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Clinical Articles / BY: Jason Wong, MD, MPH, CCFP, FRCPC May 2018
... of LGV was first reported in Canada in 2003 and in BC in 2004. Over the past decade, LGV has become increasingly ... been 144 LGV cases (probable and confirmed) reported in BC ( Figure ). From 2004 to 2010, 2.7 LGV cases, on average, ... of LGV. In addition, since 2012, clinics operated by the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC), some of which serve ...
News July/August 2018
... writing for the BCMJ as they transition into residency. BC medical students are encouraged to submit full-length ... or essay written by a medical student in the province of BC. For more information about the award, visit ...
Shared Care Committee / BY: Nancy Falconer, September 2018
Pregnant women in some BC communities can face fragmented and siloed perinatal care, ... work of the GPSC, the Rural Coordination Centre of BC, and Perinatal Services BC. Called the Maternity Network, the initiative aims to ...
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 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Colin Mar, MD, FRCPC January/February 2018
... breast cancer screening, treatment, and surveillance in BC have contributed to outcomes matching national and ... mortality rate, which now stands at 16 per 100 000 in BC. The age-standardized 5-year relative survival ratio for ... country.[ 4 ] Population screening for breast cancer in BC began in 1988 with the Screening Mammography Program ...
News March 2018
Thanks to a new partnership with the BC Centre for Palliative Care (BCCPC) and a $5000 grant, the ... its services to reach rural and remote communities in BC and educating them on Huntington disease (HD) palliative ... expanding the program to rural and remote communities in BC, these individuals and families will have the opportunity ...
Obituaries / BY: Jill Calder, MD, FRCPC January/February 2018
... throughout the province, which would later become the BC Schizophrenia Society. Norma was recognized for this ...
Editorials / BY: Sharadh Sampath, MD, FRCSC April 2018
... of Surgery, University of British Columbia  President, BC Obesity Society Editorials Guest editorial: A ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Afsaneh Moradi July/August 2018
... unwell is ubiquitous in popular culture. The reality in BC schools is much different—while health authorities ... Community Partnership and Integration, Doctors of BC Family Practice Services Committee Division-led school ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Lindsay M. Lawson, MD October 2018
... and sent home to do their own hemodialysis, the first in BC. By the end of the 1970s, the division had expanded to ... very successful, doubling the transplantation rate in BC in 3 months and tripling it in the first year. St. ... he offered to consult on patients in several towns across BC and in Whitehorse, Yukon, where there was no general ...