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Obituaries / BY: Michael Golbey, MD March 2016
... the medical director and one of the original chairs of the BC Cancer Agency’s Family Practice Oncology Network since ... He was a very active member of the BCMA/Doctors of BC, serving on its Board of Directors and the Board of the Society of General Practitioners of BC. Dr White also chaired and was a member of several ...
Obituaries / BY: Carol P. Herbert, MD, March 2016
... metrics, with a major research contribution being the BC Adolescent Health Survey. He chaired the Department of ... including the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal, the Order of BC, an Outstanding Achievement by an Investigator Research Award from BC’s Child and Family Research Institute, a UBC ...
President's Comment / BY: Charles Webb, MBChB March 2016
Right now 820 000 seniors live in BC—that’s 17% of our population or roughly one in every ... escalate to 1.35 million seniors—nearly one-quarter of BC’s population. The steep incline of this trend means ... we face these same issues daily in hospitals throughout BC and across Canada.  Action is needed to address the ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Benjamin Millar, MD, March 2016
... media network for doctors practising emergency medicine in BC as a core component of a provincial Emergency Medicine ... content.[ 20 ] Social media in emergency medicine in BC More research is needed to further evaluate the benefits ... tips relevant to British Columbia. Our Facebook page is BC Emergency Medicine, and our Twitter handle is @BC_Emerg. ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP March 2016
... appropriate, you may also refer the individual to the BC Centre for Disease Control TB clinic for expert assessment ... Occupational Disease Services Additional reading BC Centre for Disease Control. Annual summaries of reportable ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Andrew Hurlburt, MD April 2016
... Referral to the Reproductive Infectious Diseases Clinic at BC Women’s Hospital (tel: 604 875-2160, fax: 604 875-2871) ... MHSc  BCCDC  School of Population and Public Health, UBC BC Centre for Disease Control Zika virus: A summary ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Graham A.A. Dodd, MSc, MD, CCFP(EM), MADEM April 2016
... events such as the 4.7 magnitude earthquake that rattled BC’s south coast in December 2015 and the prolonged power ... and mortality.[ 10-12 ] For this to be successful in BC, providers need support to participate in planning ... rise in the number of disasters occurring globally.[ 13 ] BC will not remain immune to a large disaster in the future ...
News April 2016
... of Ottawa.  The $1000 MacDermot prize recognizes a BC medical student’s significant achievement in medical ... editor of the  Vancouver Medical Bulletin  and the  BC Medical Journal , and a past president of both the ... student authors, and awards writing prizes for the best BC med student submissions accepted for publication. BC ...
News / BY: Kim Pelletier, CEBS, April 2016
... and declining insurer profits. The good news: Doctors of BC members have access to exclusive insurance plans, where ... with one of our in-house advisors, contact the Doctors of BC Insurance Department by e-mail at insurance@doctorsofbc.ca ...
News April 2016
... Saturday, 7 May, or join hundreds of other doctors across BC and host a Walk With Your Doc event in your community during the week of 7–14 May. Doctors of BC will provide support and materials to make it as easy as ...