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Joint Collaborative Committees / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC December 2021
... Committees (JCCs), a partnership of Doctors of BC and the BC government, work collaboratively to lead system change. ... challenging time. During the pandemic, the JCCs supported BC’s quick pivot to ensure equitable access to health care ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Paul R. D’Alessandro, MD, MSc, FRCPC July/August 2021
... peripheral precocity to our tertiary referral centre at BC Children’s Hospital to highlight key concepts for ...
Council on Health Promotion, COVID-19 / BY: Johanna Trimble January/February 2021
... is the average time residents live in long-term care in BC. Strict restrictions condemn our loved ones to a lonely ... deaths but not deaths from loneliness or giving up? The BC Seniors Advocate’s recent report on the effects of ... of all—the residents and their families. Recently the BC government had to replace management in several care homes ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Ernest Salcedo April 2021
Recent negotiations between WorkSafeBC and Doctors of BC have resulted in a new agreement, which recognizes the ... and the new rates, please refer to the new Doctors of BC agreement with WorkSafeBC at ... Representative WorkSafeBC New agreement between Doctors of BC and WorkSafeBC ...
WorkSafeBC, COVID-19 / BY: Michelle Vukelic June 2021
... infections that may arise in the future. At this time, BC is the only Canadian workers’ compensation jurisdiction ... The presumption requires the infections to be subject to a BC-specific emergency declaration or notice under the BC Public Health Act, BC Emergency Program Act, or Vancouver ...
News September 2021
... Services Committee (SSC)—a partnership of Doctors of BC and the BC government. SSC is providing $50 000 for this pilot ... . Indicate you are a member of Doctors of BC. Wait 30 to 60 seconds to connect with an interpreter. For ...
Proust for Physicians March 2021
... Henry for her leadership of the pandemic response in BC, and Dr Lawrence Loh for providing a glimpse of what it is ...
News May 2021
... arts. The winning article and blog post were selected by BC physician and regular contributor to the BCMJ , Dr George ... for a realistic blog post. Congratulations to all authors. BC medical students are encouraged to submit full-length ... the best article or essay written by a medical student in BC, and may award a prize of $250 twice per year to the ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Derek Smith, MD, FRCSC July/August 2021
... 2015 and 2019, over 1400 surgeries were performed on BC workers for rotator cuff pathology. The prevalence of ...
President's Comment, COVID-19 / BY: Matthew C. Chow, MD October 2021
... a private commitment to myself as I took on the Doctors of BC presidency in the middle of the pandemic: I wanted to do ... months, the need has increased exponentially. Since 2019, BC’s Physician Health Program (PHP) has seen a 58% increase ... complexity. In a recent sample of acute care physicians in BC, colleague Dr Nadia Khan found burnout rates as high as ...