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Council on Health Promotion / BY: David A. McVea, MD, PhD November 2018
Climate change in BC is predicted to bring warmer, rainier winters; drier ... its range northward into populated regions.[ 2 ] In BC, the tick I. pacificus is the main carrier of Lyme ... mosquito-borne disease in Canada, also may increase in BC with climate change. Levels of mosquitos from the genus ...
Back Page / BY: Paul Mitenko, MD November 2018
... government in late 1991, and initially was welcomed by the BC medical profession because of the new approaches that they ... the united feeling we had about leading the physicians of BC, and I continue to thank my colleagues here for their ... Lawrence Winkler, and Herb Welch. For more Doctors of BC history, see The BCMA, Then and Now: A selected history ...
Obituaries / BY: Jeff Purkis, MD December 2018
... the Section of General Practice, and served as VP of the BC chapter of the CCFP. He also co-chaired a then-BCMA ...
Letters / BY: Geoffrey Ainsworth, MD December 2018
... dismayed to read the results of a survey on the Doctors of BC website reporting on a survey of doctors, “Transparency ... to physicians.” Out of over 10 000 physicians in BC, 532 responded, so the only meaningful conclusion that can be drawn is: 5% of physicians in BC have these views on drug payments. We have no idea what ...
Letters / BY: Raymond Simkus, MD December 2018
... is needed to achieve interoperability. Various projects in BC and elsewhere in Canada, including Infoway, have ...
Letters / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP December 2018
Thank you for the comments. Doctors of BC is actively supporting doctors through the Doctors ... in required]. —Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP Doctors of BC President This letter was submitted in response to “Re: ...
News December 2018
... Medicine have named Dr Christy Sutherland as the 2018 BC recipient of the Family Physicians of the Year award. The ... improving the lives of vulnerable populations. News 2018 BC Family Physician of the Year, Dr Christy Sutherland ...
News December 2018
... with pregnancy spacing among 148 544 pregnancies in BC. Data were collected from birth records, billing codes, ...
News December 2018
... For the study, researchers followed 57 872 women in BC who carried a single baby, had low- to moderate-risk ...
News December 2018
... newsletter, GP Update , is now emailed directly to BC family physicians. The fall 2018 issue features articles ... the newsletter, log in to your account on the Doctors of BC website and update your newsletter subscription ...