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Longitudinal Care

Family physicians receive payment to support longitudinal care

January 15, 2020

The General Practice Services Committee (GPSC) has introduced the Community Longitudinal Family Physician (CLFP) Payment as another important step in supporting the vital contribution of longitudinal care to improve outcomes for patients and the health system.  

The annual, ongoing CLFP...
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CaRMS Mock Interviews

Doctors of BC and CMA support med students with residency interview prep event

January 9, 2020

Before medical students become resident doctors responsible for patients, performing surgery, delivering results, or diagnosing issues, they must first interview for a residency placement and be matched by the Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS). CaRMS uses an algorithm to match each...
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Dr Mark Lawrie

DocTalks: reducing risks of medications for seniors

January 7, 2020

How to make deprescribing more like dancing than wrestling

Doctors of BC is pleased to introduce the first video in a new multimedia series called DocTalks — a series of videos and podcasts promoting dialogue on timely, relevant topics impacting the BC medical...
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polypharmacy, deprescribing, DocTalks
MSPQI

Dr Pierre Guy: using data to provide quality surgical care

December 17, 2019

Doctors of BC, the BC Ministry of Health and health authorities representatives are working to develop a Measurement System for Physician Quality Improvement (MSPQI). The goal is to provide aggregated data to assess overall health system performance and to have physicians reflect on their own...
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Readers’ Choice: top ten stories highlighting the work of family physicians in BC

December 16, 2019

Readers’ Choice: GPSC 2019 is a collection of the top ten stories that were most read and shared by family physicians and divisions throughout 2019. These stories, first published on the Divisions of Family Practice Website, the GPSC website, and the BC Medical Journal, highlight the work of...
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