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News May 2025
May is Doctors of BC’s annual awards month, dedicated to showcasing and ... to live? If so, please nominate them for a Doctors of BC award. More information is available on the Awards for ... residents, and medical students who won  Doctors of BC’s 2024 award s. The nomination deadline is Saturday, 31 ...
News June 2025
... are now available in the member area of Doctors of BC’s website (login required). The new interactive format ... information about mini practice profiles on the Doctors of BC website . Join an upcoming CME-accredited webinar to learn ...
Original Research / BY: Amrish Joshi, MBBS, MSc Pal Med, LLM, CCFP (PC), FCFP, FRCPC June 2025
... members of the c community from the Lower Mainland of BC.[ 8 ] Participants were 18 years of age or older. ... Canadians of South Asian origin from the Lower Mainland of BC. While the findings cannot be generalized to the broader ...
Original Research / BY: Emily Meagher, MPH June 2025
... Chronic Diseases Program (CCDP), established in 2012 at BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre in Vancouver, was the ... Registry provided a unique opportunity to characterize BC patients with complex chronic diseases and evaluate the ... pandemic prompted major changes to clinical processes at BC Women’s, including the adoption of telehealth and ...
Premise / BY: Catherine Joanne Binda, MD June 2025
... youth with complex health and developmental conditions at BC Children’s Hospital. We call on readers to engage in ... and role-modeling respect for children’s rights. Many BC organizations provide resources and opportunities to ... programs.[ 14 ] The Society for Children and Youth of BC has examples of child- and youth-friendly community ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Michael Joseph Lee, PhD June 2025
... species to thrive in new regions. Cyanobacteria in BC In BC, there is a poor understanding of the burden of illness ... symptoms.[ 9 ] Nevertheless, from 2012 to 2024, the BC Drug and Poison Information Centre recorded 34 calls about ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Eileen M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP June 2025
... about the risk of injuries. From 2021 to 2024, the BC government held the first phase of an e-scooter pilot ... they live in a formally participating community.[ 2 ] In BC, e-scooter users must be 16 years of age or older, wear a ... diagnostic coding. Several projects are underway across BC to improve injury data collection and surveillance in ...
Editorials / BY: Terri Aldred, MD June 2025
... of June is a time to celebrate the incredible diversity in BC and across Canada. Developing an understanding of the ...
President's Comment / BY: Charlene Lui, MD June 2025
... The Physician Health Program, offered through Doctors of BC, provides free, confidential support for physicians, ... crisis and will carry us through transformation. To all BC physicians, stay rooted in your purpose. Be steadfast in ... better on the other side. —Charlene Lui, MD Doctors of BC President President's Comment Maintaining your purpose ...
Letters / BY: Eugene Leduc, MD June 2025
... bylaw changes of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC (CPSBC) under the 2022 Health Professions and Occupations ... education of its registrants. Perhaps Doctors of BC can advocate for a name change for the CPSBC that more ... be proud licensees of the new General Medical Council of BC or the BC Medical Licensing Board. —Eugene R. Leduc, MD ...