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Clinical Articles / BY: Dan MacCarthy, MB, BCh, BAO, November 2009
... Healthcare Improvement, international observers noted that British Columbia is at the forefront of assisting family ... Dr MacCarthy and Ms Kallstrom are em­ployed by the British Columbia Medical Association. Drs Miller and ... Clinical Articles Supporting family physicians in British Columbia: The experience of the Practice Support ...
ICBC / BY: Laura Jensen, MD, November 2009
... written report. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia has guidelines for the independent medical ... represent the position of the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia. ICBC Independent medical exams and examiners ...
Letters / BY: Jay Draper November 2009
... a place to recycle your bags.  The Recycling Council of British Columbia has a handy Recyclepedia—an online tool in ...
News November 2009
... the CMA, and the BC College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia. Nonmedical candidates may be laypersons of ... to medicine and/or medical/political involve­ment in British Columbia or Canada. • Outstanding contributions by ... to medicine and/or to the welfare of the people of British Columbia or Canada. Nominations for the BCMA Silver ...
News November 2009
Dr Ravi Sidhu of the University of British Columbia was honored by the Royal College of ... practice.” An assistant professor in the University of British Columbia’s Department of Surgery, Dr Sidhu is a ...
President's Comment / BY: Brian Brodie, MD November 2009
... the European Union and in all Australian states. Including British Columbia, six provinces have banned the use of ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marilyn J. Borugian, PhD, December 2009
The Screening Mammography Program (SMP) has offered British Columbia residents free screening mammograms since ... 2007, surveys were mail­ed to 5140 family physicians in British Columbia. When responses were received from 1753 ... and are thus not following current clinical guidelines in British Columbia. This effect was more pronounced in rural ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Roy Purssell, MD, FRCPC December 2009
... 150 fatalities each year due to drinking and driving in British Columbia. Research based on coroners’ data indicate that there were 458 traffic fatalities in British Columbia in 2006 and that 168 (36.7%) were ... countries around the world. We would urge physicians in British Columbia to appeal to the federal government to ...
Editorials / BY: Willem R. Vroom, MD December 2009
... to comply with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia (CPSBC) directive that all physicians had to ... is the likely direction of phy­sician revalidation in British Columbia? Who knows? At present, man­dating periodic ...
ICBC / BY: Laura Jensen, MD, December 2009
... chart.  Both the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia and the Canadian Medical Protective ... represent the position of the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia. ICBC Medical authorizations and reports ...