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Obituaries / BY: Eugene Leduc, MD July/August 2025
... ball finally came to rest on a green in Victoria, BC. Greg quickly accumulated a very large family practice at Doctors Medical Clinic. After 10 years, he retired from ...
Premise / BY: John A. Cairns, MD, FRCPC May 2025
... bear fruit.  Health care system In 2000, I predicted that BC health care would come to be provided in a setting of more ... by the outstanding web-based guidance available from the Doctors Technology Office, a joint initiative of Doctors of BC and the provincial government. A further major ...
President's Comment / BY: Charlene Lui, MD June 2025
... available. The Physician Health Program, offered through Doctors of BC, provides free, confidential support for physicians, ... something better on the other side. —Charlene Lui, MD Doctors of BC President President's Comment Maintaining your ...
News May 2025
May is Doctors of BC’s annual awards month, dedicated to showcasing and recognizing outstanding doctors who make extraordinary contributions to their ... to live? If so, please nominate them for a Doctors of BC award. More information is available on the Awards for ...
Original Research / BY: Christina W. Lee, MD, FRCSC, FACS September 2025
... in rural and remote areas. Many patients also lack family doctors, which places pressure on specialist services’ ... and undergraduate studies (J.Z.). Participant recruitment BC general surgeons were contacted via email in 2020 and ... shortage of palliative care specialists and trained family doctors was perceived as a failing of the health care system ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC May 2025
... and Surgeons of Ontario exclusive authority to license doctors, requiring applicants to have attended at least one ... future generations of women in medicine.[ 3 ]  This year, Doctors of BC celebrates 125 years of advocating for and supporting BC ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Jaron Easterbrook, MD July/August 2025
... in numbers At Rocky Mountain Health Centre in Fernie, BC, six family physicians have contributed data to FPSC’s ... in your practice on the PSP ( https://fpscbc.ca/psp ) and Doctors Technology Office ( www.doctorsofbc.ca/advice-support/doctors-technology-office ) web pages, or submit a service ...
Letters / BY: John Maile, MBBS, April 2025
... Vancouver before moving to Quesnel. In 1965, there was no BC Ambulance Service. The local ambulance, a museum piece ... 1950s, was owned and operated by the local taxi driver. Doctors were sometimes asked to join when they were attending ... local sawmill. It was with these constraints that we rural doctors needed to work. A selection of cases might cast ...
News April 2025
The Government of BC is fast-tracking credential recognition and launching a ... coordinated, targeted recruitment campaign to attract more doctors and nurses from the US. The province is working with ... Surgeons of BC on a direct process to enable US-trained doctors who hold certification from the American Board of ...
News November 2025
... members received an email inviting them to participate in Doctors of BC’s 2025 election and bylaw referendum. During this vital ... important than ever.  Make your voice count Voting in Doctors of BC’s election and bylaw referendum is your ...