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International Women’s Day: Articles by (and about) some amazing female docs
Blog Author: Tara Lyon Tara LyonDr Shelley Ross, BCMA President 2012 - 2013read more
View ArticleNutrition for Docs CME
CME Location: Vancouver CME Time: Sat, 2013-06-01 (All day) - Sun, 2013-06-02 (All day)Nutrition for Docs: Using Nutritional Supplements in Clinical Practice is a practical, evidence-based CME course...
View ArticleCCOPE COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS
CME Location: Various locations, Mar – Apr (evenings) The Cancer Care Outreach Program on Education (CCOPE) Breast and Prostate Cancer Community Workshops are provided by UBC CPD in partnership with...
View Article2013 SPORT INJURY CONFERENCE
CME Location: Victoria CME Time: Sat, 2013-05-11 (All day)Welcome to the 2013 Action on Health Conference with a focus on treatment of sport injury. read more
View ArticleFP ONCOLOGY CME DAY
CME Location: Vancouver CME Time: Sat, 2013-11-02 (All day)The BC Cancer Agency’s Family Practice Oncology Network invites family physicians to mark its annual CME Day in their calendars. read more
View ArticleBC MEDICAL JOURNAL--TAHITIAN PEARLS
CME Location: COOK & SOCIETY ISLANDS CME Time: Sat, 2014-03-01 (All day) - Wed, 2014-03-12 (All day)Take a luxurious cruise of the Cook and Society Islands with Paul Gauguin Cruise Line and the...
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UBC med students: Win $250 in our Spring 2013 Blog Contest!
Blog Author: Tara Lyon Tara Lyonread more
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Join the BCMJ on our 2014 CME cruise: Tahitian Pearls!
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View ArticleUBC med student blog: What if 30 minutes of exercise per day were included in...
Blog Author: Shannon Lockhart Shannon LockhartOnce again we’re inviting UBC medical students to take their first foray into medical publishing by writing a blog post for BCMJ.org, for a chance to win...
View Article“A GP for Me”: Will it work?
David R. Richardson, MDOn 22 February the government of BC and the BCMA announced that they are partnering to improve primary care in our province through a joint program called “A GP for Me.”read more
View ArticleWho wants to be a department head?
Cynthia Verchere, MDOne of my very good friends, who is brilliant, committed, and immensely capable, was given the honor several years ago of being made head of his hospital clinical group. It appears...
View ArticleThere’s something to be said about life as a rural doc
Shelley Ross, MDI have been an urban physician my whole life and have experienced the challenges of long referral waits, quality-of-life decisions, juggling limited health care resources, and the...
View ArticleCheques and balances at the BCMA
Jim Busser, MD, FRCPC, MHScFirst I would like to emphasize that the following are my personal opinions, and I make no claim with respect to any official position of the BCMA.BCMA Board member...
View ArticleBCMA Board member responds
Ralph Jones, MBChBI would like to respond to Dr Jim Busser’s letter published this month and to the letter by Dr Busser and Dr Webb published in the January-February issue [Rebooting the BCMA. BCMJ...
View ArticleRe: Billing disparity
Robert G. Holmes, MBDr Rafi-Zadeh has been perusing the latest financial statements of the MSC, otherwise known as “The Blue Book of Envy and Resentment” [BCMJ 2013;55:8-9]. I can remember when this...
View ArticlePhysician remuneration
Peter Blair, MDAfter 30 years in practice and 4 years working at a high level of health administration, I realize that our system of physician remuneration is out of touch with the realities of modern...
View ArticleUBC research: Arrhythmia culprit caught in action
Using powerful X-rays, University of British Columbia researchers have identified the cause of arrhythmia.Presented at the 2013 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science...
View ArticleBC researcher wins prostate cancer research grant
Prostate Cancer Canada has announced the recipients of the Rising Star in Prostate Cancer Research program. In its inaugural year, the Movember-funded Rising Star program provides funding to four...
View ArticleAccess to care in BC scores low in poll
For the most part, Canadians believe the health care system is better than it was 5 years ago, a new Ipsos-Reid survey has found. Ontario comes out on top as the most improved, while the lowest scores...
View ArticleBC budget tough on health spending
Expenditures for the new fiscal year in the 2013–2014 BC budget (tabled in February) are set at $16.6 billion, $234 million less than projected in last year’s budget. Health spending is forecast to go...
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