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Council on Health Promotion / BY: Alan Woodland October 2020
... it will also impact their mental and physical health. In BC, the number of people over age 65 continues to increase ... transportation resources. Public transit providers, like BC Transit and TransLink, provide conventional bus services ... Manager, Better Environmentally Sound Transportation BC —Chris Rumball, MD —Beverley Pitman, PhD Senior ...
College Library / BY: Chris Vriesema-Magnuson January/February 2020
... Key will also give you access to those. Closer to home, BC Guidelines has a guideline app.   For access to these ...
Clinical Articles / BY: J. Connell, BSc, MPH April 2020
... the burden of rheumatic diseases is increasing.[ 1 ] In BC rheumatologic care is primarily delivered in an outpatient ... and prevent long-term disability. Previous studies in BC have shown that only 39% of the early incident rheumatoid ... the existence of large service gaps.[ 2 , 3 ] In 2010 BC was faced with a shortage of rheumatologists. Recruitment ...
News June 2020
... Education Award, and the Rural Health Champion Award. BC physicians have been recognized in the following ... Ms Brenda Fowler , Gabriola Island News 2020 Rural Awards, BC recipients ...
News September 2020
... Medicine Clinician Support Line, supported by the BC Centre on Substance Use, provides telephone consultation ...
Obituaries / BY: Grant Gibbings, MD November 2020
... and he was part of the great green-and-white wave at BC Lions games. He never forgot his Saskatchewan roots. Stan ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Kevin E. Liang, MD, CCFP March 2020
... Under current provincial estimations, sea levels around BC are projected to rise by 0.5 metre by 2050, and 1.0 metre ... the growing population and limited land availability in BC, displaced residents may find themselves competing with ... In addition, much of the existing health infrastructure in BC will require relocation as a consequence of sea level ...
News, COVID-19 / BY: Roxanne Joyce May 2020
... has launched a virtual peer-support group available to all BC physicians. Peer-to-peer connections promote shared ... shared moments of joy and inspiration. The PHP program of BC helps physicians, resident doctors, and medical students, ...
News July/August 2020
... poisonous mushroom, Amanita phalloides , is growing in BC” [ BCMJ 2019;61:20-24 ]. Dr Moor-Smith wrote the article ... Li, a drug and poison information pharmacist at the BC Drug and Poison Information Centre, and Dr Omar Ahmad, a ... include medical education and acute care medicine. BC medical students are encouraged to submit full-length ...
News October 2020
Children across BC with extraordinary health needs, requiring complex care, ... care transition centre in Vancouver. Operated by the BC Children’s Hospital, the facility will fill gaps in ... network will extend the centre’s reach to every area of BC and will also include training and support for caregivers ...