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President's Comment / BY: Alan Ruddiman, MBBCh, Dip PEMP, FRRMS March 2017
... the time has passed. From engaging with members throughout BC on topics and issues of great importance to our profession ... the first time ever that a governing body of Doctors of BC will be required to seek equity in the number of GPs and ... us. As they seek to establish their own medical careers in BC—careers, services, and expertise desperately needed ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Leo Lai, MD, FRCPC April 2017
... can be difficult.  A study published in the  BC Medical Journal  in 2014 surveyed family physicians in ... for deprescribing Less than half of physicians surveyed in BC reported that they use a consistent approach to reducing ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Melissa McLaws, DVM, PhD April 2017
... case occurred in 2007. The only case in recent history in BC occurred in 2003 when an adult male was fatally infected ... not reservoirs in all provinces, as discussed below.  In BC, bats are the only known rabies reservoir species. In 2015 and 2016, 14% of the bat specimens sent from BC to the national reference laboratory tested positive for ...
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 information ...
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 ... when tapering off long-term opioid treatment. Doctors of BC president, Dr Alan Ruddiman, reiterates the need for such ... developed the module, with input from the College and Pain BC, to provide doctors with EMR-enabled diagnostic tools to ...
Letters / BY: Jyothi Jayaraman, MBBS April 2017
... By doing so, you would get to better understand which BC residents are actually requesting MAID and why they are ... now? MAID is provided right now in some BC tertiary palliative care units and hospices where the ...
Letters / BY: Robert H. Brown, MD, CCFP April 2017
Primary care in BC desperately needs to be improved. We require a mechanism ... before family medicine implodes in a puff of smoke in BC. —Robert H. Brown, MD, CCFP Sidney, BC Letters The medical home ...
News / BY: Brent Weiss April 2017
... to meet fellow physicians from near or far throughout BC and beyond and informally exchange knowledge and discuss ... is this fierce but amicable competition. Doctors of BC has supported the event for the past 2 years and looks ... Weiss Regional Advisor and Advocate, Interior Doctors of BC Dr Will Cawkell and Dr Denise Bateman of the team Lumby ...
News April 2017
... to die sooner, according to new research from UBC and the BC Cancer Agency. The study is among the first to examine the ... followed 684 patients undergoing treatment at the BC Cancer Agency in Vancouver and Surrey. The patients were ... at UBC, and department head of radiation oncology at the BC Cancer Agency’s Centre for the North in Prince George. ...
News April 2017
... Bahlis, University of Calgary; and Dr François Bénard, BC Cancer Agency. Patients will be recruited by the study ...