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WorkSafeBC / BY: Celina Dunn, MD, CCFP, CIME January/February 2022
... feedback and your continued care of injured workers in BC. —Celina Dunn, MD, CCFP, CIME —Olivia Sampson, MD, ... care and the injured worker Nurse practitioners in BC Medical legal issues: Duty to report Mental health: ... Physician health: Physician Health Program of BC Rehabilitation: Review of WorkSafeBC rehabilitation ...
News / BY: David J. Esler, MD, CCFP(EM) April 2022
... of the ongoing case of Cambie Surgeries Corporation v. BC , initially unsuccessful in the BC Supreme Court in 2020, currently awaiting a decision by the BC Court of Appeal, and expected by all players to be ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: BCCDC Overdose Drivers Knowledge Translation Group June 2022
... from an increasingly toxic illegal drug supply. Doctors of BC has endorsed a policy advocating for both ... the unequal impacts of overdose on Indigenous people in BC and Canada. Addressing comorbidities and maximizing health ... highest yet for those with a dual diagnosis.[ 6 ] A 2016 BC Coroners Service review found that one-third of youth and ...
Obituaries / BY: Kevin Elwood, MD November 2022
... to society. Don and I shared duties on the board of the BC Lung Foundation prior to his retirement. His style was to ... as 46 wonderful years. He leaves a global legacy that BC and indeed all of Canada can be proud of. Requiescat in ...
News / BY: Tara Hamilton March 2022
... profile is now available, exclusively on the Doctors of BC website (login required). The profile provides you with ...
Letters / BY: Neil Finnie, MD May 2022
... [ BCMJ 2022;64:53-54 ]. The burning reality in BC, and certainly in Victoria, is the astonishing deficiency ... Yet nobody is doing much about it. The recent BC budget failed to immediately increase funding for family ... entering family medicine residencies? How does our BC government justify collecting taxes to support medical ...
Editorials / BY: David B. Chapman, MBChB July/August 2022
... and commentary lately about the family medicine crisis in BC, and with good reason. As a full-service family physician, ... Physician Master Agreement negotiations between Doctors of BC and the BC government are underway at the time of writing. I believe ...
News September 2022
... collaboration with the Canadian Mental Health Association, BC Division (CMHA BC). The program builds on the Confident Parents: Thriving Kids anxiety program offered by CHMA BC, in which trained coaches build on skills and strategies ...
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 ... an opportunity to examine medicine’s colonial roots in BC. In March 1778, Royal Navy captain James Cook was greeted ... setting the stage for British colonization of present-day BC. In little under a century, the enormous land mass now ...
News January/February 2022
... Longman Ms Annalise Wong Ms Anna Myllyniemi Doctors of BC awarded its annual $1000 scholarships for 2021 to Ms Maren ... the past 14 years and feels privileged to have represented BC for Team BC at the U18 Women’s Hockey Nationals. She now plays ...