The eHealth and Innovative Technology Showcase (eHITS) is an annual conference that focuses on supporting healthcare providers in BC understand and adapt to health related technological innovations. Organizers of the annual eHITS conference are now offering a new series of virtual rounds starting this September. These online WebEx sessions … Continue reading
Do you have ideas or suggestions for how primary care should change to benefit patients and improve the way you want to practice in the future? The General Practice Services Committee (GPSC) wants to hear directly from rural family physicians throughout September. What the GPSC hears will help it to … Continue reading
UBC residents training at the Rural Kelowna training site Submitted by UBC Department of Family Practice Postgraduate Program The Postgraduate Program of the University of British Columbia, Department of Family Practice invites applications for the position of Site Director for Family Medicine Residency Site in Kelowna. The Family Medicine … Continue reading
Submitted by Doctors of BC A new agreement will remove administrative roadblocks and expedite care for some BC patients receiving treatment in Alberta. The BC Ministry of Health (Ministry) and Alberta Health Services recently signed the agreement which means Alberta facilities will no longer need to obtain funding pre-approval for … Continue reading
submitted by Doctors of BC How different is practicing medicine in rural BC? We need to hear from rural GPs about how primary care is changing in their communities. The General Practice Services Committee (GPSC) has launched a province-wide engagement process to hear from as many GPs as possible about … Continue reading
Have you been listening to Dr. Bret Batchelor‘s Really Rural Surgery enhanced surgical skills podcast? Members of the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) are eligible to receive MainPro credits for each episode of the show they listen to. Sign onto your online CFPC profile, navigate to the CME … Continue reading
Dr. Kirk McCarroll, a GP Anesthetist based in Golden, BC, is the new lead for the Rural Coordination Centre of BC’s (RCCbc) GP Anesthesia Network (GPA Network). McCarroll is stepping into the role recently vacated by Dr. Davy Dhillon of Vanderhoof, BC, who successfully steered the Network through the provincial … Continue reading
Dr. Shu Ho, a GP anesthetist and graduate of the UBC R3 Enhanced Skills for FP Anaesthesia, demonstrating an airway approach during a hands-on skills workshop Are you a community family physician interested in becoming a family practice anesthetist? Each year, UBC’s Department of Family Practice provides up to three … Continue reading
The second Rural Locum Forum will take place February 25 – 27, 2016 at the Vancouver Island Convention Centre in Nanaimo, BC The forum provides attendees with the chance to interactively network, discuss rural health services, and fulfill CME/CPD requirements. This year’s forum is co-hosted by the Rural and Remote … Continue reading
Drs. Erin Knight (right) and Bria Sharkey (left) with the handheld ultrasound unit used for prenatal examinations in rural and remote Carrier Nation communities Drs. Erin Knight and Bria Sharkey, two residents training at the UBC Department of Family Practice’s Aboriginal Residency site, were awarded one of five Lloyd Jones … Continue reading