Doctors of BC is calling for nominations of members in good standing for the following 2017 awards.

Doctors of BC Silver Medal of Service

Criteria for nominees include any of the following:

Last year I wrote about the ways that your colleagues represented you and Doctors of BC at the Canadian Medical Association General Council in Halifax. This year we had the pleasure of hosting the “Medical Parliament of Canada” in Vancouver as Dr Granger Avery from Port McNeill was installed as president of the Canadian Medical Association.

This past August you may have received an e-mail request to complete a short survey and to tell us what you would like to see in the BCMJ. We sent the survey to a random sample set of Doctors of BC members and asked them to provide feedback and be heard, and gave them the option to enter to win a prize. Thank you to everyone who completed the survey—we had an excellent response rate of 24%, spanning family physicians, specialists, and trainees (students and residents) of all ages, both community based and hospital based.

Your parents are originally from Scotland. What took your family to South Africa when you were young?

Congratulations to Dr Katharine McKeen of Victoria, winner of the Doctors of BC 2015–16 Annual Report survey contest. By completing a brief survey Dr McKeen was entered into the draw and won a free night at the Pan Pacific Vancouver, including breakfast for two in Oceans 999.