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Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2011
... the more I liked it. I used to teach regular sessions at BC Children’s Hospital and BC Women’s Hospital and Health ... she had been fatigued for a while, and she’d seen a few doctors, and there was nothing really much to write home ... recent Physician Health Survey says that only about 28% of doctors are under 45. So yes, we need more medical schools. ...
MDs To Be / BY: Katie Wiskar, MD, FRCPC September 2011
... project on physician health, so I learned a lot about how doctors meet (or fail to meet) their own health care needs. I ... across the world really emphasized how lucky we are in BC to have a strong system, and why it’s so important that ...
News September 2011
... and Providence Health Care.  Through RACE, family doctors gain access to specialists by phoning a single ... 682-2344, ext. 66522, e-mail  mwilson@providencehealth.bc.ca , or visit  www.bcma.org/partners-patients . News RACE wins Excellence in BC Health Care Award ...
President's Comment / BY: Nasir Jetha, MD, September 2011
... high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart disease. In BC, about 2000 citizens die prematurely each year due to ... programs through the health authorities.    As doctors, we need to do our part. The CMAJ has a very in-depth ... Immediate and strategic actions need to be taken, and BC doctors must work with their patients, community groups, and ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB October 2011
... In the wake of the 1991 Barer-Stoddart re­port, BC (like many other provinces) acted to reduce enrollment in ... their error, and have recently increased the number of doctors in training.  Medical schools continue to reject the ... average and it has been estimated that we need 26 000 more doctors. By ex­trapolation, it is clear that even the ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Clay Barber, October 2011
... of or diagnosed with COPD will benefit not only family doctors and specialists but, more importantly, patients. The ... the pro­vince and to increase job satisfaction among BC’s general practitioners. The PSP offers focused training sessions for doctors and their MOAs to im­prove efficiency and to support ...
Letters / BY: Sheri Souch, October 2011
... responsible for Lyme testing and the education of our doctors. I would like to address a number of inconsistencies ... rash).  It is more than unfortunate that the BCCDC tells doctors to rely on insensitive serological testing and does ... of the bull’s eye. Based on Dr Henry’s survey of BC doctors,[ 5 ] erythema migrans rashes are not even ...
President's Comment / BY: Nasir Jetha, MD, October 2011
... few years have seen the effect in their portfolios.  In BC we have had a change in political leadership with one ... better if we remain united and cohesive. To­day when we doctors feel under siege, cohesion is even more important.   There is a perception that doctors can have difficulty working with each other—that we ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Robert D.H. MacMillan, MD, FRCSC, November 2011
In general, men in BC have poorer health outcomes than women. Traditionally, ... and associated metabolic syndrome are not routine in BC.  • Men age 65 to 84 consume the lion’s share of the ... organization, with 68 hospitals, 200000 employees, 20000 doctors, and a $50 billion annual budget, sees 6 million ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brian Evoy, PhD, November 2011
... Services Com­mittee (GPSC) is a collaboration of the BC Medical Association and the BC Ministry of Health. The ... services committees, they provide a forum for these doctors to work with their regional health authorities and ... of Intent). As Dr Martha Wilson says, “Many of the doctors on our board were skeptical at first. There’s long ...