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
The Scientific Committee for the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada’s (SRPC) 2019 Rural and Remote Medicine Course is now accepting abstracts for workshops and research presentations related to any aspect of health and healthcare in a rural and remote setting. The group is particularly interested in presentations linked to … Continue reading
UBC’s Rural Continuing Professional Development Program (UBC RCPD) announced the launch of the BC Point-of-Care Ultrasound (BC PoCUS) web site this month. “Integrating point-of-care ultrasound into clinical practice is a challenging process,” explains Dr. Oron Frenkel, co-creator of BC PoCUS. “While there are many amazing resources in the FOAM world … 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
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
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
The Rural Locum Forum and the BC Rural Health Conference will be returning to the Vancouver Island Conference Centre in Nanaimo next May 2019! The Rural Locum Forum will be a half day event, offered on the morning of Friday, May 24, 2019. Residents, physicians transitioning from full-time practice to … 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