DocTalks

Doctors of BC Podcasts

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DocTalks podcast: Vaccine hesitancy - Talking to patients about the COVID-19 vaccine

April 28, 2021

In this episode of DocTalks, we speak to vaccine safety scientist Dr Julie Bettinger, and family doctors Dr Birinder Narang and Dr Baldev Sanghera, about the critical role doctors play in vaccine acceptance among patients and how culture, media, and misinformation can play a significant role in vaccine hesitancy.

DocTalks podcast: Burnout and COVID-19 - Warning signs and when to act

March 3, 2021

In this episode of DocTalks, we speak to psychiatrist Dr Jennifer Russel and family doctor Dr Lawrence Yang about how caregiver burnout has intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic and what strategies and supports are available to help. 

DocTalks podcast: Putting Indigenous cultural safety into practice

January 13, 2021

In the first DocTalks podcast of 2021, we invite Dr Terri Aldred and Len Pierre to discuss how to define and understand cultural safety and the intricacies of addressing this systemic problem.

DocTalks podcast: Reducing risks of medications for seniors

January 7, 2020

How to make deprescribing more like dancing than wrestling

Doctors of BC is pleased to introduce the first video in a new multimedia series called DocTalks — a series of videos and podcasts promoting dialogue on timely, relevant topics impacting the BC medical community—and the patients and families they care for.

DocTalks podcast: primary care change in BC

November 22, 2019

Doctors of BC is introducing the first podcast(link is external) in a new multimedia series called DocTalks. In the series, featuring podcasts and videos, physicians offer presentations and promote dialogue on timely, relevant topics impacting the BC medical community — and the patients and families cared for by physicians.