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News January/February 2024
... in Medical Journalism (Independent), which recognizes a BC medical student’s significant achievement in writing an ... in Medical Journalism (Mentored), which recognizes a BC medical student’s significant achievement in medical ... project. The BCMJ welcomes article submissions from BC medical students and offers these two writing prizes for ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Valerie C. Doyon, MD January/February 2024
... 1 for stage-specific wide local excision margins. While BC Cancer does not provide specific guidelines for the ... rural and remote populations. Practitioners in Northern BC have historically had challenges accessing specialist ... was compared with the recommendations available on the BC Cancer website.[ 9 ] For biopsies, adherence to guidelines ...
News January/February 2024
A BC-wide cervix self-screening program will be available ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Brooke McDonald, MD March 2024
... British Columbia.[ 1 ] Data from 2011 indicated that, in BC, women who resided more than 1 hour from a hospital that ... have a long history of providing surgical care in rural BC. In 2007, the enhanced surgical skills and obstetrical ... current volume and distribution of surgical care in rural BC.[ 2-5 , 7 ] To address this knowledge gap, we conducted an ...
Interviews / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC January/February 2024
... on being elected the new president of Doctors of BC. I learned a lot about you from your personal website, ... I come to this role having worked for 15 years in BC. As a colorectal surgeon, my practice is predominantly at ... you saw that I’ve worked in many spaces with Doctors of BC, so this space isn’t alien to me. I was president of our ...
Editorials / BY: Jeevyn K. Chahal, MD January/February 2024
... to do the work at hand. An estimated 1 million people in BC do not have a family physician. An article in the ...
President's Comment / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC January/February 2024
... care leadership. More than 80 health care facilities in BC now have medical staff associations allowing them to ... functional and sustainable health care system. Doctors of BC recently shared our new strategic plan, developed to guide ... together. —Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC Doctors of BC President President's Comment Better, together ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Kevin E. Liang, MD, CCFP January/February 2024
... heat dome is a stark example, causing over 600 deaths in BC, overwhelming health care services, and overheating ... from these harms. One of the most pressing issues in BC is growth of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry, ... and earthquakes.[ 5 , 6 ] Despite these growing concerns, BC continues to accelerate its fracking activities. ...
College Library / BY: Paula Osachoff January/February 2024
... is no longer available (as of 1 December 2023). BC Guidelines and Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety ...
BC Stories / BY: Lauren Lypchuk, MD, CCFP January/February 2024
... with the Vernon chapter, email cyclingwithoutage.vernon.bc@gmail.com . Lauren piloting Frederick and Gladys along the Okanagan Rail Trail, August 2019. BC Stories Cycling with our seniors—It’s transformational! ...