Doctors of BC

{{Short description|Canadian provincial professional association}} {{Multiple issues| {{primary sources|date=November 2009}} {{more citations needed |date=April 2022}} }} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox organization | name = Doctors of BC | image_border = | image_size =  | image_alt =  | map =  | map_size =  | map_alt =  | map_caption =  | former_name = British Columbia Medical Association | abbreviation = | formation = {{Start date and years ago|1900|01|01}} | logo = Doctors of BC logo.png | type = Professional Association | status = Physician association | purpose =  | headquarters = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | location = 115 — 1665 West Broadway<br>Vancouver, British Columbia V6J 5A4<br>Canada<ref>{{cite web |title=Doctors of BC |url=https://bc.211.ca/agency-details/doctors-of-bc-9488385/ |website=211 British Columbia |access-date=2025-09-02}}</ref> | coordinates =  | region_served = British Columbia, Canada | membership = approx 16,000 physicians, residents and medical students<ref>{{cite news |title=There are 1,001 more family doctors in B.C. than there were two years ago |url=https://www.kamloopsbcnow.com/watercooler/health/news/Health/There_are_1_001_more_family_doctors_in_BC_than_there_were_two_years_ago/ |work=KamloopsBCNow |date=2025-03-15 |access-date=2025-09-02}}</ref> | main_organ =  | parent_organization = Canadian Medical Association<ref>{{cite web |title=Provincial and Territorial Medical Associations |url=https://www.cma.ca/about-us/who-we-are/collaborators/provincial-and-territorial-medical-associations |website=Canadian Medical Association |access-date=2025-09-02}}</ref> | leader_title = President | leader_name = Charlene Lui<ref>{{cite journal |last=Dunne |first=Caitlin |title=Dr Lui: Putting the principles of transformation and improvement into everything she does |journal=British Columbia Medical Journal |date=January–February 2025 |url=https://bcmj.org/interviews/interview-dr-charlene-lui |access-date=2025-09-02}}</ref> | leader_title2 = CEO | leader_name2 = Anthony Knight<ref>{{cite web |title=New Doctors of BC CEO |url=https://bcmj.org/news/new-doctors-bc-ceo |website=British Columbia Medical Journal |date=2023-01-01 |access-date=2025-09-02}}</ref> | leader_title3 = President-elect | leader_name3 = Adam Thompson<ref>{{cite web |title=Dr Adam Thompson: Doctors of BC president-elect for 2025 |url=https://bcmj.org/news/dr-adam-thompson-doctors-bc-president-elect-2025 |website=British Columbia Medical Journal |date=2024-12-01 |access-date=2025-09-02}}</ref> | num_staff = | num_volunteers = | budget = | website = {{URL|www.doctorsofbc.ca}} }}

'''Doctors of BC''' is the provincial medical association for British Columbia. It represents physicians, medical residents, and medical students in the province and participates in formal negotiations with the Government of British Columbia through the Physician Master Agreement.<ref>{{cite web |title=Negotiated Agreements with the Doctors of BC |url=https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/health/practitioner-professional-resources/msp/negotiated-agreements-with-the-doctors-of-bc |website=Government of British Columbia |date=2024-05-29 |access-date=2025-09-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=2022 Physician Master Agreement |url=https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/government/ministries-organizations/ministries/health/consolidated_physician_master_agreement.pdf |website=Government of British Columbia |date=2022 |access-date=2025-09-02}}</ref> Doctors of BC represents physicians in negotiations with the BC government and it partners with the province on the Joint Collaborative Committees which are designed to improve the health care system with the goal of providing quality patient care.<ref>{{cite web |title=Joint Collaborative Committees |url=https://www.collaborateonhealthbc.ca/ |website=Collaborate on Health BC |access-date=2025-09-02}}</ref>

== Governance == Doctors of BC uses a dual structure with a Representative Assembly and a Board of Directors. The Representative Assembly provides broad member representation. The Board carries legal and fiduciary responsibilities for the association, while the CEO oversees operations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Board of Directors |url=https://www.doctorsofbc.ca/about-us/who-we-are/board-directors |website=Doctors of BC |access-date=2025-09-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=BYLAW 1: Constitution and Bylaws of the British Columbia Medical Association |url=https://www.doctorsofbc.ca/sites/default/files/2015-06-05bcmabylawspassedjune2015.pdf |publisher=Doctors of BC |date=2015-09-16 |access-date=2025-09-02}}</ref>

== History == Doctors of BC was founded in January 1900 as the BC Medical Association with Dr R.E. McKechnie, a surgeon from Nanaimo, as President.<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert E. McKechnie fonds |url=https://rbscarchives.library.ubc.ca/downloads/robert-e-mckechnie-fonds.pdf |website=University of British Columbia Library |access-date=2025-09-02}}</ref> In 2014 the association adopted the public brand '''Doctors of BC'''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fayerman |first=Pamela |date=2014-07-16 |title=Was a doctors' lobby group re-branding really necessary, after more than 100 years? |url=https://vancouversun.com/news/staff-blogs/was-a-doctors-lobby-group-rebranding-really-necessary-after-more-than-100-years |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001164919/https://vancouversun.com/news/staff-blogs/was-a-doctors-lobby-group-rebranding-really-necessary-after-more-than-100-years |archive-date=2020-10-01 |website=Vancouver Sun |access-date=2025-09-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=BC Medical Association to rebrand as Doctors of BC |url=https://www.biv.com/news/entertainment-media-sports/bc-medical-association-to-rebrand-as-doctors-of-bc-8238658 |work=Business in Vancouver |date=2014-01-16 |access-date=2025-09-02}}</ref> In 2025 the association marked 125 years since its formation.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Lui |first=Charlene |title=A legacy of care: Celebrating 125 years of Doctors of BC |journal=British Columbia Medical Journal |date=May 2025 |url=https://bcmj.org/presidents-comment/legacy-care-celebrating-125-years-doctors-bc |access-date=2025-09-02}}</ref>

== Publications == '''British Columbia Medical Journal'''

The British Columbia Medical Journal is a peer-reviewed general medical journal covering scientific research, review articles, and updates on contemporary clinical practices written by British Columbian physicians or focused on topics likely to be of interest to them. It is funded through Doctors of BC is editorially independent. It is published 10 times per year.<ref>{{cite web |title=About the BCMJ |url=https://bcmj.org/about |website=British Columbia Medical Journal |access-date=2025-09-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Aim and Scope |url=https://bcmj.org/about/aim-and-scope |website=British Columbia Medical Journal |access-date=2025-09-02}}</ref> ==Arms== {{Infobox COA wide |escutcheon = Or on a pale between two maple leaves Gules each charged with a dogwood flower Argent seeded Or a ducal coronet Or enfiled by a rod of Aesculapius Or tipped with a dogwood flower as on the leaves. |crest = A demi-griffin Or armed and langued Azure resting its dexter claw upon an ankh Sable. |supporters = On a grassy mound rising from barry wavy Azure and Argent on either side a griffin Gules armed and langued Azure each charged upon the shoulder with a fleam Or. |badge = A rod of Aesculapius Or surmounted by a dogwood flower Argent seeded Or. |notes = Granted 28 March 1991<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gg.ca/en/heraldry/public-register/project/1500 |title=British Columbia Medical Association |accessdate=4 January 2022 |publisher=Canadian Heraldic Authority}}</ref> }}

== See also == * Canadian Medical Association

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== External links == * [https://www.doctorsofbc.ca/ Doctors of BC]

Category:Medical and health organizations based in British Columbia Category:Professional associations based in British Columbia Category:Medical associations based in Canada Category:Organizations based in Vancouver Category:1900 establishments in British Columbia