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President's Comment / BY: Charles Webb, MBChB January/February 2016
... front lines—work that not enough people know about. In BC physicians are emerging as leaders of positive change ... the JCCs are the vehicle through which Doctors of BC and the provincial government, along with health ... is why, for the first time and in partnership with the BC Patient Safety and Quality Council, the JCCs are holding a ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Darren E.R. Warburton, PhD May 2016
... of physical activity The death of Pheidippides in 490 BC may be the first widely reported case of exercise-related ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Karen Buhler, MD July/August 2016
... to develop careers and abilities.[ 2 ] The GPSC offers BC family doctors mentorship opportunities in a clinical ... learning environment through its Maternity Care for BC (MC4BC) program. A mentorship process is facilitated by an ... Buhler, MD —Tracy Devenish Senior Analyst, Doctors of BC Family Practice Services Committee Physicians access ...
Letters / BY: Owen D. Williamson, MBBC, FRSCS, FFPMANZCA September 2016
... move, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC (CPSBC) introduced the professional standards and ... The CPSBC did not consult the Pain Medicine Physicians of BC Society (PMPoBC) or Pain BC, the key organizations representing physicians with ...
Obituaries / BY: Michael Golbey, MD March 2016
... the medical director and one of the original chairs of the BC Cancer Agency’s Family Practice Oncology Network since ... He was a very active member of the BCMA/Doctors of BC, serving on its Board of Directors and the Board of the Society of General Practitioners of BC. Dr White also chaired and was a member of several ...
Letters / BY: Roger Purnell, MBChB, FRCSC May 2016
... a dramatic change in the way surgical care is provided in BC” was not furthered with examples of these dramatic ...
News May 2016
... available to health providers, youth, and families across BC from the Child and Youth Mental Health and Substance Use ... is presented by a team of eating-disorder experts from BC Children’s Hospital. For more information and to access ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Christine Lukac, MPH October 2016
... latent) has increased nearly fivefold from 2010 to 2015 in BC, and is projected to further increase in 2016 ( Figure 1 ... infectious syphilis cases diagnosed in pregnant women in BC. No congenital syphilis cases have been reported since ... the risk of transmission and acquisition of HIV.[ 4 ] In BC about 40% of syphilis cases are co-infected with HIV. ...
President's Comment / BY: Alan Ruddiman, MBBCh, Dip PEMP, FRRMS June 2016
... What does it mean to be a doctor within the landscape of BC today? Our College feels that the social order has ... a doctor is all about? —Alan Ruddiman, MBChB Doctors of BC President President's Comment Thoughts on professionalism ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP September 2016
... by the Directorate of Agencies for School Health (DASH) BC and Action Schools BC, with new government funding. During October the Doctors of BC Be Active Every Day initiative will be challenging school ...