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News / BY: Jessie Wang March 2019
... free out there for medical students. I knew that my Doctors of BC membership is free during my 4 years of medical school, ... discounts. I knew that I received free life insurance with Doctors of BC through my 4 years of medical school as well, ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB May 2019
... as a senior, I can. I received a Gold Care Card from the BC government that afforded me greater health benefits based ... outcomes. Indigenous health services are a prime example. Doctors are blamed for systemic weaknesses that governments ... family doctor visit; perhaps we need to consider teaching doctors to clear drains. An entity called Choosing Wisely ...
News / BY: T.J. Alabazo September 2019
What do you do with your downtime? Doctors of BC knows you work hard. Your downtime is important and we ... in any way we can.  —T.J. Alabazo Club MD Coordinator, Doctors of BC News Lifestyle offerings from Club MD ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Afsaneh Moradi January/February 2019
... the BCMJ (“ Building interprofessional maternity care in BC ”)[ 1 ] describes how the Shared Care Maternity Network, ... in perinatal care—which is often split between family doctors, registered midwives, and obstetricians—can ... ). A GP-to-GP network through which family doctors provide 24-hour care for maternity patients through ...
News June 2019
This year, BC Family Doctor Day was 19 May, a day when the BC College ... celebrates the important work of the more than 6000 family doctors who practise in communities across the province. ... care facilities, patients’ homes, or community-based doctors’ offices or clinics, family doctors are experts in ...
Obituaries / BY: Glenn A. Scheske, MD, FRCPC November 2019
... away in the ICU of Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, BC, on 23 February 2019 at the age of 75. It was ironic, but ... included technology (unless it pertained to cars), doctors making rounds in bicycle shorts, golf, and photo ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: David R. Richardson, MD July/August 2019
... was bestowed the chain of office and became president of Doctors of BC on 31 May 2019. BCMJ editor Dr David Richardson sat down ... want to become president now? I’ve been associated with Doctors of BC peripherally for a long time—I was the first ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Alana Godin December 2019
The GPSC recognizes that doctors and health care team members invest significant time ... health authority are ineligible. For increased efficiency, doctors can now submit one form to claim a sessional payment ... Godin Director, Community Practice and Quality, Doctors of BC PSP Regional Support Teams Fraser Health: ...
President's Comment / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP March 2019
... we ever truly succeed. —Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP Doctors of BC President President's Comment Let’s be real, we need ...
News July/August 2019
Doctors of BC held its 2019 annual general meeting on Friday, 31 May, at ... Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre at UBC’s Vancouver campus. Doctors of BC’s annual awards ceremony was held on Saturday, 1 June, ...