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New doctors setting up practice in rural and remote communities

August 12, 2015

Doctors of BC is working with the provincial government to take a leadership role in helping to address physician shortages in rural and remote communities.

Fourteen internationally-trained physicians will be setting up practice in rural and remote communities, the result of a...
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rural practice, recruitment

Vital physician resource supports rural communities

July 31, 2015
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JSC, joint standing committee, rural practice

Prostate cancer support for patients and families

July 24, 2015

When a doctor tells a patient he has prostate cancer, the first reaction may be shock and disbelief. However, once the news settles, patients and their families find they have a journey full of decisions ahead of them.

Since one in seven men are diagnosed with prostate cancer, a group of...
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cancer, Specialist Services Committee

GPSC’s visioning process: GPs encouraged to help shape the future of primary health care

July 16, 2015

Primary care is changing and from now through September, all BC family doctors will have an opportunity to share their ideas about how they want to practice and care for their patients in the future.

The General Practice Services Committee (GPSC) visioning process will provide GPs with...
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'Train the Mentor' program engages the medical community

July 14, 2015
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