Health care workers preparing a patient for transfer Welcome to the inaugural issue of BC Rural Update, an e-newsletter about BC rural health. Each issue will contain: links to rural CME/CPD events, including web and rurally-located events access to an online rural CME/CPD calendar information about JSC rural programs and … Continue reading
The Rural Coordination Centre of BC (RCCbc) and the Rural Education Action Plan (REAP) are accepting applications for funds to support rural physician research, global health partnership initiatives, and rural leadership development. Details for each initiative are listed below – please read through the material carefully and submit ALL completed … Continue reading
This new initiative will create forums for rural generalists and specialists to come together to collectively plan and develop community CME. It will increase opportunities for closer to home education for interprofessional teams, and develop collaborations between rural physicians, health authorities and stakeholders. Submitted by Heather Gummow, Provincial Manager, Community … Continue reading
The BC Rural Health Conference is returning to Penticton May 29-31, 2020 (Save the Date!) and our team is looking for your recommendations for sessions, workshops, and speakers. Do you want to learn more about telemedicine, opthamologic emergencies, or billings management? Would you like us to offer more advanced suturing … Continue reading
Are you interested in supporting rural health in British Columbia? Would you like to work with a collaborative team of rural healthcare providers who are exploring innovative ways to improve rural health services throughout the province? Check out the following roles – if any of these resonate, send us your … Continue reading
submitted by UBC Rural Continuing Professional Development UBC Rural Continuing Professional Development (RCPD) has recently launched its highly anticipated Coaching and Mentoring Program (CAMP) to support rural physicians who are seeking to enhance their clinical practice and education. The RCPD CAMP team will meet with individuals, teams or communities to … Continue reading
The BC Emergency Medicine Network is hosting a free lunch discussion about real-time virtual supports for emergency medicine care at the St. Paul’s Emergency Medicine Update in Whistler on September 27. The group will discuss the landscape of virtual health in BC, and how EM contributes to it and explore … Continue reading
Submitted by CADDRA The Canadian ADHD Resource Alliance (CADDRA) is seeking nominations for its 2019 Indigenous Healthcare Award. The group will present one award to a healthcare provider working with a Canadian Indigenous population, who also has an interest in ADHD. The award will be used to support attendance at … Continue reading
This year, RCCbc has taken a different approach in crafting the 2018-19 Year End Report for our funder, the Joint Standing Committee on Rural Issues (JSC). Over the past year and a half, the amount of work undertaken by RCCbc has increased substantially – we are coordinating more projects, … Continue reading
With the date already set for the next BC Rural Health Conference (RHC) – May 29-31, 2020 in Penticton; Save the Date! – RCCbc is actively looking for suggestions for rural medicine topics that you’d like to see covered and/or discussed. Recommendations may be general or specific – let … Continue reading
RCCbc is proud to announce that – similar to our Northern Node – we have launched a second regional operations centre, our Interior Node, located at the new David E. Kampe hospital tower in Penticton, BC. As part of its ongoing mandate to coordinate rural health services and resources ‘closer-to-home,’ … Continue reading