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Jay Draper
2010/2011 BCMA elected officers Dr Ian Gillespie, President Dr Brian Brodie, Past President Dr Nasir Jetha, President Elect Dr Shelley Ross, Chair, General Assembly Dr William Cunningham, Honorary Secretary... Read More
Thank you for continuing to hold our feet to the fire on the environmental impacts of our publication. The need for a bag comes down to the fact that we earn about 16% of our income from the advertising we sell and... Read More
Brian Brodie talks about his motivation, his mistakes, and what we can learn from naturopaths New BCMA President Dr Brian Brodie received his MD from the University of Calgary in 1986. He set up general practice... Read More
Dr Bill Mackie is not letting his dedication to sport medicine and health promotion color his year as president. He’s set his sights on even bigger targets: the Physician Master Agreement, uniting disparate physician... Read More
The BCMJ does not presume to give advice on ecological issues; “Go green: 10 steps to an eco-friendly office” was provided to the journal by the BCMA’s Environmental Health Committee—but we are glad that it... Read More
This issue—Volume 50, Number 1—marks the beginning of the British Columbia Medical Journal’s 50th year. So why should we care that the Journal has reached this milestone? Is longevity an... Read More
The 2007 BCMA Annual General Meeting was a bit of the new, a lot of the old, and then, like a plant wilting in the sun, it flopped over, unable to sustain itself as members slipped out the door. Not all old news is... Read More
Originally from Lancashire, England, Dr Geoff Appleton is a family physician in Terrace, British Columbia. Since 1974, Dr Appleton has enjoyed the beauty of the Skeena River and the satisfaction he gets from taking care... Read More
The BC Medical Journal hosted its first CME cruise conference in February, and by all accounts the event was a success. The primary goal of the conference was to raise money for the BCMJ; other goals were to provide a... Read More
It looks, from your resume, like you’ve moved quite a lot. Yes. My dad was a small-town GP in Shaunavon, Saskatchewan. We lived there for about a year before moving to Salt Lake City, where he did an internal medicine... Read More