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January/February 2024
... over the next 3 years by age group, starting with people 55 and older. All self-collected samples will be ...
President's Comment /
BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC
May 2024
... resources. Canada has 2.6 hospital beds for every 1000 people, which is behind almost every Organisation for ... BC has even less—a mere 1.95 hospital beds per 1000 people. Canada also has significantly fewer physicians ... to reaching the OECD average of 4.3 hospital beds per 1000 people by 2035, doubling our current operating room capacity, ...
President's Comment /
BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC
June 2024
... of former Lego CEO Jørgen Vig Knudstorp: “Many creative people are finding that creativity doesn’t grow in ...
President's Comment /
BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC
March 2024
... it simply makes us more alone. Yet, in the real world, people cheer when they hear someone has gotten into medical ... his sociology professor, Morrie Schwartz, who had ALS. People would come to commiserate with Schwartz yet would ... Yet I find inspiration at work daily. I find it in the people who come together to look after a patient with ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Curtis May, MD, MPH, CCFP
June 2024
... not work alone during hot conditions. Working with other people can allow for mutual monitoring for signs of heat ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Peter Rothfels, MD
March 2024
... This month, we address you as workers yourselves: people who face unique physical and psychological risks at ...
President's Comment /
BY: Joshua Greggain, MD
April 2023
... identify them, then we can become unsustainable, both as people and as professionals. When we step away from our ...
President's Comment /
BY: Joshua Greggain, MD
June 2023
... I come, and I appreciate the privilege I hold having these people in my life. In my human doing, I am a family ... as physicians whose profession lies in healing and helping people, it is important that we understand the impact of colonialism and its lasting effects on Indigenous people’s health and well-being. We should, as encouraged by ...
President's Comment /
BY: Joshua Greggain, MD
November 2023
... shape the future. This is your opportunity to ensure the people you want representing you in leadership roles at ... who is doing well, long arms to give hugs to one or more people when they are struggling, and high heels to be seen at ...