Rural physicians and other health system partners across BC will have an opportunity over the next few months to contribute to the review of the Rural Retention Program (RRP). There are multiple avenues through which you can contribute your experiences, ideas, and comments on the RRP: Participation in a webinar-based … Continue reading
Submitted by Dr. Don Burke, FRCP & Dr. John Pawlovich, FCFP The rural and remote emergency room (ER) remains one of the leading health care challenges in Canada and around the world. Geographic and human isolation, low resources, climate, daily anxiety and fear, fatigue, minimal specialist back up, etc., are … Continue reading
Submitted by Brianna Davis, Hearts in Rhythm Organization (HiRO) Research Opportunity All BC family physicians are invited to participate in a research project assessing the current awareness, resource availability and needs of BC family physicians in caring for patients with inherited heart rhythm disorders (IHRD). This research is building … Continue reading
BC rural locums, residents, physicians transitioning from full-time practice, and new to rural providers are encouraged to save the date now for the 2019 Rural Locum Forum, being held in Nanaimo on Friday, May 24, 2019. This half day event will offer participants accredited CME/CPD, along with the opportunity … Continue reading
VANCOUVER – Mr. Doug Blackie and Dr. Edward Marquis will be co-leading RCCbc’s review of the Rural Retention Program (RRP), including an assessment of the community points system used to allocate medical benefits and funding to BC’s rural physicians and rural communities. They began working on this project on August … Continue reading
Fall is here – and with the changing of the leaves and the return of children to school comes more continuing medical education learning opportunities! UBC Rural Continuing Professional Development (Rural CPD) has several new offerings for rural BC providers. Rural Rounds These videoconference rounds are offered between 8:00 am … Continue reading
Submitted by the BC Emergency Medicine Network Join the BC Emergency Medicine Network for a Q+A session about the new Patient Transfer Network on Friday, Sept 28 at the St. Paul’s Emergency Update in Whistler. The session will take place over lunch (free!) – bring your questions and comments about … Continue reading
Submitted by the BC College of Family Physicians The BC College of Family Physicians is interested in offering the Learning Essentials Approach to Palliative Care (LEAP) course in your community. LEAP provides the essential skills and competencies of the palliative care approach. It is evidence-based, peer reviewed and evaluated and … Continue reading
After receiving feedback from the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada, as well as individual rural physicians from across the country, the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) revised its new policy “Expectations of Physicians Not Certified in Emergency … Continue reading
We’re asking for your help in keeping our Rural Communities Map current! The Rural Communities Map collects publicly available information about amenities and health care services in most of BC’s Rural Subsidiary Agreement communities. The site is used by medical learners, trainees, medical health organizations, rural residents, and tourists to … Continue reading