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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ian Gillespie, MD April 2017
... been challenged to hold 150 Walk With Your Doc events in BC this year. We continue to grow our collaborative efforts ... year we are working with the Physiotherapy Association of BC and the BC Recreation and Parks Association. For more ... —Ron Wilson, MD Chair, Doctors of BC Athletics and Recreation Committe Council on ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Shelley Ross, MD April 2017
... of Drugs with Potential for Misuse/Diversion )[ 1 ] make BC doctors the first in Canada to be legally bound by mandatory ... with, or when tapering off long-term opioid treatment. Doctors of BC president, Dr Alan Ruddiman, reiterates the ...
Letters / BY: Robert H. Brown, MD, CCFP April 2017
Primary care in BC desperately needs to be improved. We require a mechanism ... must have physical space to accommodate 15 to 20 family doctors as well as many nurse practitioners, registered ... leadership to make this happen.  Presently family doctors often work in small and isolated groups. We own and ...
News / BY: Brent Weiss April 2017
... of fun, win or lose. But more when you win." The Vernon Doctors Hockey Tournament, the largest physician hockey ... including medical residents, medical students, and retired doctors. It draws so much interest, in fact, that it’s been ... to meet fellow physicians from near or far throughout BC and beyond and informally exchange knowledge and discuss ...
News April 2017
... Canada for the STRIDER trial. They ask women or their doctors to contact them if they would like more information ... about participating in the trial at stridercanada@cw.bc.ca . The research team is co-led by Dr Kenneth Lim, ... head for the maternal-fetal medicine program at UBC and BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre, and Professor Peter ...
President's Comment / BY: Alan Ruddiman, MBBCh, Dip PEMP, FRRMS April 2017
... physician leaders. Over the years physician leaders across BC have worked hard to influence and implement positive ... and their communities. The changes taking place within Doctors of BC will provide physicians with opportunities to ... to hear it, and to step up as leaders in the profession. Doctors of BC is undergoing one of the biggest and most ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB May 2017
... bowing, and (cynically) calling each other “friends.” Doctors would flinch at the often discourteous dialogue ... of speech is often rude, aggressive, and ignorant. If doctors interacted similarly with one another, or with ... and publications should not be allowed into evidence. The BC Health Minister was called as a witness, and they opposed ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Susan Papadionissiou May 2017
... burden off the shoulders of the community’s remaining doctors (many of whom had extended their hours into the early ... to discuss embedding nursing staff (and other staff) into doctors’ offices to support primary care. New funding ... Community Partnerships and Integration, Doctors of BC Family Practice Services Committee Team-based care in ...
News May 2017
... Plan G[ 3 ] •    Pharmacare Newsletter[ 4 ] As well, doctors can access available supports created by local ... . These resources help doctors to manage substance use issues in their own ... 5 ] announced by the College of Physician and Surgeons of BC in 2016. News GPSC and other supports for pain management ...
Premise / BY: E.M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP May 2017
... meaningful and revealing topics, and has been used by BC physicians to introduce themselves to colleagues in the  ... initiative when discussing end-of-life care. Volandes says doctors need to advocate for patient choices and “be the ...