A program developed by family physicians and offered through Primary Care Networks (PCNs) in British Columbia’s Pacific Northwest has successfully contributed to reducing and reversing risk factors for metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes.
CHANGE BC is a collaborative, team-based, and culturally sensitive program that focuses on lifestyle medicine, emphasizing physical and culinary literacy.
The Bulkley Valley Witset Primary Care Network (PCN) hosted their official opening on July 20th & 21st, 2023 with a Celebration & Tour.
They say that laughter is the best medicine, and we certainly get a big dose when it comes to The Boon Docs. No, we are not referring to a group of Family Doctors that work in our rural, geographically distant communities, but rather to a series of comics that bring humour to practicing rural medicine in a small town.
Pulmonary Rehabilitation is a treatment program for people who are living with long-term lung disease conditions that cause shortness of breath, usually associated with fatigue, that is worsened by movement. It is an education and exercise training program that teaches people with chronic lung disease how to breathe and move around better with less shortness …
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Dr. Gregory Linton is one of the recent recipients of the College Coin, a way for the BC College of Family Physicians to honour family physicians who deserve recognition for their work.
Dr. Onoura Odoh of Houston, BC is awarded the new Rural Community Impact Award.
Dr. Caroline Shooner, family doctor at the Xaayda Gwaay Ngaaysdll Naay, Haida Gwaii Hospital and Health Centre in Queen Charlotte, BC was recently presented the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada (SRPC) 2021 Rural Community Impact Award for her meaningful work on Haida Gwaii, home to the Haida First Nations.
After finishing her degree, Dr. Daphne Hart came on holidays to B.C. — and then never really left.
Dr. Morton models healthy work-home life balance through biking, meditation and yoga, travel, and cultivating healthy relationships.