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Letters / BY: Jane Dyson, September 2014
... writing to provide you with a different perspective. The BC Coalition of People with Disabilities (BCCPD) has been ... including mental health or cognitive issues. We expect doctors also encounter patients who are less than clear about ... benefit programs require an opinion from a physician. Doctors are in the best position to provide objective medical ...
News September 2014
The Doctors of BC scholarship is awarded annually to two children of Doctors of BC members who display outstanding scholastic achievement, ...
News September 2014
... are encouraged to e-mail GPAC at  hlth.guidelines@gov.bc.ca . Physician participation in guidelines and protocols development is compensated at the Doctors of BC sessional rate. News Revised GPAC guideline ...
News September 2014
... in establishing a collection of literary works created by BC doctors and UBC graduates practising outside BC. The ... and a location to house the collection. News Seeking BC doctors’ literary works ...
Premise / BY: Granger Avery, MD September 2014
... and the resultant reassurance of the public about doctors' efficacy. We offer some thoughts on how the ... anesthesia, surgery, and emergency services in rural BC. Currency A practitioner begins his or her career with a ... surgery.[ 1,2 ] For procedures that are performed in rural BC, there is no evidence that there is any minimum volume to ...
President's Comment / BY: Bill Cavers, MD September 2014
... facility-based groups are the most disengaged members of Doctors of BC. This needs to change. While we have been successful in ... of this plan is to create highly engaged members; doctors who can work with partners in the health care system ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD October 2014
... Program (length of time, communications, etc.). The new Doctors of BC website now contains information on the audit process and ... The Patterns of Practice Committee is a joint committee of Doctors of BC and the Medical Services Commission (MSC) and ...
News / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) October 2014
... physicians are a resource for mental health concerns. The Doctors of BC Council on Health Promotion (COHP) made this issue a major ... and health care providers. There exists an opportunity for Doctors of BC to raise awareness among youth and to increase ...
President's Comment / BY: Bill Cavers, MD October 2014
... the Supreme Court of Canada will hear an appeal of a BC case that found the Criminal Code prohibition on ... which everyone agreed. We need to do better in this area. Doctors of BC fully supports a continued robust and open ... speaking up on both sides of this issue. --Bill Cavers, MD Doctors of BC President President's Comment Doctors' ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Shelley Ross, MD October 2014
The Doctors of BC Board is made up of 39 elected members. Of that number, only six are female--three of whom serve on the Doctors of BC Executive. With such a paucity of female representation, ...