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Council on Health Promotion / BY: A. Maria Chung, MDCM January/February 2022
... people lived in Toronto, Montreal, or Vancouver.[ 1 ] In BC, 29.6% had a mother tongue that was not English or ... the patient’s caregiver for important discussions. The BC Provincial Health Services Authority provides translation ... planning and liberalizing visitation can help. Doctors of BC has passed a motion that calls for “family caregivers ...
President's Comment / BY: Ramneek Dosanjh, MD April 2022
... also healing the system in which we operate? Doctors of BC is taking a leadership role to provide physicians with the ... nurses and other staff working in hospitals. Doctors of BC is taking significant action to address this through a ... level and in every health authority for Doctors of BC to discuss physician safety, influence policy and ...
College Library / BY: Chris Vriesema-Magnuson June 2022
... statistics [ Box ]. Where to find health statistics for BC BC Centre for Disease Control: www.bccdc.ca/health-professionals/data-reports BC Community Health Atlas: ...
News March 2022
... British Columbia can change gender designations on their BC Services Card, BC Driver’s Licence, BCID card, and BC birth certificate without confirmation from a physician or ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Rahel Zewude, MD May 2022
... testing, management, and prevention of STIs in BC. We focus on those pathogens tested in routine screening, ... vaccination has been part of the immunization schedule in BC since 1992, whereas HPV vaccination was introduced in 2008 ... and was expanded to include boys in 2017.[ 4 ] We review BC’s HPV vaccination and screening programs and their ...
Letters / BY: Brian Conway, MD, FRCPC July/August 2022
... distribution of adult infectious diseases services in BC. I am the medical director of the Vancouver Infectious ... are often disengaged from care. Our team congratulates the BC Medical Journal for highlighting the importance of the ...
News, COVID-19 September 2022
... on the global ECHO model ( https://hsc.unm.edu/echo ), the BC ECHO for Post-COVID-19 Recovery is a free virtual learning ... and an opportunity for questions. Recordings of the BC ECHO for Post-COVID-19 Recovery sessions from July 2021 ... at www.phsa.ca/health-professionals/education-development/bc-echo-for-post-covid-19-recovery . News COVID-19 Resources ...
News December 2022
... treatment and improved health outcomes. Newborn Screening BC, a service of the Provincial Health Services Authority, is ... deficiency. All babies born after 30 September 2022 in BC and Yukon are screened for 27 treatable conditions shortly ... for assessment, testing, and future health care. News BC newborn screening expands ...
News January/February 2022
... will continue to be held by the Association of Doctors of BC, the BCMJ ’s publisher/owner. The CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 ...
Obituaries / BY: Brian Day, MB April 2022
... his adopted province and country, and settled in Surrey, BC. After his arrival in Canada, he began working as an ... him to develop an interest in politics. After settling in BC, he served as an alderman in Surrey, was a campaign manager for an MP, and even ran for a seat in the BC provincial legislature. He later shifted those interests ...