GP links
A list of links I use regularly when working as a GP in British Columbia. Suggestions welcome!
Clinical
Cognitive testing: Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA PDF)
Hypertension Canada home BP form (PDF)
BCCSU guidelines: opioid use disorder • alcohol use disorder • ‘days between’ calculator
Alcohol use disorder: quick guide (PDF; start on third page)
Inhalers in BC: pictures, coverage, climate effects
Adult ADHD self-report scale (PDF)
Foundry Virtual BC (young people mental health/app)
Emergency medicine: intubation checklist1 (PDF) • rural emergency airway guide • push-dose pressors2 (PDF) • peripheral vasopressor protocol • procedural sedation checklist3 (PDF) • GCS poster • patient discharge sheets
BC POCUS just-in-time info
Oral lesion online triage service
LifeLabs test information directory
Physical activity prescription
Trans care BC toolkit
Administrative
Drug Search: price, whether covered, whether special authority needed
PharmaCare: formulary search • drugs requiring special authority • Special Authority eforms (sign in with HA account)
First Nations supplementary formulary, OTC meds (PDF) • Plan W details (including medical supplies and equipment)
Driver medical fitness BC, CMA
WorkSafe BC resources (including rehab guides, forms, billing guide, claim lookup)
Addiction medicine prescription examples
Medical assistance in dying (MAiD)
MOST (VCH form)
ReAct — VCH protection of vulnerable adults
Advice
RACE (Rapid Access to Consultative Expertise) — quick telephone specialist advice
dr2dr for eCASE (like RACE but secure messages)
Real Time Virtual Support (RTVS): includes emergency medicine (RUDi), critical care (ROSe), maternity and newborn (MaBAL), paediatrics (CHARLiE). Also ‘quick reply pathways’ for dermatology, haematology, myofascial pain, post-Covid-19 recovery, rheumatology, and thrombosis.
Dermatology:
Addiction Medicine Clinician Support Line (24/7)
Compass for child and youth mental health and substance use advice
Resources for patients
Foundry: counselling for people aged 12 — 24
Chronic pain: painbc.ca, tamethebeast.org
MySleepTutor CBT for insomnia (CBTI) free resource
Self-Management BC (chronic pain, chronic conditions, DM2, cancer)
FNHA counsellors (PDF, prepared by Klemtu nursing station)
Billing
Simplified fee guide (BC Family Doctors)
Common billing codes (PDF cheat-sheet I prepared for a previous job)
Telehealth fee codes (BC Family doctors)
Medi-Mouse is similar to this page, apparently created by a Victoria GP.
Courtesy of Ezekial Steve.↩︎
Courtesy of EM Updates.↩︎