News
May 2013
... by 14 June. Award winners will be announced in the BC Medical Journal. Scholarship fund criteria and the ... contact Erica Timmerman at 604 638-8744 or etimmerman@bcma.bc.ca . News 2013 BCMA Scholarship Fund deadline: 23 May ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: Ron Wilson, MD, CCFP
September 2013
BC’s new health minister, the Honourable Terry Lake, has ... program, please contact Erica Timmerman at etimmerman@bcma.bc.ca . I recently attended a national meeting sponsored by ...
Family Practice Services Committee /
BY: Morgan Price, MD, PhD, CCFP,
December 2013
... announced A GP for Me to improve primary care in BC. Its goals are to confirm and strengthen the relationship ... finding local solutions to local challenges. A number of BC communities are now actively exploring ways to meet the ...
News
March 2013
... costs will mean an almost inevitable increase in taxes. BC is not the only province facing this challenge, nor the ...
Letters /
BY: Andy Hamilton, MD,
June 2013
... and challenges of the role of a department head in BC [Who wants to be a department head? BCMJ 2013;55:134 ...
Council on Health Promotion /
BY: David F. Smith, MD,
October 2013
... The Council of Senior Citizens Organizations of BC (COSCO, www.coscobc.ca ) is an umbrella organization for a ... physicians have reported such occurrences. Our present BC driving evaluation approach has arisen from good ... driving experience for both seniors and the public in BC. —David F. Smith, MD Emergency Medical Services ...
News
January/February 2013
... Centre at the Child & Family Research Institute at BC Children’s Hospital is recruiting 3609 participants from BC. Girls participating in the study will complete an annual ...
President's Comment /
BY: Shelley Ross, MD
April 2013
... that rests on their shoulders. Life in rural BC has many positives: nature and scenery, an array of ... by the physicians who deliver it. Approximately 15% of BC’s physicians practise in the rural areas treating about 25% of BC’s population. An ongoing concern is whether there are ...
News
July/August 2013
... Information” page of the SGP website at www.sgp.bc.ca/billing.php . GP locum attachment code Locums can now ... central office by sending an e-mail to AGPforME@bcma.bc.ca to share your contact information and to indicate your ...
Letters /
BY: Robert Shepherd, MD
November 2013
... to increase with every provincial budget. If we in BC manage patients in an empathetic, elegant, and slightly ...