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President's Comment / BY: Shelley Ross, MD July/August 2012
I write this a few short days after the BC Medical Association’s Annual General Meeting held in ... I think is important to share with all the doctors of BC, because you are the subject of my goals. By now you have ... aware of the dissatisfaction among some specialties in BC, who believe that the BCMA does not have their best ...
Proust for Physicians / BY: Marshall Dahl, MD, PhD, FRCPC July/August 2012
... that sort of thing. Where would you most like to practise? BC is best. Developing world locums would be interesting and ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Sterling Haynes, MD July/August 2012
... uncle in 1920 at the Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, BC. His dad, always known as HL, was a physician too. I found ... specialists in “obs and gyne” in the Interior of BC. Stew’s affable ways endeared him to all his colleagues. ... at UBC and McGill in badminton and later the Interior of BC with his wife Jean and with singles champion Bill Dalin as ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Nancy McLachlan, July/August 2012
... Island Conference Centre, Shaw Auditorium Nanaimo, BC • Saturday, 20 October 2012 Hotel: Coast Bastion Inn 11 ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM September 2012
... had not been eligible for the publicly funded program in BC.  One-time resources for vaccine purchase became available in the 2011–2012 fiscal year, and BC took the opportunity to expand the program to young women ... deemed acceptable for cervical cancer protection by the BC HPV Scientific Advisory Group. The National Advisory ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP September 2012
... during the Summit. Please contact Erica at etimmerman@bcma.bc.ca for more information.  Needless to say, doctors should ...
Editorials / BY: Timothy C. Rowe, MBBS, FRCSC, FRCOG September 2012
... the Shaughnessy Hos­pital site, by now transformed into BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre. The program’s ... entity) had to find a new sponsor. The administration of BC Wo­men’s agreed to take over the program, and did so in ... it is what it is. However, I can lament the loss of a BC institution, one which over almost 30 years generated ...
Letters / BY: David B. Miller, MD, FRCPC September 2012
... Columbia’s health authorities have formed a single BC Health Au­thorities Pharmacy and Therapeutics (BCHA P&T) ... Because there is now only one body for all hospitals in BC, the recommendations of BCHA P&T affect all physicians who practise in BC hospitals. Recently BCHA P&T has recommended against ...
Letters / BY: Mark F. Masterson, MD, MSc, FRCPC, September 2012
... Association of Residents of British Columbia (PAR-BC) struck a commit­tee to explore and report on DME in BC from the resident’s perspective.[ 3 ] An initial ... a resident’s well-being and work conditions. While PAR-BC will maintain a standing committee to highlight and ...
News / BY: Tara Lyon September 2012
... in highland dance since age 7. She has competed in BC, Ontario, and California, and teaches at the Celtic Rhythm ... at the Olympic Swimming Trials in Montreal and set BC provincial records in the 50 m freestyle in 2009 and 2012. ...