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Expense sharing

Expense sharing under the new payment model

January 25, 2023

With the new Longitudinal Family Physician (LFP) Payment Model coming into effect February 1, doctors have been asking for more information and clarification about expense sharing.

Business Pathways – a Doctors of BC initiative that focuses on supporting doctors in navigating the...
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Longitudinal Family Physician Payment Model
DpBC 2022 Awards

Recognizing our Doctors of BC's 2022 award recipients

January 23, 2023

Each year, we congratulate the many impressive contributions of physicians, residents, and medical students around British Columbia through our Doctors of BC Awards. Three awards are also given to members of the public, either individually are as part of an organization, who are working to...
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First Nation communities and physicians together in longhouse sessions

Unique collaboration brings First Nation communities and physicians together in longhouse sessions

January 19, 2023

In Indigenous communities, the longhouse is a sacred place of healing and teaching. It is an ideal setting for a new program offered by the Joint Collaborative Committees (JCCs) that provides a unique relationship building opportunity for physicians and local First Nation communities. The goal...
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Emily Lam

Presidential Scholars Award-Winner Emily Lam: An empathetic advocate for health equity

January 17, 2023

Emily Lam, a first-year medical student from Port Moody, is the fourth recipient of Doctors of BC’s Presidential Scholars Award in Medicine. The scholarship establishes an endowment covering student and tuition fees, and textbooks for one medical student on an annual...
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DocTalks vodcast

New DocTalks vodcast on climate change, planetary health, and how doctors can have an impact

January 10, 2023

Globally, we’re currently facing a triple crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution with the WHO estimating that more than 13 million deaths around the world per year happen due to environmental causes including climate change. In the latest episode of the DocTalks vodcast,...
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climate change