Woman physician examining patient
January 31, 2023

Doctors of BC has created a policy statement to help better understand gender inequity in medicine, and to build on individual and collective physician action to address this significant challenge.

Research shows that gender inequity...

Female doctor writing notes
December 2, 2022

Medicine is a demanding profession, and the pressure physicians experience continues—in many cases, negatively impacting physician wellbeing and the health care system overall. Individually, demands are not necessarily stressful, but the accumulation and compound...

Physician Burdens
November 29, 2021

Doctors of BC is committed to understanding the diverse needs of our members across British Columbia. In light of the ongoing challenges stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, Doctors of BC is launching a further round of online engagement on physician burdens to hear your feedback. With the...

February 8, 2021

Doctors of BC has released a new policy statement focusing on physician burdens, which calls on all health system stakeholders in BC to consider the impact of individual demands that physicians face in the health system. Beginning early 2019, Doctors of BC engaged our membership to hear your...

Physician Burdens
October 29, 2019

During our first Physician Burdens engagement, you told us about increasing demands that impact you, your practice and, in many cases, your health and wellbeing. Although your input was thorough and informative, we have decided to do a second round of member engagement in order to fully address...