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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 ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD May 2009
The following article is reprinted from the September 2008 BC Medical Journal. Please note two important changes—both ... active shareholders. Is either doctor an employer? No. The doctors are not employers, but the incorporated practice in ... care organization. She shares an office with five other doctors who jointly fund operating expenses, inclu­ding the ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD September 2009
... Participants liked that the BCMJ is written by and about doctors from their own medical communities.  Surprisingly, ... its endeavor to be a publication that the physicians of BC can be proud of. This is your Journal and your input is ... Broadway, Vancouver, V6J 5A4) or e-mailed ( journal@bcma.bc.ca ). I might have forgotten to mention our web site ...
Editorials / BY: Anthony J. Salvian, MD January/February 2009
I always thought that as doctors became more senior life would be­come more ... up a good rant. I thank the BCMJ and the physicians of BC for allowing me the honor of serving on the Editorial ...
Letters / BY: Ivor McMahen, MD, June 2009
... should really have read “Assessing EMR’s readiness for BC physicians.” I’m definitely not an expert, but I have ... Polish-speaking secretary, and then, when doctors fail to communicate, lamenting their lack of ... remedy the progress-killing situations in the system; and doctors will need to come to the table with understanding, ...
Letters / BY: Jeremy Smith, September 2009
... the functionality of EMRs and physician adoption in BC. First, many physicians in BC are making extraordinary use of very powerful ... Regarding EMR uptake, Dr McMahen voiced concern that “BC doctors are not exactly beating a path to the EMR door”; ...
MDs To Be / BY: Gavin Tansley, March 2009
... we were unified, not as students, but as members of the BC health care community. At the end of the day I felt like I ... thing separating the students of today from the amazing doctors of tomorrow is mentorship. We all know that ... the environment conducive to the production of phenomenal doctors and, on behalf of the UBC MD class of 2012, I thank ...