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Letters / BY: Joanne Sinai, MD, MEd, FRCPC September 2022
... guest editorial for Part 2 of the Gender-affirming care in BC series, Dr Knudson, Dr Metzger, and Ms findlay state that ...
Editorials / BY: Jeevyn K. Chahal, MD November 2022
... approximately $17 000 to $27 000 being given to each BC family doctor wasn’t going to stabilize the family ... and remains a key strategy for stabilizing primary care in BC, the issue remains that I have 2200 patients, many of whom ... is not attached to a primary care provider. Doctors of BC has posted results from the 2021 benchmark member ...
Beyond Medicine, COVID-19 / BY: Cheryl Young, MD, CCFP January/February 2022
... death.[ 9 ] Given this concern, we reviewed calls to the BC Drug and Poison Information Centre (BC DPIC) about exposure to ivermectin and two related ... and selamectin (used in veterinary medicine). The BC DPIC is the provincial telephone poison control service ...
Editorials / BY: Gail Knudson, MD, MEd, FRCPC March 2022
... youth, and some are even openly malicious. However, BC has a strong medical, legal, and ethical framework that ... areas in transgender and gender-diverse health care: BC law with respect to minors consenting to hormone therapy and surgery, including recent BC court decisions; sexual health of transgender and ...
News / BY: Andrea Cross, CFP May 2022
... making any of these TFSA mistakes. Have you claimed your BC CPRSP benefits? Each year, eligible doctors in British ... to help fund their retirement savings through the BC Contributory Professional Retirement Savings Plan (CPRSP). Doctors of BC will notify you of the amount you can claim each fall, but ...
News July/August 2022
... Columbia Medical Journal welcomes article submissions from BC medical students and offers two writing prizes for the ... in Medical Journalism (Independent) recognizes a BC medical student’s significant achievement in writing an ... Excellence in Medical Journalism (Mentored) recognizes a BC medical student’s significant achievement in medical ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Jennifer Balfour, MD, FRCPC September 2022
... previous generations. In fact, only 69% of 7-year-olds in BC were up-to-date with routine immunizations in 2019 and ... human papillomavirus immunization rate in grade 6 girls in BC was 66.1%; this rate dropped to 28.1% in 2020. The rates ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Tiffany Wong, MD, FRCPC January/February 2022
... them with first-tier care? Created and developed in BC, the new Penicillin Allergy De-labeling Tool will help ... on a cellphone or computer. As an allergist working at BC Children’s Hospital, I have treated many young patients ... revealed that 93% of over 100 participating outpatients at BC Children’s who believed they were allergic to penicillin ...
Letters / BY: BCMJ Editorial Board April 2022
... education, medical news, opinion, and resources for BC physicians, and we—along with the majority of our colleagues from around BC—believe that this mission is best accomplished with a ... to journal@doctorsofbc.ca . To remain informed about new BC-relevant medical content, subscribe to BCMJ Headlines , a ...
News June 2022
... to gauge how well the journal is meeting the needs of BC doctors. We conduct these surveys approximately every 5 ... place for learning about what is happening in medicine in BC (76% agree). This survey shows that the BCMJ ’s niche is BC medicine—it’s where members feel the journal is the ...