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News / BY: Geraldine Vance, APR, September 2007
... for challenges faced by full-service family physicians in BC—the GPSC has developed a two-pronged strategy: financial ... in full-service family practice in underserved areas of BC. Practice Support Program: Beyond incentives ... Group meets every second Monday of the month, Wellness Centre, Aberdeen Hospital, Victoria, 1:00–2:30 p.m., and ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Eleni Galanis, MD, MPH, FRCPC September 2007
... that causes infection through inhalation of its spores. In BC, it has been found throughout the east coast of Vancouver ... 176 cases of  C. gattii  infection were reported among BC residents.[ 3 ] Approximately 27 cases were reported ... Waters, Mr Li, Dr Hoang, and Ms MacDougall are with the BC Centre for Disease Control. Dr Waters is also with the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Russell Callaghan, PhD, September 2007
... comes from school-based surveys. For example, the McCreary Centre’s 1998 and 2003 British Columbia adolescent health ... one time. Adolescents can gain admission to the treatment centre through self-referral, or with a referral from their ... Articles Trends in methamphetamine use in northern BC, 2001–2005 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Jay Draper September 2007
... Wendy CreelmanProject Leader, In Motion NON-PROFIT: BC Ministry of Environment Air Quality Health Index ... costs of running the Association. • Production of the  BC Medical Journal  (net cost). • Delivery of the ... well into the future. 22 June 2007 Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel Clinical Articles 2007 BCMA Annual Meeting--Old ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC October 2007
... have been reported since infection became notifiable in BC in 1992. As 25% (15% to 45%) of those infected with HCV ... Although the annual rate of HCV infections reported in BC has declined since the peak in 1997, it remains twice that ... Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC —Mel Krajden, MD, FRCPC  BC Centre for Disease Control BC Centre for Disease Control The ...
News October 2007
... consultation service at the Drug and Poison Information Centre (DPIC). DPIC also has available an excellent Poison ... by Dr Susan O’Reilly, director of clinical services, BC Cancer Agency, and Dr Teresa Clarke, director of clinical ... —Penny Nightingale InspireHealth SMP gets new look BC family physicians are consistently named as the first ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Don Graham, MD, CCFP October 2007
... executive director of the Physician Health Program of BC. • Medical Legal Issues Pertaining to Return-to-Work: ... by Tanya Fairweather, MD, CCFP, UBC Family Practice Centre, faculty coordinator for the UBC Vancouver academic ... at UBC, as well as practitioner at a community health centre, private methadone clinic, and chronic pain clinic. ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM November 2007
... vaccine. The total cost of vaccines to support BC immunization programs is projected to rise from $14 ... are gaining ground on the backdrop of  Immunize BC: A Strategic Framework for Immunization in BC . [2]  This ... regional health authorities, the Ministry of Health, BC Centre for Disease Control, First Nations, and physicians (Dr ...
News November 2007
The BC Innovation Council recently announced the winners of the 2007 BC Innovation Council Awards, and, as usual, physicians were ... and chair of AIDS Research at UBC, director of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, and director of the ...
News November 2007
Cardiac specialists from the heart centre, part of the Providence Heart + Lung Institute at St. ... Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Assist Device of BC, performed the procedures, assisted in the first case by ...