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 REAP funding interviews with BC rural health practitioners, … Continue reading
Upcoming Rural Research Events Circle November for RCCbc’s 2nd Annual BC Rural Health Research Exchange Back by popular demand, RCCbc is thrilled to announce that its BC Rural Health Research Exchange (BCRHRx) will return for a second year in the latter half of November. Details for the event, including the actual date, are … Continue reading
With 107 visits to rural, remote, and First Nations communities in British Columbia (BC) under their belts, team members with the Rural Site Visits project at the Rural Coordination Centre of BC (RCCbc) are eager to get back on the road and into communities when it’s safe to do so, … Continue reading
Newly Published Rural Health Research & Resources Supporting consulting paediatrics in rural, remote, or vulnerable communities in British Columbia: Time for national collaboration Authors: Drs. Kirsten Miller, Alexander Benny, and Jennifer Retallack Journal: Paediatrics and Child Health Details: https://academic.oup.com/pch/advance-article/doi/10.1093/pch/pxab043/6328715?guestAccessKey=59103e67-8c80-4ec4-9643-7177bf982f06 Distributed education enables distributed economic impact: the economic contribution of the … Continue reading
A new logo has been created for Real-Time Virtual Support (RTVS) to help ensure more people become aware of the pathways and can benefit from their services. The logo was designed by Coast Salish artist Douglas (Bear) Horne, son of master carver, Doug Lafortune, from Tsawout First Nation, and Kathleen Horne, … Continue reading
Point-of-care ultrasound supercluster project equips 50 rural physicians with handheld ultrasounds & training, begins development of artificial intelligence database In the early days of the pandemic, a patient with fever and shortness of breath entered Kootenay Lake Hospital’s isolation zone in Nelson, British Columbia (BC). Dr. Kevin Fairbairn, the family/emergency … Continue reading
Newly Published Research & Calls for Research Participants Chapter Series Examines Adaptation Strategies for Rural Communities & Health Services in Face of Climate Change With record-breaking heat waves scorching most of British Columbia, and one of the most highly active and destructive wildfire seasons on record, climate change is on … Continue reading