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President's Comment / BY: Alan Ruddiman, MBBCh, Dip PEMP, FRRMS June 2016
... and the value and merits of the social contract. As doctors of medicine we strive for professionalism in every ... What does it mean to be a doctor within the landscape of BC today? Our College feels that the social order has ... to provide quality patient care. And, as an association of doctors, we must deepen and expand our leadership in quality ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP June 2016
... these new skills and knowledge into their practice. Doctors of BC through the General Practice Services Committee has ... ( www.gpscbc.ca/content/end-of-life-module-helps-family-doctors-discuss-planning-death-patients ). The module ...
News June 2016
... creating an optimal training environment for residents in BC. Congratulations to this year’s winners. Award of Merit: ... cardiac surgery and a staff congenital cardiac surgeon at BC Childen’s Hospital and St. Paul’s Hospital. He has ... memento to recognize the achievement. News Resident Doctors of BC: 2015 award winners ...
News June 2016
... colleagues who are pioneers in their respective fields—BC physicians offering forward-thinking innovation and ... residency education, and expanding the scope of Resident Doctors of BC. Dr Davidicus Wong: Inspiring patients to ... of the Board, financial highlights, and reports from all Doctors of BC committees in the White Report . Explore this ...
News / BY: Caleb Bernabe June 2016
... any gaps in coverage. Residents’ Disability Insurance BC’s medical residents are provided with health coverage through Resident Doctors of BC. Due to recent collective bargaining outcomes, Resident Doctors of BC is no longer able to provide disability ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD June 2016
... that the Ministry of Health is able to recover funds from doctors who order tests that are not associated with a ... lab tests in keeping with the Act. Preamble C.1 of the Doctors of BC Guide to Fees states: “Benefits” under the Act are ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD September 2016
... I will tell you how things are. The process of legalizing doctors to aid in the deaths of their patients has brought ... British Columbia Medical Journal is the perfect place for BC physicians to share their points of view on all topics. It ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB September 2016
... health care task forces and commissions; 25 years ago BC’s Royal Commission on Health Care and Costs (the Seaton ... the number of physicians.” Their rationale was that doctors and patients were to blame for rising costs and if we ... costs more. The legacy of their actions was a shortage of doctors, as Canada dropped in the rankings of doctor supply ...
President's Comment / BY: Alan Ruddiman, MBBCh, Dip PEMP, FRRMS September 2016
... have probably also seen the two words associated with our Doctors of BC logo (Better. Together.). That’s because they form the ... in the survey results available in the Members Area of the Doctors of BC website. Doctors of BC is communicating these ...
Letters / BY: Alan Ruddiman, MBBCh, Dip PEMP, FRRMS September 2016
... both for their needs and those of our health care system. Doctors of BC is now enhancing this advocacy on behalf of the profession ... —Alan Ruddiman, MBBCh, Dip PEMP, FRRMS President, Doctors of BC Letters Re: Thoughts on professionalism. ...