Pathways and CHBC are hosting online child care resource session
Join Child Health BC (CHBC) and Dr. Tracy Monk, Pathways Physician Lead for a live 30-minute demonstration on integrating key parent and caregiver resources into your clinical practice. Topics include: Baby’s Best Chance Toddler’s First Steps Child Health Passport Safer Sleep for My Baby This session will show you how to share these tools with families and summarize any recent updates. The session takes place on Tuesday, September 16, 2025 from 1…
Leading foundational change through innovation and partnerships
…lify and align this payment model. New ways of thinking More than 50% of doctors in BC are family doctors. Your voice matters. As part of meeting our commitments to our members, we are supporting the Government of BC with key information about how to level the playing field for healthcare access and a future where healthcare delivery could be integrated with new housing. Looking ahead Clear, consistent engagement with our partners keeps you at the…
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…m maternity doc to hospitalist; from surgical assist to clinic owner; from health authority medical director to providing house calls – I live in all these worlds. It’s why I went into family medicine. I want to do it all. Doing it all comes at a price. I have cried to the physician support program in my office while patients waited in the exam room because I had no more to give. I contemplated closing my longitudinal practice because it was no lo…
Our Team
…long with running her own consulting firm. She blends her expertise in the health system with a Masters in Health Administration with her communications savvy from a Bachelor of Journalism. As a social justice champion, she believes everyone deserves equitable access to high quality, patient-centered healthcare. Have a question for Penelope? Email her at Show email Alexandra Luongo Operations & Administration Coordinator Alex administrates the day…
Physician Quick Start to Virtual Care
The Doctors Technology Office has created a number of resources to help physicians and clinics quickly get started with virtual care. Their materials can be found here. A webinar was held on March 19 to discuss how to get going, best practices, lessons learned, etc. Watch for information on more sessions coming up. You can view a recording of the webinar here. The FPSC’s Practice Support Program team is also available to provide in-practice suppo…
The Ruby of Routine
…ht have focused on those who struggle to have running water and accessible health care, now hand sanitizer and a coordinated systematic response are prime-time news everywhere. How suddenly things change! And just like that, usual becomes the new dream. Where once, we may have wistfully wanted to change our photocopied ways and days, the future’s fuzziness makes routine seem like a ruby, glistening with a preciousness that we might not have fully…
What A Year It’s Been
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Change Starts Here
…N PRIMARY CARE Heighten respect for the role family physicians play in our health system. Recognize the unique and specialized expertise of family doctors. Build community and pride among family doctors by celebrating the value of family medicine. INCREASE REMUNERATION AND FUNDING MODELS FOR FAMILY DOCTORS Champion pay equity issues among family doctors as well as between family doctors and other types of specialists. Advocate for compensation for…
Celebrating Family Doctors as Specialists
…e. Use the below virtual background in meetings with physician colleagues, health authorities and other stakeholders to increase awareness about your role as a specialist in family medicine. (Use our guide on Changing your Virtual Background on Zoom, if you’re wondering how to do this on Zoom.) Click on the image to download the Zoom Background Help us spread the word. Together we can build community and pride among family doctors by celebrating t…
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Recent media about the family doctor shortage
…a growing number of British Columbians are without a family doctor. BC Family Doctors Executive Director Dr. Renee Fernandez spoke to CBC’s Stephen Quinn on The Early Edition on November 1st, 2021. | Listen to the segment here. Dr. Rita McCracken, a family physician and health researcher, also spoke to the CBC about B.C.’s family doctor shortage. | Listen to the segment here. Dr. Birinder Narang, a family physician and Global BC/CKNW medical contr…
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…ian compensation Address systemic factors impacting physician workload and health Increase family physician engagement and representation What We Do BC Family Doctors works to inform, support, and advocate on behalf of family physicians: Advocating for your needs coming out of the pandemic Ensuring family doctors are recognized as specialists in primary care Representing the needs of family doctors in economics and negotiations Helping to optimize…
New Patient Resources about COVID
…answers about COVID management, testing, isolation and more. While developed in Ontario, they offer patients trustworthy advice about protecting their health and how family doctors can help. Find out more at ConfusedAboutCovid.ca…
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Doctors disappointed by lack of support for family physicians in B.C. budget
The Doctors of B.C. applauded a large increase in health-care funding in the provincial budget this week, but says it’s disappointed by the absence of funding to help family doctors slash crippling overhead and recruitment costs amid a critical shortage of primary-care physicians. “Of course I’m disappointed,” said Doctors of B.C. president Ramneek Dosanjh. “It’s really hard for doctors that have been doing longitudinal practice. If we want to re…
‘All the trends paint a dire picture’: B.C. facing looming shortage of family physicians
…ntry – is a failed business model, according to a report in the Canadian Family Physician Journal. Given the stresses the COVID-19 pandemic has placed on physicians and the complexity of the health-care system, Fernandez says we have less than five years to solve this problem. Read the full article written by Anthony Fong on Healthy Debate here….
Recent media about the family doctor shortage
…the care that British Columbians need and deserve. Recent Media Reporting: Healthy Debate: ‘All the trends paint a dire picture’: B.C. facing looming shortage of family physicians CBC British Columbia: Green Party calls on B.C. government to take urgent action on family doctor shortage Global News Health: Awareness campaign launched as thousands of Okanagan residents remain without a physician BC Family Doctors: Shortage of family doctors prompts…
Family Doctor Day
…family doctors. We are ordinary people who do extraordinary work every day. We don’t say it enough. We don’t celebrate it enough. Today, let’s change that. It’s time we honour our value and our worth as family doctors, the cornerstone of the health care system. Despite all that ails family medicine in BC, BC Family Doctors has hope for a better tomorrow. And that hope lies in you, our community, speaking uncomfortable truths to those who need to h…
New Fee: Pediatric COVID-19 Immunization
A pilot project in the Vancouver Coastal and Fraser Health regions is being done to assess the needs of doctors’ offices wanting to provide COVID-19 immunizations to children. After this pilot, additional family doctors may choose to participate in providing COVID-19 immunizations to children in their clinics. To support physicians in providing these vaccinations, BC Family Doctors has advocated for a new pediatric COVID-19 immunization fee code…