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News April 2024
The Doctors of BC 2023 Report to Members summarizes the efforts of hundreds of BC doctors working on dozens of committees, the Board, and the ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC March 2024
... recent interview with the BCMJ [2024;66:10-13], our new Doctors of BC president, colorectal surgeon Dr Ahmer A. Karimuddin, ...
News / BY: Laura McLean November 2024
... needs? If so, right now is a great time for a review. The Doctors of BC INCOMEprotect Disability Insurance and Professional ... last disability insurance review was over 2 years ago, a Doctors of BC insurance advisor will be pleased to review ...
Letters / BY: Teresa Marie Kope, MD, FRCPC July/August 2024
... closure of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC (CPSBC) medical library. As a psychiatrist in private ... forward, I fully support Dr Gillespie’s suggestion that Doctors of BC take over the operation of the library.[ 2 ] This is an ...
Letters / BY: Jan MacPhail, MD, MSc (Epidemiology) October 2024
... leading cause of unintentional injuries and fatalities in BC. Who is responsible to push for more proven preventive ... and keeping traffic moving as the priority. Doctors who treat crash survivors are uniquely positioned to ... safety experts have called for speed reduction in BC for decades. Reducing residential area speed limits was ...
President's Comment / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC April 2024
Dr Ahmer A. Karimuddin As doctors, we are committed to the noble cause of making things ... commitment to making things better, together. As part of Doctors of BC’s new 5-year strategic plan, we have made it our mission ...
Editorials / BY: Jeevyn K. Chahal, MD September 2024
... a decade ago and was launched here in November 2020 by the BC Parks Foundation, expanding to many provinces since then. ... effects on human health. Finally, having participated in Doctors of BC’s annual Walk with your Doc event , I wonder whether ...
News January/February 2024
... in Medical Journalism (Independent), which recognizes a BC medical student’s significant achievement in writing an ... in Medical Journalism (Mentored), which recognizes a BC medical student’s significant achievement in medical ... receives $750 and recognition in the BCMJ and at the Doctors of BC annual awards ceremony. For more information ...
President's Comment / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC May 2024
... prioritize patient access. But Canada—and specifically BC—lags behind many jurisdictions in areas such as hospital ... to address these issues through significant investments. Doctors of BC continues to raise this concern. In the 2011 BC ... recruitment, and retention efforts to double the number of doctors in BC? What a wonderful world that would be. Yes, ...
Letters / BY: Olivia L. Tseng, MD, PhD, CCFP, FCFP October 2024
The BC Ministry of Health has committed to digitizing the health ... Vancouver —Esther Lee, MD, MCS, FRCPC Vancouver Letters Doctors need electronic health records to work for us, not ...