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View ArticleA legacy of care: Celebrating 125 years of Doctors of BC
A group of dedicated physicians came together 125 years ago to form what is now Doctors of BC, at a time when medical professionals had little support, few resources, and limited influence on health...
View ArticleNational Physicians’ Day and “The celebrated abortion trial of Dr Emily Stowe”
National Physicians’ Day is recognized annually on the birthday of Dr Emily Jennings (Stowe). Born 1 May 1831, Dr Stowe was a trailblazer—the first woman in Canada to openly establish a medical...
View ArticlePapapalooza: A low-barrier community-based cervical cancer screening initiative
Cervical cancer deaths are preventable, thanks to advances in the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine and population-based cervix screening programs. However, approximately 1300 people in Canada are...
View ArticleRoad to recovery: A strategy to meaningfully address British Columbia’s...
The need for a coordinated substance use system of care in British Columbia and beyond has never been more urgent. Since 2016, almost 50 000 Canadians have died from an opioid-related poisoning.[1] BC...
View ArticleAn epic voyage
It was on an epic CME Paul Gauguin cruise through the Cook Islands in 2014 where I first came across a very interesting posse of people—a cluster of the BCMJ-ers. A few years later, I happily joined...
View ArticlePhysicians: Does WorkSafeBC have your correct phone number and address?
Scenario 1: You request that a WorkSafeBC medical advisor call you to discuss a patient’s claim, and the medical advisor calls you on your personal cellphone. When you ask why, they tell you that is...
View ArticleGetting SAVy about sexually transmitted infection testing
BackgroundTesting for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in individuals with female anatomy has historically taken place in a clinician’s office using endocervical swabs, often in conjunction with...
View ArticleThe future of medicine: From predictions in 2000 to realities in 2025
Reflecting on my bird’s-eye view from 2000 of what the next 25 years of medicine might look like [BCMJ 2000;42:241-242], I have observed that several of my predictions have been fulfilled to varying...
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