ...
President's Comment / BY: Charlene Lui, MD November 2025
... has never been more essential. My tenure as president of Doctors of BC has provided me with a unique vantage point on the ... alike. It is now time for the next round of elections for Doctors of BC’s president-elect, Board, Representative ...
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 ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: William Liu, BHSc November 2025
... racial 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 ...
Premise / BY: Robin Routledge, MD, FRCPC November 2025
... (JEDI) statements from various organizations, including Doctors of BC. The 2022 Physician Master Agreement contains an Indigenous-specific antiracism clause—BC has the first such clause in Canadian medical agreements ...
News / BY: Meribeth Burton December 2025
... experience is all too common. That’s why SWITCH BC partnered with Doctors of BC and the Ministry of Health to develop medical ... Master Agreement. Speaking about the de-escalation tools, Doctors of BC President Dr Charlene Lui emphasized the ...