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Clinical Articles / BY: Sandra Jarvis-Selinger, PhD July/August 2009
... CPD needs, the authors in­vited rural physicians across BC to share their opinions and to outline the challenges they ... the needs and challenges of rural physicians not only in BC, but also more generally in Canada and other countries. ... here, and with support from the Rural Coordination Centre of BC, the Joint Standing Committee on Rural Issues ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Tarek Khalil, MPH, MD, MCFP, July/August 2009
... who took the equivalent ex­aminations offered by the Centre for the Evaluation of Health Professionals Educated ... pas­sed. Subsequently, 5 of the 6 IMGs who took the BC CaRMS as­sessment were offered residencies and the 2 ...
Letters / BY: Shefali Raja, BSc, July/August 2009
The recommendations in the HealthLink BC files have been developed based on BC and Canadian evidence and data indicating safe and at-risk ... human body mercury levels and consumption levels. The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) and the Ministry of Health ...
News / BY: Deirdre Maultsaid, July/August 2009
BC’s 1900 rural physicians will soon have access to rurally ... Development, with support from the Rural Coordination Centre of BC. The R-CPD program will work with rural physicians to ...
News / BY: Deirdre Maultsaid, July/August 2009
... calls from further afield. In addition to the rape crisis centre we also operate a safe transition house for women and ... 604 872-8302; 604 872-8212 (24/7) www.rapereliefshelter.bc.ca —Louisa C. Russell Vancouver Rape Relief and ...
News&Notes / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla July/August 2009
13 May 2009 Wall Centre Hotel, Vancouver The 2009 BCMA Annual General Meeting ... recipients, thanked all members for their donations to the BC Medical Foundation’s Benevolent Fund, stating it was ... three key areas At his address over lunch at the Wall Centre Hotel, new BCMA president Dr Brian Brodie gave a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marion Thomas, PhD, September 2009
Clinicians in BC today have a unique opportunity to advance patient care. ... advice about patient consent and ethics. Partnering with BC Clinical Genomics Network, physicians in BC are beginning ... Children’s Hospital and BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre (C&W) did exactly that when she saw a patient in need ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Tom Kosatsky, MD, MPH September 2009
... effects. An appendix provides a guide to interpreting BC air-quality advisories and the new Air Quality Health ... many web-accessible references, can be downloaded at  www.bc.lung.ca  or  www.bccdc.ca . It was mailed to BC ... and Ms Nina Clark (UBC School of Environmental Health and Centre for Health and Environment Research); Drs Tom ...
ICBC / BY: Laura Jensen, MD, September 2009
... it pertains to injuries their patients have suffered. In BC, ICBC is the only insurance provider for basic vehicle ... of the MVA, when they are most beneficial. ICBC and the BC Chiropractic Association have recently negotiated a ... with an adjuster and estimator at an ICBC Claim Centre. The adjuster will provide verbal and written ...
Letters / BY: Bernie Littlejohn, September 2009
... and he has been honored for their development by the BC and Canadian psychiatric associations. He certainly got ... of working for Canfor when a systems group at the Bentall Centre in Vancouver was trying to tell us at the pulp mill, ... took some time for them to learn that they were not at the centre of the world, and we needed to be deeply involved ...