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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 ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Emma Cumming, MSc January/February 2018
... a high volume of cannabis-related calls on 4/20 to the BC Drug and Poison Information Centre (DPIC), we sought to ... Coastal Health Authority region than elsewhere in BC ( Figure ). Controlling for location, the odds of being a ... Public Health Agency of Canada —Tom Kosatsky, MD BCCDC BC Centre for Disease Control Calls to BC Poison Control on ...
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 ...
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 ...
College Library / BY: Karen MacDonell, PhD, MLIS April 2018
... please contact the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC library at 604 733-6671 or medlib@cpsbc.ca or view a list ...
News September 2018
BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) has made significant ... and interfacility patient transfer services through the BC Ambulance Service and the BC Patient Transfer Network. BCEHS is supported by the ...