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News / BY: Robert Selles, R. Psych. July/August 2019
The Provincial OCD Program at BC Children’s Hospital is actively recruiting Greater ... well it works. We are seeking direct referrals from family doctors, pediatricians, and child/adolescent psychiatrists ... . —Robert Selles, R. Psych. Provincial OCD Program, BC Children’s Hospital, UBC News Call for participants: ...
News December 2019
Family doctors and teams can now hear from their patients about ... the survey, initially piloted by 39 clinics throughout BC since 2016. The Patient Experience Tool data can inform ...
President's Comment / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP January/February 2019
... wait lists;[ 1 ] offices that move or close;[ 2 ] retiring doctors who can’t find replacements[ 3 ] and orphan their patients; fewer doctors choosing community-based practice, especially those ... change will not be quick.  As an organization, Doctors of BC is working hard to achieve a more positive future. In ...
Editorials / BY: David J. Esler, MD, CCFP(EM) July/August 2019
... to Montreal for my rotating internship. When I returned to BC in 1986, influential health economists had concluded that ... In 2019 the situation has reversed; newly minted doctors do not take over, let alone buy, established ... understand this and frequently bypass office-based doctors in favor of the hospital when they perceive a need ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Sam Bugis, MD December 2019
... patient care. But for the past 2 decades—as BC’s health authorities were regionalized and doctors in hospitals became even busier with capacity and wait-list pressures—doctors and administrators have been challenged to build ...
News July/August 2019
Katherine Ryeburn Doctors of BC has awarded its two annual scholarships of $1000 to Ms ... to study international relations. For more than 15 years, Doctors of BC has presented two $1000 scholarship awards to ...
President's Comment / BY: Kathleen Ross, MD September 2019
... I slept in my car or in a chair in the operating room doctors’ lounge. The room is partially lit from the ... Thank you all, and sweet dreams. —Kathleen Ross, MD Doctors of BC President President's Comment “Without enough sleep we ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Judy Dercksen, MD January/February 2019
... 2 ]  In a policy statement released in July 2017, Doctors of BC called for improvements in chronic pain management.[ 3 ] ... currently can have wait times of up to 2 years. Family doctors can help patients while they wait, and since close to ...
President's Comment / BY: Kathleen Ross, MD November 2019
... and communities were the cornerstone of this process. Doctors were expected to be the all-powerful Oz, dispensing ... Home-based self-monitoring programs under development in BC, such as TEC4home, should help reduce the number of times ... the curtain down, we are still Oz. —Kathleen Ross, MD Doctors of BC President President's Comment Has ...
President's Comment / BY: Kathleen Ross, MD October 2019
... let the grass grow over the tires. —Kathleen Ross, MD Doctors of BC President President's Comment Healthy aging ...