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Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brian Evoy, PhD, November 2011
... Services Com­mittee (GPSC) is a collaboration of the BC Medical Association and the BC Ministry of Health. The ... services committees, they provide a forum for these doctors to work with their regional health authorities and ... of Intent). As Dr Martha Wilson says, “Many of the doctors on our board were skeptical at first. There’s long ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Clay Barber, October 2011
... of or diagnosed with COPD will benefit not only family doctors and specialists but, more importantly, patients. The ... the pro­vince and to increase job satisfaction among BC’s general practitioners. The PSP offers focused training sessions for doctors and their MOAs to im­prove efficiency and to support ...
President's Comment / BY: Nasir Jetha, MD, September 2011
... high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart disease. In BC, about 2000 citizens die prematurely each year due to ... programs through the health authorities.    As doctors, we need to do our part. The CMAJ has a very in-depth ... Immediate and strategic actions need to be taken, and BC doctors must work with their patients, community groups, and ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2011
... the more I liked it. I used to teach regular sessions at BC Children’s Hospital and BC Women’s Hospital and Health ... she had been fatigued for a while, and she’d seen a few doctors, and there was nothing really much to write home ... recent Physician Health Survey says that only about 28% of doctors are under 45. So yes, we need more medical schools. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Robert D.H. MacMillan, MD, FRCSC, November 2011
In general, men in BC have poorer health outcomes than women. Traditionally, ... and associated metabolic syndrome are not routine in BC.  • Men age 65 to 84 consume the lion’s share of the ... organization, with 68 hospitals, 200000 employees, 20000 doctors, and a $50 billion annual budget, sees 6 million ...
Physician Spotlight / BY: Brian Day, MB December 2011
... many, the “golden era” of modern medical practice in BC. Vancouver General Hospital was a complex institution and ... not to neglect the administrative and political roles that doctors had traditionally held. He realized that if we ... rule” opportunity for governments in negotiating with doctors. Thanks to our leaders and managers, we have remained ...
Letters / BY: Robert Shepherd, MD December 2011
... practices[ 1 ] and he reviewed the experience of four doctors who graduated from medical school in or prior to 1983 ... transition to EMR. I know and respect one of the four doctors.  Erin Walkinshaw’s articles in the 6 September ... that the EMR software packages currently available in BC improve measurable patient outcomes? —Robert Shepherd, ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Brian Evoy, PhD, May 2011
... Board. The number of divisions of family practice in BC continues to grow, with four now representing communities ... we should work hard to make sure it’s available to all doctors across the province. One of the most attractive ... There’s widespread agreement on this point among doctors already involved in rural divisions.  Dr James ...
Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB January/February 2011
... Information (CIHI) document[ 1 ] misguidedly blam­ed doctors’ fees as a major contributor to the rising costs of ... editorial[ 2 ] I wrote on some financial issues facing doctors. Read both articles and you will, I hope, recognize ... or injury. A friend was recently hospitalized at a major BC hospital, suffering from a serious acute illness. Sadly, ...
News May 2011
Dr Mary Conley of Victoria, BC, has won the 2011 Reproductive Health Award from the ... picketers, and the shooting of a number of Canadian doctors—including Dr Romalis in Vancouver—Dr Conley ... passion. She lives with her artist husband in Victoria, BC. News Conley wins reproductive health award ...