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News / BY: Michael Myckatyn, MD, September 2008
... sole function of the MMES and indeed its mission, is “doctors helping doctors through continuing medical education.”  This ... Myckatyn, c/o 101–7380 West­minster Highway, Richmond, BC V6X 1A1. See you at the next meeting! — Michael ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD May 2008
... become a politically important item—at least here in BC where the current government has increased the size of the ... medical school will eventually graduate two-thirds of the doctors this province requires yearly just to keep up with ... world also finds itself doctor-deficient, and Irish doctors, British doctors, and South African doctors are no ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Robert W. Armstrong, MD, PhD, FRCPC, September 2008
The BC government has fund­ed a provincial medical school linked ... system during the last 30 years.  They are not unique to BC, as demonstrated by recent calls for broad educational ... complex organizations. Little training is given to equip doctors for this, and the difficulty that many consequently ...
Letters / BY: Barbara J. Kane, MD, November 2008
... of the patients, but be­cause the Community Living BC system is so unfriendly, unwieldy, and difficult to work ... but also for the patients, their families, other doctors, and other caregivers. The recommendations in the ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Don Graham, MD, CCFP July/August 2007
... documentation. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC has written standards outlining facility and physician ... operate hyperbaric chambers are not necessarily medical doctors. Late last year, the BC Ministry of Health established a working group to review ...
News October 2007
... by Dr Susan O’Reilly, director of clinical services, BC Cancer Agency, and Dr Teresa Clarke, director of clinical ... access. Although women do not need a doctor’s referral, doctors who promote the idea of regular screening mammograms ... goal. The redesigned materials will be found in family doctors’ offices, walk-in clinics, community centres, and ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Lloyd Oppel, MD, MHSc, FCFP(Em) July/August 2007
... the office setting. Also seen as a pressing need is that doctors should have a voice in reducing the stigma associated ... In the coming months the committee will seek the input of BC health authorities to identify gaps in the provision of services for addicted patients. At the same time, BC doctors will be surveyed to determine what educational ...
MDs To Be / BY: Lee MacKay, BSc, April 2007
... the answer to the woes of the public health care system in BC, the issue of how best to fix the problems being faced by ... health care professional for their needs, thereby allowing doctors to spend their time treating the patients most in need of their specialized care. This allows doctors to meet two fundamental patient concerns: first, ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD September 2007
... made my classmates and me wonder which small, northern BC community we would be forced to practise in. I remember ... of my fledging general practice. There were two types of doctors—specialists and family doctors. You were either in one club or the other. Then ...
President's Comment / BY: Geoffrey Appleton, MB, September 2007
... largesse. It was a great pleasure to meet these young doctors. I was impressed by their enthusiasm, their love of ... in six areas of importance to physicians in BC: prescription drug expenditures, Pharmacare program, drug ... Strategy. Included in the recommendations on BC’s Pharmacare program is the Reference Drug Program ...