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Clinical Articles / BY: W.D. Robertson, MB, BChir, FRCPC July/August 2017
... C-14 on 16 June 2016 and it became law on 17 June.[ 1 ]  BC implementation During the period before Bill C-14 became ... the practice standards for all college registrants in BC are uniform, as are the procedures, forms, and ... to five physicians based on training they received outside BC. Three had received training by attending the Euthanasia ...
President's Comment / BY: Trina Larsen Soles, MD September 2017
... intervention can cause a lifetime of pain. Doctors of BC has been involved in a number of initiatives striving to ... This work started in 2014 and was funded by Doctors of BC and the BC government. It brought GPs, specialists, four ministries, ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Vanessa Perrodou, RD December 2017
... The Provincial Health Services Authority and the BC Ministry of Health and regional health authorities have ... the Pediatric Nutrition Guidelines from Ontario for use in BC. The purpose of the BC Guidelines is to assist health professionals identify ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ronald A. Remick, MD, FRCPC March 2017
... a second-line treatment. What resources are available in BC? Jumpstep   Jumpstep is a 12-week treatment program for ... collaboratively between the Mood Disorders Association of BC and the Centre for Hip Health and Mobility. It is ... currently delivered by the Mood Disorders Association of BC in conjunction with the Greater Vancouver YMCA. In each ...
Letters / BY: Brady Bouchard, CCFP May 2017
... unnecessary, process that is medical privileging in BC (“Privileging for new medical school graduates in BC,” [ BCMJ  2017;59:123-124 ]). As I am currently going ... patient care or safety from the process. Dr Wale (of the BC Medical Quality Initiative) attempted a response [ BCMJ ...
Obituaries / BY: Jack Burak, MD July/August 2017
... other IMG physicians. He was the first director of the BC IMG Residency Ready Assessment program between 1996 and ... physicians for the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC because of his reputation as an astute but fair and ... clinical director of the Practice Ready Assessment–BC program in January 2015. He guided this program during its ...
Obituaries / BY: Beverley Tamboline, MD October 2017
With the passing of Dr Eileen Cambon, BC has lost one of its pioneer female physicians. In 1958, Dr ... to become the first female ophthalmologist to practise in BC, and she did so for 44 years. She was a great role model ... Federation of Medical Women of Canada (FMWC) and was the BC branch president in 1964 and national president from 1973 ...
Letters / BY: R.A. Rockerbie, PhD January/February 2017
... found in a study of 774 drivers admitted to hospital in BC during the rampant marijuana-usage years of the beat ...
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 ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Agatha Jassem, PhD, (D)ABMM, FCCM June 2017
... starting in 1983. Two MMR doses have been recommended for BC children since 1996. Mumps causes parotitis, but symptoms ... outbreaks in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and BC. Outbreaks likely reflect secondary vaccine failure from ... the vaccine strain and circulating outbreak strains. In BC outbreaks have occurred in two populations: an unimmunized ...