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News January/February 2018
Are you a physician practising in BC? Are you or your physician spouse having or adopting a ... Program, one of the negotiated benefits administered by Doctors of BC. In addition to pregnancy benefits for female physicians, ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Gabrielle Lynch-Staunton, BFA, BEd December 2018
... Haughton has a face that confidently says, “I did it!” BC Children’s Hospital emergency physician Dr David A. ... 11 years. Mr Rob Hulyk, director of Physician Advocacy at Doctors of BC, considers Haughton to have been the ... children and babies fighting for their lives. “When the doctors and parents pursued the hope of newer medicines, more ...
News July/August 2018
Doctors of BC members attended the 2018 annual general meeting on 2 June ... campus. The day started with the SGP AGM, followed by the Doctors of BC AGM with an address by the CMA past president, Dr Granger ...
MDs To Be / BY: Justin Burton, MSc, UBC Medicine, Class of 2018 January/February 2018
... medicine, and I consistently saw the Peruvian doctors using evidence-based applications or quickly ... into a rhythm. Patient expectations Communication between doctors and patients was another learning curve. The ... in Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk, NWT, along with areas of rural BC, and noticed the same lack of opportunity, poverty, and ...
Letters / BY: Geoffrey Ainsworth, MD December 2018
... ]. We were dismayed to read the results of a survey on the Doctors of BC website reporting on a survey of doctors, “Transparency around drug payments to ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kara Solmundson, MD, CCFP (SEM), Sport Med Dip, MSc April 2018
... 7 ] Such training can impact behavior, with Canadian doctors reporting greater confidence discussing exercise and ... activity. This underscores the universal importance of doctors having foundational knowledge in exercise medicine. ... health and economic implications on our society. BC has an opportunity to challenge the status quo, create ...
News September 2018
... The J.H. MacDermot Writing Award, sponsored by Doctors of BC, honors Dr John Henry MacDermot, who served as editor for ...
President's Comment / BY: Trina Larsen Soles, MD April 2018
... can be performed by robots, what does this imply for the doctors performing the same procedures? This made me consider ... in the truest sense of the word. —Trina Larsen Soles, MD Doctors of BC President President's Comment The art and heart of medicine ...
Proust for Physicians July/August 2018
... physician do you most admire? Dr Joanne Liu, president of Doctors Without Borders. What is your favorite activity? ... Where would you most like to practise? In beautiful BC, close to my family and friends. What technological ...
President's Comment / BY: Eric Cadesky, MDCM, CCFP, FCFP November 2018
... Learning from the initiatives of other organizations, Doctors of BC will soon embark on consultation to support greater ... about these consultations in newsletters, on the Doctors of BC website, and through social media. This will be ...