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President's Comment / BY: Bill Mackie, MD January/February 2009
... throne speech of February 2008, the lieutenant governor of BC portended what was to come. He expressed government’s ... training and expertise,” said the lieutenant governor. Doctors are now well aware of pharmacists’ ability to renew ... I understand and share your frustration knowing that as doctors we have worked hard to qualify through our ...
News / BY: S. William A. Gunn, FRCSC, July/August 2009
... & the Cold War . By John Farley. Van­couver, BC: UBC Press, 2008. ISBN 978-7748-1476-8. Hardcover, 254 ... Victoria, where he even ran briefly as a candidate in the BC provincial elections. Among his many international, ... medical class graduation his passionate message to us new doctors was “safeguard your youthful vision and work health ...
Letters / BY: Geoffrey Ainsworth, MD December 2009
... when I was working as an in-patient psychiatrist at BC Children’s Hospital. On page 349 the authors state, ... had an airway compromise or aspiration. I think the doctors of British Columbia need to know how sedated their ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marilyn J. Borugian, PhD, December 2009
... 50 to 69. Current participation of women aged 50 to 69 in BC is 49%.[ 1 ]  One of the most effective ways to encourage ... not all patients comply, the Breast Tumour Group of the BC Cancer Agency surveyed BC family physicians about the ... that mammograms are painful. A recent survey of BC doctors indicates that some common patient misunderstandings ...
Clinical Articles / BY: James K. Lai, MD, CCFP, FCFP, April 2009
... was to update our understanding of the status of IT use in BC, with a specific focus on EMR use among practitioners. We ... vs 62%), and responses suggested that 35% of eligible BC doctors (approximately 2500) could be expected to register ... should change. In order to accelerate EMR adoption, BC doctors need sustained funding, up-to-date information on ...
Interviews / BY: Jay Draper September 2009
... in Whitecourt, Alberta, moving 1 year later to Burns Lake, BC, where he remained for 9 years. He was involved in the ... that I didn’t want to have a boss all my life, and I saw doctors as being their own bosses.  It sounds like you ... life my greatest accomplishment is being one of the 23 doctors who stood together as the Northern Rural Doctors ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Carl Whiteside, MD, March 2009
... To address the medical human resource needs of rural BC, different strategies have been developed based on ... along with the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada (BC) to arrange a conference in a rural community each year. ... as Rural Subsidiary Agreement (RSA) communities. Doctors in these smaller urban, rural, and remote areas of BC ...
Letters / BY: Ari Giligson, MD, July/August 2009
While I agree with Dr Murray’s basic assertion that BC could be graduating more MDs (“BC needs another medical ... and some bureaucrats is that there is a need for more doctors. As a retired MD who practised and taught in BC from ... and some bureaucrats is that there is a need for more doctors. As a retired MD who practised and taught in BC from ...
Obituaries / BY: Barry Turchen, MD January/February 2009
... in 1979. He became a respected leader and innovator in the BC medical community after he settled in Abbotsford with his ... I especially miss our morning talks over tea in the MSA doctors’ lounge. We would often discuss philosophy and ...
Editorials / BY: Willem R. Vroom, MD April 2009
... boasts one Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors TV ad. Moreover, as the British Columbia Naturopathic ... profession concluded that prescribing by naturopathic doctors should not be allowed based on questions about their ... In December 2006 the College of Naturopathic Physicians of BC (CNPBC) petitioned the BC government to return their ...