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MDs To Be / BY: Pamela Verma, BSc, November 2011
... and affable. Nowadays, with the shortage of family doctors, being available is the biggest challenge. Do you ... of the Federation. I continued to participate as the BC Chapter president and the national president in 1984. That ...
President's Comment / BY: Nasir Jetha, MD, November 2011
After 14 years at the helm of the BC Medical Association, steering it on a steady course to ... Mark had assumed the CEO position, government legislated doctors under Bill 9.  But Mark provided the guidance the ... an extremely cordial and collegial relationship with the BC government, and the Ministry of Health in particular. He ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) December 2011
... by their doctor, a diagnosis of cancer ranks near the top. Doctors have long recognized that patients with cancer, as ... of treatment or cure of dreaded diseases.[ 1 ]  Good doctors have always taken care to deliver the best scientific ... Board. Council on Health Promotion Cash-strapped BC government has money to burn ...
Letters / BY: Robert Shepherd, MD December 2011
... practices[ 1 ] and he reviewed the experience of four doctors who graduated from medical school in or prior to 1983 ... transition to EMR. I know and respect one of the four doctors.  Erin Walkinshaw’s articles in the 6 September ... that the EMR software packages currently available in BC improve measurable patient outcomes? —Robert Shepherd, ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Brian Day, MB December 2011
... many, the “golden era” of modern medical practice in BC. Vancouver General Hospital was a complex institution and ... not to neglect the administrative and political roles that doctors had traditionally held. He realized that if we ... rule” opportunity for governments in negotiating with doctors. Thanks to our leaders and managers, we have remained ...
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