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"The More Things Change..." - Dr. John O'Brien-Bell
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Dr. John O'Brien-Bell, GP, BCMA (Doctors of BC) President 1986-87, Canadian Medical Association (CMA) President 1988-89.
"The bottom line was the determination ... to harness the power of the grassroots."
Video highlight from June 3, 2006 Forum for Physicians, Vancouver, BC.
"The More Things Change ... " Dr. John O'Brien-Bell, GP,
BCMA (Doctors of BC) President 1986-87, CMA President 1988-89
Tracking Pixel
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I learned a new term today: ‘tracking pixel’. Why should you care? Read on:
A tracking pixel is an HTML code snippet which is loaded when a user visits a website or opens an email.
… various information about the user is also transmitted using this method.
Has the BC Medical Association been stolen from the members?
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Doctors and members of the BC Medical Association (Doctors Of BC) are asking what is happening at the helm of the BCMA? Some are saying they think the new CEO Allan Seckel is not good for the Association and a sign that bad things are happening to the Association.
Who is Allan Seckel? How did he get to be the BCMA CEO? What is he doing as the CEO? And what is the BCMA Board doing?
Is this still the right way to give injections?
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Is this still the right way to give injections, or are some of us just old fashioned, insisting on pulling back first to avoid injecting into a blood vessel? After seeing so many video clips on the news of vaccine injections being given without pulling back it may come as a relief to see this one from Global TV National news on November 26, 2021.
Attached is a video clip and an animated gif.
Will Artificial Intelligence merge with human genetics?
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As it hurtles ever faster at us will Artificial Intelligence merge with human genetics or will it be artificial stupidity? See the episode "The Machine That Feels" on CBC The Nature of Things. How AI has been applied to complete Beethoven's Tenth Symphony and how the future might combine genetic material with AI leading to new hybrid life forms. Is it no longer a question of if but when will this happen? Are we going to become these new beings? Do we need to remember who and what we are now, because it will soon be gone?
Not the only nail in the coffin of democracy at the Canadian Medical Association
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Dr Z. Essak, MD - Vancouver BC - August 11, 2021.
In less than two weeks, on August 22, 2021 the Canadian Medical Association will hold its AGM as a virtual meeting with proposed bylaw amendments that some doctors say will be the end of democracy at the CMA. While the proposed bylaw amendments deserve to be defeated by physician members, it is not the whole story. This is not the only nail in the coffin of democracy in the CMA and in the medical profession throughout the country and the provinces.
UBC CPD: **Virtual Conference** CME on the Run! Prenatal, Pediatric & Adolescent
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**VIRTUAL CONFERENCE**
Target audience: family physicians, nurse practitioners, residents & students
3.5 credits for this session
Apr 8, 2022 | 13:00–17:00 | Prenatal, Pediatric & Adolescent
Common Newborn Concerns During Well Baby Assessments
The Limping Child: Normal and Worrisome Gait Disturbances
Latest on Long-Acting Contraceptives in Adolescents
Two Years Later: COVID-19 Infection and Pregnancy (Vaccine Efficacy/Adverse Events)
Update on Genetic Prenatal Screening
UBC CPD: **Virtual Conference** CME on the Run! Internal Medicine
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**VIRTUAL CONFERENCE**
Target audience: family physicians, nurse practitioners, residents & students
3.5 credits for this session
Jun 3, 2022 | 13:00–17:00 | Internal Medicine
"Too Many Letters to Remember" — Diabetes Treatment Options
"An ACE Up One's Sleeve" — Hypertension in 2022
Management of Heart Failure
"Vascular Traffic Jam" — Update on Peripheral Vascular Disease
"Not Just Pins and Needles" — Peripheral Neuropathy
Will the new BC Societies Act transition be a train wreck?
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Dr Z. Essak, MD - Vancouver, BC - February 13, 2017.
No one can deny the importance of BC societies to communities large and small throughout the province, assisting all kinds of people as charitable and not for profit societies, including associations that represent occupations and professions.
What can we learn from the early example of transition by the Doctors of BC, the BC Medical Association, formerly a Reporting Society, declaring themselves to be a member-funded society and escaping public disclosure. Do they even meet the required criteria?
When we ask, it may come as a shock to learn the BC Registry is not confirming compliance requirements are met. Is the BC Government failing to provide proper leadership and oversight to the tasks of government?
Is the public trust being neglected? Will there be havoc on public interest and individual rights? Are we going to see a train wreck?
