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News / BY: Laura McLean October 2022
... a disability insurance and GIB review with a licensed Doctors of BC insurance advisor will help you protect the lifestyle you ...
News January/February 2022
Ms Maren Longman Ms Annalise Wong Ms Anna Myllyniemi Doctors of BC awarded its annual $1000 scholarships for 2021 to Ms Maren ... as a pathway to accomplish that. For more than 15 years, Doctors of BC has presented the scholarship award to children ...
Obituaries / BY: Brian Day, MB April 2022
... his adopted province and country, and settled in Surrey, BC. After his arrival in Canada, he began working as an ... him to develop an interest in politics. After settling in BC, he served as an alderman in Surrey, was a campaign ... politics. In the 1970s, John was also the editor of a doctors’ provincial newspaper, the BCMA News , and later ...
Editorials / BY: Jeevyn K. Chahal, MD November 2022
... went on . . . “I heard the government is giving family doctors a bunch of money; that should help, hey?” I sighed, ... approximately $17 000 to $27 000 being given to each BC family doctor wasn’t going to stabilize the family ... our population is not attached to a primary care provider. Doctors of BC has posted results from the 2021 benchmark ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD March 2022
... to publish an interview with the incoming president of Doctors of BC to allow members to learn a little about the backstory, ... their friends, families, and hobbies. I’m not sure where Doctors of BC finds these quality individuals (perhaps they ...
Premise / BY: Renee Fernandez, MD, CCFP June 2022
... health care, accelerating transformation of BC’s health care system faster than we ever imagined ... a more sustainable health care workforce and system in BC. We have the opportunity to reimagine the future of care ... for patient care. As the executive director of BC Family Doctors, I have worked with our Board and members to ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Tiffany Wong, MD, FRCPC January/February 2022
... them with first-tier care? Created and developed in BC, the new Penicillin Allergy De-labeling Tool will help doctors determine the legitimacy of a patient’s ... a patient claims to have an allergy to penicillin, busy doctors don’t always have the time or resources to confirm ...
Letters / BY: Eric M. Yoshida, OBC, MD, MHSc, FRCPC April 2022
... With this in mind, we strongly recommend that the BC Medical Journal consider publishing only online and cease ... of online medical journals in general, and the fact that Doctors of BC’s services and communications have long been conducted electronically, we suspect that the Doctors of BC membership will quickly adapt to accessing and ...
Editorials / BY: David J. Esler, MD, CCFP(EM) December 2022
... the same day the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC (CPSBC) surveyed the province’s doctors on a proposed new logo. The decision to retire the ... population and the care provided by the province’s doctors, retaining Stormy Lake Consulting to assist in the ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB July/August 2022
... hectic, productive, and filled with optimism. Canadian doctors lack the political influence that doctors in Britain enjoy. I attended the British Medical ... Dr Barry Turchen presented a study at the CMA using BC’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act ...