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Letters / BY: Gerald J.M. Tevaarwerk, MD, FRCPC October 2025
... care was reduced from the initially promised 50% to 23%. BC’s Ministry of Health responded by reducing the annual ... consists of tools and assistants to improve efficiency. In BC, physician assistants are limited to Ministry of ... Medical Journal reported that most family physicians in BC had adopted electronic medical records (EMRs),[ 7 ] ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jia Hu, MD, MSc, CCFP, FRCPC December 2025
... information about these changes can be found in the BC Immunization Manual .[ 1 ] HPV vaccination program HPV ... 26), and people receiving postcolposcopy treatment. BOX 1. BC’s HPV immunization program eligibility. All individuals ... conditions, and those with weakened immune systems. In BC, two types of immunizations have historically been used to ...
Original Research / BY: Jennifer Kask, MD, CCFP, FCFP May 2025
... This is particularly relevant following a change to the BC Cancer Cervical Cancer Screening Program that has resulted ... with testing available at 17 LifeLabs locations across BC.[ 17 ] An individual can register online, print a lab ... or gonorrhea led to follow-up treatment. However, in BC, chlamydia and gonorrhea are reportable STIs, and the ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Paul Winston, MD, FRCPC July/August 2025
... and the licensing of dozens of physicians from outside BC by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC (CPSBC). Our tiny clinic has raised close to $1 million ... around the world is streamlined. Through Doctors of BC and Island Health Research grants, we now treat children ...
Editorials / BY: Sepehr Khorasani, MD, MSc, FRCSC November 2025
... such as colon and rectal resections. Unpublished data from BC support performing opportunistic salpingectomy during ... There is also a dedicated group of gynecologists around BC who are available to help support general surgeons in ... salpingectomy. With increased awareness, women in BC will have the opportunity to discuss opportunistic ...
Letters / BY: Rachael Bradshaw, MAS, MLIS March 2025
... Jun, MLIS On behalf of the Health Libraries Association of BC Executive Board Letters Re: Closure of the CPSBC medical ...
Letters / BY: Faye MacKay, MD, CCFP, FCFP May 2025
... and have worked in many provinces. I have long admired BC for its progressive steps in ensuring excellence in ... one of which was the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC’s Library. I used it frequently. There was and still is ... and provide better care and a huge step backward for BC health care. I would have happily paid more to keep it ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Janene Erickson, Nak'azdli Whut'en, MPH, BKin September 2025
...   ACKNOWLEDGMENT We acknowledge the Title and Rights of BC First Nations who have cared for and nurtured the lands ... on whose unceded, occupied, and ancestral territory the BC Centre for Disease Control is located. We recognize the ... recognize and acknowledge the inherent Title and Rights of BC First Nations, whose territories stretch to every inch of ...
Letters / BY: Tahmeena Ali, MD, CCFP, FCFP December 2025
... the shortage of pediatricians—particularly in rural BC—is an example of a larger challenge facing all of ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Olivia Sampson, MD, CCFP, MPH, FRCPC, ABPM April 2025
... or to a physicians’ meeting in your region anywhere in BC. We will contact your clinic coordinator prior to the ...