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Charles Webb, MBChB
Dr James Robert Busser was born 25 July 1960 in Windsor, Ontario. He studied medicine at the University of Western Ontario and specialized in internal medicine at Western, Dalhousie, and the University of British... Read More
They say time flies when you’re having fun, and that couldn’t be more true when it comes to my year as your president. It has been an exciting time, one that provided me the opportunity to engage with colleagues from... Read More
Across the country the manner in which provincial medical associations choose their delegate nominees for the Board of the Canadian Medical Association varies. Some nominees are elected by their provincial associations... Read More
Right now 820 000 seniors live in BC—that’s 17% of our population or roughly one in every six British Columbians. In just 15 short years that number will escalate to 1.35 million seniors—nearly one-quarter of BC’s... Read More
Doctors of BC has made it a priority to help physicians improve their involvement and influence in our health system. Members have repeatedly told us this was an issue of great importance to them. Between the... Read More
Media is often attracted to the bad-news stories, especially in the area of health care, so it is important to highlight the noteworthy work being done by physicians on the front lines—work that not enough people know... Read More
The Christmas holidays have always been a special time of year for me, perhaps the most special. The sights, sounds, smells, and colors of the festive season fill me with a childlike sense of excitement, and the... Read More
We hear the term “engagement” a lot these days, especially when it comes to our health care system. And there is good reason for that. We know from research (and from our own experiences) that we are in the best... Read More
For most of us the fall signifies a return to business as usual. But for almost 300 enthusiastic and eager first-year medical students it signifies something much more exciting: the beginning of a fascinating, life-... Read More
To be effective leaders in health care we, as doctors, must ensure that we lead the profession in a time of change. In the years ahead our profession will face many issues—issues that are becoming more complex and that... Read More