The Nanaimo Emergency Education Program (NEEP) will be expanding to the University of Northern Health Hospital in Prince George starting in Fall 2020. The northern program will be known as the Northern Emergency Education Program (NoEEP) and will provide training opportunities for three rural family physicians to enhance their knowledge … Continue reading
Kick off the new decade by traveling for your annual CME/CPD! The Society of Rural Physicians of Canada (SRPC) will be hosting its 2020 SRPC Rural and Remote Medical Course on April 23-25, in Ottawa, ON. This national conference is featuring “Rural Advocacy – how to save the world in … Continue reading
For the sixth year in a row, the Joint Standing Committee on Rural Issues (JSC) has approved a $1,000 stipend for any BC rural doctor interested in attending the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada (SRPC) Rural and Remote Medicine Course; this year the event will be held in Ottawa … Continue reading
Back in the spring of 2016, at the then Rural Continuum of Care Conference in Prince George, Drs. Don Burke and John Pawlovich began a quiet conversation about virtual health technology, critical care support and rural & remote physicians in BC. What subsequently spawned from this chance meeting was CODI … 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
The Joint Standing Committee on Rural Issues (JSC) is pleased to announce funding for physicians who are providing – or considering to provide – locum services in rural BC communities to attend the Rural Locum Forum to be held in Nanaimo on May 24, 2019. The following financial support will … Continue reading
Submitted by Dr. Dave Snadden, Rural Doctors’ UBC Chair in Rural Health While there are many research questions in rural practice, and a lot of interest from rural practitioners in pursuing rurally relevant research, the pressures of clinical care result in little time spent thinking about and developing research ideas. … Continue reading
submitted by Dr. Dave Snadden and Janna Olynick Are you a rural physician in Northern BC with a good research idea? Do you have a collection of data you’d like to explore but don’t know where to start? Dr. Dave Snadden, Rural Doctors’ UBC Chair in Rural Health – along … Continue reading
The Nanaimo Emergency ED Program (NEEP) has successfully completed training two cohorts of rural physicians in Emergency Medicine. It is currently accepting applications for spring 2018. NEEP is a three month, remunerated fellowship in Emergency Medicine for rural family physicians that is funded by the Joint Standing Committee on Rural … Continue reading
Submitted by UBC Rural Continuing Professional Development Mentorship has long been an effective strategy to support physicians adjusting to rural practice. UBC CPD’s New-to-Rural Practice Physician Mentoring Program has turned this approach into an invaluable support for physicians in rural British Columbia. The uptake for mentees has been very successful … Continue reading